[78-L] ARSC Awards 2011 -- Winners

[David Lennick]

Nice going Cary! Nice going Tully! Nice going Peter Fulop! Nice going Mike! 
Nice going Will! Let's see, who else do I know on this illustrious list?

dl

On 2/13/2012 8:31 PM, Bill Klinger wrote:
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> --- 2011 ARSC AWARDS ---
>
> The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the
> winners of the 2011 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound
> Research. Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and publishers
> of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding
> published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards,
> ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and
> promotes awareness of superior works. Two awards may be presented annually
> in each category -- one for best history and one for best discography.
> Certificates of Merit are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high
> quality. The 2011 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2010.
> Additionally, a Lifetime Achievement Award and Award for Distinguished
> Service to Historical Recordings are also presented annually. The 2011
> winners are:
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED BLUES, RHYTHM&  BLUES, or SOUL MUSIC
>
> Best History:
> Lightnin' Hopkins: His Life and Blues, by Alan Govenar (A Capella Press)
>
> Certificates of Merit:
>
> Long Lost Blues, by Peter C. Muir (University of Illinois Press)
>
> Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter, by Mary Lou
> Sullivan and Johnny Winter (Backbeat Books)
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC
>
> Best History:
> Adolph Busch: The Life of an Honest Musician, by Tully Potter (Toccata
> Press)
>
> Best Discography:
> Mahler Discography, by Peter Fülöp (Doremi)
>
> Certificate of Merit:
> Gregor Piatigorsky: The Life and Career of the Virtuoso Cellist, by Terry
> King (McFarland Publishing)
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED COUNTRY, ETHNIC, or FOLK MUSIC
>
> Best History:
> My Name Is Gauhar Jaan! The Life and Times of a Musician, by Vikram Sampath
> (Rupa Publications)
>
> Certificate of Merit:
> Gone to the Country: The New Lost City Ramblers, by Ray Allen (University of
> Illinois Press)
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED ROCK or POPULAR MUSIC
>
> Best History:
> Restless Giant: The Life and Times of Jean Aberback&  Hill and Range Songs,
> by Bar Biszick-Lockwood (University of Illinois Press)
>
> Certificates of Merit:
>
> A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers, by Will Friedwald
> (Pantheon Books)
>
> I Don't Sound Like Nobody: Remaking Music in 1950s America, by Albin J. Zak
> (University of Michigan Press)
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED JAZZ MUSIC
>
> Best History:
> That's Got 'Em! The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman, by Mark Berresford
> (University Press of Mississippi)
>
> Certificates of Merit:
>
> African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston, by Randy Weston (Duke
> University Press)
>
> Hot Jazz for Sale: Hollywood's Jazz Man Record Shop, by Cary Ginell
> (lulu.com)
>
> BEST RESEARCH in RECORD LABELS
>
> Best History:
> House of Hits: The Story of Houston's Gold Star/Sugar Hill Recording
> Studios, by Andy Bradley and Charles Roger Wood (University of Texas Press)
>
> BEST ONGOING RESEARCH in BUSINESS of RECORDED SOUND
>
> Best History:
> The Lindström Project: Contributions to the History of the Record
> Industry/Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie, Volume 2, by
> Pekka Gronow and Christiane Hofer (Gesellshaft für Historische Tonträger)
>
>
> 2011 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: MICHAEL GRAY
>
> ARSC annually presents a Lifetime Achievement Award to an individual, in
> recognition of a life's work in recorded sound research and publication.
>
> Michael Gray has worked at the Voice of America in Washington DC since 1976,
> where he directs the VOA's Research Library and Digital Audio Archive
> projects. He has served as a consultant and resource for countless
> historical reissues.
>
> Michael authored numerous articles and reviews, including several published
> in the ARSC Journal: "The Birth of Decca Stereo" (1986); "The Hollywood
> String Quartet: A Discography" (1982); "A Solomon Discography" (1979); and
> "The 'World's Greatest Music' and 'The World's Greatest Opera' Records: A
> Discography" (1976).
>
> Books include: Classical Music, 1925-1975 (1977); Bibliography of
> Discographies (co-authored with Gerald Gibson, annual cumulations published
> in the ARSC Journal); Bibliography of Discographies Vol. 3: Popular Music
> (1983); Beecham: A Centenary Discography (1979); Full Frequency Stereophonic
> Sound: A Discography and History of Early London/Decca Stereo Classical
> Instrumental and Chamber Music Recordings (1956-1963) on Records and Compact
> Discs (1990, with Robert Moon); and Otto Klemperer: His Life and Times, by
> Peter Heyworth, with discography by Michael (1996).
>
> Michael is one of the earliest members of ARSC and remains one of its most
> indefatigable servants and advocates.
>
>
> 2011 AWARD for DISTINGUISHED SERVICE to HISTORICAL RECORDINGS: JUDITH
> McCULLOH
>
> ARSC's Award for Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings honors a
> person who has made outstanding contributions to the field, outside of
> published works or discographic research.
>
> After an instructor at her junior college introduced her to American folk
> music, Judith McCulloh completed a PhD in folklore at Indiana University.
>
> Judith spent over 35 years at the University of Illinois Press, where her
> most recent positions included Executive Editor, Assistant Director, and
> Director of Development.
>
> Judith was largely responsible for developing the influential series Music
> in American Life, which now contains well over 100 titles and has garnered
> more than a dozen ASCAP awards. Focusing on figures from Jimmie Rodgers to
> Duke Ellington to Tito Puente, and genres from classical to klezmer to
> country, the books shed light on myriad facets of American music.
>
> She was founding member of the University of Illinois Campus Folksong Club,
> and played a central role in working with performers and producing albums of
> local and visiting performers. She is also a former president of the
> American Folklore Society, and served on the Board of Trustees of the
> American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress.
>
> Judith's publications include Stars of Country Music: Uncle Dave Macon to
> Johnny Rodriguez (1975) and Folklore, Folklife (1984).
>
>
> 2011 AWARDS COMMITTEE
>
> Winners are chosen by the ARSC Awards Committee: five elected judges
> representing specific fields of study, plus the ARSC President, and the Book
> Review Editor of the ARSC Journal. The members of the 2011 ARSC Awards
> Committee are:
>
> Roberta Freund Schwartz (Committee Co-Chair)
> David Lewis (Committee Co-Chair)
> Vincent Pelote (ARSC President)
> James Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal)
> Dennis Rooney (Classical Music Judge)
> Cary Ginell (Judge-at-Large)
> Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge)
> William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge)
> Richard Spottswood (Judge-at-Large)
>
>
> The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is a nonprofit organization
> dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings -- in all genres
> of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods. ARSC is unique in
> bringing together private individuals and institutional professionals --
> everyone with a serious interest in recorded sound. Additional information
> about ARSC, including lists of past ARSC Award Winners and Finalists, may be
> found at:
> http://www.arsc-audio.org
>
>
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