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

Thu Jun 3 08:41:56 PDT 2010

I am fond of Mackenzie's Guide to AFRS Series and the Joyce Record Club 
Thesaurus Transcription Listing, but not sure if these are necessary to 
the newbie collector unless they are specifically interested in these 
kinds of records or have an interest in some aspect of old time radio.

I myself look at Mackenzie fairly often. Usually in response to some 
question on the OTR-digest or the 78-L.

joe salerno

Michael Biel wrote:
> 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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