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

[Michael Biel]

So far most of the discussion was discography, but there are many
technical and historical books I refer to all the time, including Read &
Welch, Gelatt, Read's Recording & Reproduction of Sound (both editions),
Look for the Dog and the Victor reference book, the various label books
by Sutton, Nauck, Rust, Lotz, etc., Les Docks's books, Frow's Edison
machine books, Hazelcorn's Columbia books, Koenigsburg's patent and
Edison cylinder books, Fabrizio's books, the two Disney records books,
numerous Osborne Billboard chart books, numerous Goldmine price guides
for 45s, LPs, jazz LPs, picture sleeves, American Records, etc., and of
course my dissertation.


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 


  -------- Original Message --------
 Subject: Re: [78-L] Indispensable Books on my shelf (was Tony Russell)
 From: maceo <maceo at nugrape.net>
 Date: Thu, June 03, 2010 2:20 am
 To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 
 Somewhat off-topic are some reference books here, however similarly
 
 Tony Russell indispensable country disco
 Godrich & Dixon Pre-war Blues disco
 Post-War blues disco
 Victor Master Book Vol.2
 Meade - Country Music Sources (not so much at all)
 Seroff & Abbott - Out of Sight
 Gospel Disco by Bob Laughton & Cedric Hayes
 Cullen - Vaudeville - Old & New
 Australian Jazz Disco by Jack Mitchell
 Eileen Southern reference books
 Galen Gart books
 Jazz Dance by Stearns
 plus CDrom data on PC by Rust - Jazz Records & Hawaiian disco...other 
 books are bio on Pemberton-Billings etc...don't get me on magazines :-)
 
 Gary
 
 >>
 >> 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 compute
 r
 >> 
 > , 
 > 
 >> 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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