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2018 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2019 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 2018 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2017.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock Music ]
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Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions: 1983 and 1984 |
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit | |
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Goodnight, L.A.: The Rise and Fall of Classic Rock - the Untold Stories from Inside the Legendary Recording Studios |
Music Lessons: A Musical Memoir, Volume 1 |
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Popular Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by David Yaffe (Sara Crichton Books)
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by Carl Magnus Palm (Carl Magnus Palm)
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| Certificate of Merit | ||
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by Michael A. Amundson (University of Oklahoma Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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Queen of Bebop: The Musical Lives of Sarah Vaughan |
by Cary Ginell (lulu.com)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Bob Dietsche (Bobson Press) |
by Jack Sullivan (University Press of Mississippi) |
by Clark Tracey (Equinox) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, Roots, or World Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Roger Steffens (W. W. Norton)
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Cajun Records 1946-1989 |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Eothen Alapatt and Leonard Koloko (NowAgain Records)
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by Mohsen Mohammadi (CreateSpace)
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Chinatown Opera Theater in North America |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Gospel, Soul, or R&B Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Jonathan Gould (Crown Archetype)
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by Lynn Abbott and Doug Seroff (University Press of Mississippi)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Andrea Swennson (University of Minnesota Press)
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New Paramount Book of the Blues |
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Classical Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Harvey Sachs (Liveright)
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by Jerome F. Weber (Plainsong and Medieval Music Society)
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| Certificate of Merit | ||
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by Pierre Schaeffer, Christine North, and John Dack (University of California Press)
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels or General Recording Topics ]
| Best History | ||
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by David Giovannoni, Patrick Feaster, and Anne Thiollier (Archeophone)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Frank Andrews (City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society)
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by Alex Sayf Cummings (The Moravian Library)
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by Robert Strachan (Bloomsbury Academic)
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