2000 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research

The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2000 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2001 annual conference. Additional information about the ARSC Conference and the ARSC Awards for Excellence may be found on the association's website.

Begun in 1991, the ARSC Awards for Excellence are awarded to authors of books, articles, or recording liner notes to recognize those publishing the very best work today in recorded sound research. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes the contributions of these individuals, aims to encourage others to emulate their high standards, and hopes to promote readership of their work. Two awards are presented annually in each category for Best History and Best Discography, and others are acknowledged with Certificates of Merit. Awards are presented to both the authors and publishers of winning publications.

The 2000 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 1999.

[ Best Historical Research in Recorded General Popular Music ]

Best History

Certificate of Merit

Sessions with Sinatra: Frank Sinatra and the Art of Recording, by Charles L. Granata (A Capella Books)

Marigold: The Music of Billy Mayerl, by Peter Dickinson (Oxford University Press)

[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]

Best History

More EJS: A Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings, by William Shaman and William J. Collins (Greenwood Press)

[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock, R&B, or Soul Music ]

Best History	Certificate of Merit
Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley, by Peter Guralnick (Little Brown)	The Great Alternative Rock and Indie Discography, by Martin Strong (Canongate Press)

[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, Blues, or Gospel Music ]

Best History

Groovin' High: the Life of Dizzy Gillespie, by Alyn Shipton (Oxford University Press)

Jimmy Dorsey: A Study in Contrasts, by Robert L. Stockdale (Scarecrow Press)

[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues Music ]

Best History
A Blues Life, by Henry Townsend as told to Bill Greensmith (University of Illinois Press)

[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Folk or Ethnic Music ]

Best History
Klezmer: Jewish Music from the Old World to the New World, by Henry Sapoznik (Schirmer)

[ Best Historical Research in General History of Recoded Sound ]

Best History
A Spiral Way: How the Phonograph Changed Ethnography, by Erika Brady (University Press of Mississippi)

[ Best Historical Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers ]

Best Discography	Certificate of Merit
The Columbia Master Book Discography (4 vols.), by Tim Brooks and Brian Rust (Greenwood Press)	Little Wonders Records: A History and Discography, ed. by Tim Brooks (New Amberola)

[ Best Historical Research in Phonographs ]

Best History
Antique Phonograph Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gimmicks, by Timothy Fabrizio and George Paul (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.)

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