[78-L] Indispensable Books on my shelf (was Tony Russell)

[David Lennick]

Okay, here are mine, as I look over to the shelves..and I won't name everything but I will list the main ones, which are on 7 shelves.

 

Shelf 1: V-Discs, Variety Music Cavalcade, Whitburn's Pop Memories and Top Pop (sorry, but they DO get used), British Music Hall on Record, London Musical Shows on Record, WERM, Nat Shapiro's "Popular Music" (5 volumes).

Shelf 2: Jazz Records, ADBD, Delaunay, Rust's Complete Entertainment Discography (both editions), Victor Master Book, Kinkle (including the supplement), Vintage Children's Records, Vogue Book, Barr's Almost Complete Guide, Gart's ARLD.

Shelf 3: (among other things) BG Off the Recoird, British Dance Bands (both versions), Ethnic Music on Records (7 volumes).

Shelf 4: many many Victor and Columbia catalogs.

Shelf 5: MGM, Columbia and Brunswick books (Greenwood), Jack Litchfield's Canadian Jazz Discography.

Shelf 6: David Hall's Record Book (3 Editions), Decca Labels (6 volumes).

Shelf 7: Show Music on Record, Spike Jones (by Jordan Young), various Garrod artist and transcription label discographies, Moogk's Roll Back the Years, others..the only reason Russell's book hasn't been mentioned is that it hasn't been unpacked yet, so who knows what other treasures I've been living without? Come to think of it, the OKeh Discography and the Billy May and Spike Jones bio-discogs by Jack Mirtle are also MIA.

 

dl
 
> From: soundthink at live.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 21:08:05 -0700
> Subject: [78-L] Indispensable Books on my shelf (was Tony Russell)
> 
> 
> Snatch it up. At that price, it's a steal. 
> 
> For those of you who are newbies, this might be a good idea to introduce many of you to the basic books every record collector should have. I have one bookshelf in my library for "indispensable" resources. It's only three feet long, but it has all the discographies I use more than anything else: Rust's "Jazz Records", "American Dance Bands" (the new 5-volume edition), "Entertainment" discographies, and the Victor Master Book, Russell's "Country Music Records," Dixon/Godrich/Rye's "Blues & Gospel Records," Sutton's "Cakewalks, Rags & Novelties," "Country Music Sources" by Meade & Spottswood, Daniel's "American 45 & 78 rpm Record Dating Guide," Laird & Rust's "OKeh Discography," the Paramount 12/13000 book, and my own Western Swing and Decca discographies. Spilling over onto another shelf is the Barr record dating guide, Kinkle's Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Sutton's "Pseudonyms on American Records," and all four editions of the ASCAP Biographical Dictionary. On my computer, 
> I have loaded Rockwell's Hawaiian Records discography. There are many other books I use, but these are the ones I end up going back to again and again and again. 
> 
> Of course, one man's "indispensable" is not necessarily another's, but for me, a collector of jazz, blues, and country, these are my main resources. Anyone else?
> 
> Cary Ginell
> 
> > Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2010 22:49:08 -0500
> > From: bmcclung78 at gmail.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Tony Russell's Country Music Discog cheap
> > 
> > Yep. Saw copies in San Antonio and Dallas last week. Mint except for the
> > Half Price label.
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 9:54 PM, <david.diehl at hensteeth.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > The Half Price Book chain is remaindering the paperback of the Country
> > > Music Discography for $24.98 so check your local listings cowpokes!
> > > DJD
> > >
> > > Visit the Blue Pages: the Encyclopedic Guide to 78 RPM Party Records
> > > http://www.hensteeth.com
> > >
> > >
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