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2014 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2015 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 2014 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2013.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Hip Hop, or R&B Music ]
| Best History | Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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Southern Soul-Blues, |
The Amazing Jimmi Mayes: |
by Timothy O'Brien (University of Texas Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Richard Chlupaty (Antal Doráti Centenary Society)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Richard Arsenty and Robert Ignatius Letellier
(Cambridge Scholars Publications)
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by James M. Doering (University of Illinois Press) |
by Philip Lambert (University of Illinois Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country Music ]
| Best History | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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Buck 'Em! The Autobiography by Buck Owens and Randy Poe (Backbeat) |
by Ted Olson and Tony Russell (Bear Family Records)
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Hidden in the Mix: The African American Presence in Country Music edited by Diane Pecknold (Duke University Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Folk or World Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
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The History and Evolution of the Bouzouki & Its First Recordings by Stavros Kourousis |
Robert Lachmann's Oriental Music Broadcasts, 1936-1937: A Musical Ethnography of Mandatory Palestine (A-R Editions) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock Music ]
| Best History | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Tim Smolko
(Indiana University Press)
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by S. Alexander Reed (Oxford University Press) |
[ Best Historical Research on Record Popular Music ]
| Best History | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Alyn Shipton
(Oxford University Press)
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by Ken Crossland and Malcolm Macfarlane (Oxford University Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]
| Best History | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Charles Mingus and John F. Goodman
(University of California Press)
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by Billy Taylor and Teresa L. Reed
(Indiana University Press)
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by Bruce D. Epperson
(University of Chicago Press)
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
by Claudio Guerrieri (Claudio Guerrieri) |
Emerson Records: A History and Discography Part 1: Complete 10" & 12" Issues by William R. Bryant, edited by Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press) |
by Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press)
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[ Best Historical Research on General Recording Topics ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Peter Martland (Scarecrow) |
(City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Katarzyna Janczewska-Solomko (Biblioteka Narodowa)
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by Jeffrey P. Green, Rainer Lotz et al. (Bear Family Records)
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(University of Illinois Press) |
