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2008 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2009 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 2008 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2007.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, R&B, or Soul Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography |
Certificate of Merit |
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by Roberta Freund Schwartz (Ashgate) |
The Gospel Discography: A Discography of Post-war African-American Gospel Records from 1943 to 1970 by Cedric Hayes and Bob Laughton (Eyeball Productions) |
Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe by Neil A. Wynn, ed. (University of Mississippi Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
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by Ellen K. Grolman (Scarecrow) |
by William A. Everett (Yale University Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country Music ]
| Best Work | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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Charlie Monroe: I’m Old Kentucky Bound: His Recordings, 1938-1956 by Richard K. Spottswood, liner notes (Bear Family) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk by Johnny Bush with Rick Mitchell (University of Texas Press) |
The Selling Sound: The Rise of the Country Music Industry by Diane Pecknold (Duke University Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Folk, Ethnic, or World Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Michael E. Veal (Wesleyan University Press) |
Hawaiian & Hawaiian Guitar Records, 1891-1960 by T. Malcolm Rockwell (Mahina Piha Press) |
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[ Best Historical Research in General History of Recorded Sound ]
| Best Work | ||
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The Complete Guide to Vintage Children’s Records: Identification & Value Guide by Peter Muldavin (Collector’s Books) |
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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Beltona: A Label Listing and History by William Dean-Myatt (The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society) |
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[ Best Historical Research on Recorded Jazz Music ]
| Best Work | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Eunmi Shim (University of Michigan Press) |
Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans
by Charles Hersch (University of Chicago Press) |
by Gene H. Anderson (Pendragon) |
| Certificate of Merit | ||
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[ Best Historical Research on Recorded Popular Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
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by Alex Halberstadt (Da Capo) |
The Complete New Zealand Music Charts, 1966-2006: Singles, Albums, DVDs, Compilations by Dean Scapolo (Maurienne House) |
by Mick Brown (Knopf) |
[ Best Historical Research on Recorded Rock Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
by Philip Lambert (Continuum) |
by Bruce Spizer (498 Productions) |
by George Case (Hal Leonard) |
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 2008 ARSC Awards Committee are: Robert Iannapollo (Awards Committee Co-Chair); Roberta Freund-Schwartz (Awards Committee Co-Chair); Sam Brylawski (ARSC President); Brenda Nelson-Strauss (ARSC Past-President); Jim Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal); David Hamilton (Classical Music Judge); Kip Lornell (Judge-At-Large); Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge); William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge); Dick Spottswood (Judge-at-Large).