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

[Michael Biel]

I'll add Geofrey Wheeler's Music By Mail and Bootlegs & Reissues, a
bunch of Ron Dethlefson's Edison cylinder and disc books, Ray Wile's
Edison Diamond Disc books, Irving Kolodin's books on classical 78s,
Ronald Smith's Goldmine Comedy Records Price Guide and Comedy Records on
78s, John Bolig's Caruso, Plaza and various Victor discographies,
Gramophone Shop Encyclopedias (3 editions), Krasno's Children's Record
Book (1948), and Barbour's from the year before (1947) by that same
title, the book from Bear Family box "Songs for Political Action",
hundreds of Schwann catalogs, almost complete bound sets of The Long
Player and Jazz & Pops catalogs,  and other things too numerous to
mention (Bert Shepherd on pre-dog Victor).

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [78-L] Indispensable Books on my shelf (was Tony Russell)
From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Date: Thu, June 03, 2010 12:22 am
To: <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>


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,  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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