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2012 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2012 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2013 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 2012 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2011.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Soul, or R&B Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography |
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Mississippi John Hurt: His Life, His Times, His Blues |
The Blues Discography 1971-2000: The Later Years: A Selective Discography |
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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I Feel So Good: The Life and Times of Big Bill Broonzy |
The Chitlin' Circuit and the Road to Rock and Roll |
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Michael Charry (University of Illinois Press)
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by John Hunt (John Hunt) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
by Raymond Holden (Yale University Press) |
by Stephen J. Gamble and William C. Lynch (University of North Texas Press) |
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Ethnic, or Folk Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J. D. Crowe |
(Page Turner)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Popular Music ]
| Best History | ||
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by Barry Kernfeld (University of Chicago Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Jake Brown (ECW)
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by Kevin Avery (Fantagraphic Books)
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Had Me a Real Good Time: The Faces Before and After |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]
| Best History | ||
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by Tad Hershorn (University of California Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years |
The Studio Recordings of the Miles Davis Quintet, 1965-68 |
[ Best Historical Research in Record Labels ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Robert Greenfield (Simon & Schuster)
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by Frank Andrews and Bill Dean-Myatt
(City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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Indestructible and U-S Everlasting Cylinders: An Illustrated History and Cylinderography by Kurt Nauck and Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press) |
by Nathan D. Gibson (University Press of Mississippi) |
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[ Best Historical Research on General Recording Topics ]
| Best History | ||
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by Jacob Smith (University of California Press)
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