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2019 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2019 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2020 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 2019 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2018.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock or Popular Music ]
| Best History | Best History |
Best Discography |
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Bing Crosby: Swinging on a Star: The War Years, 1940-1946 |
American Sabor: Latinos and Latinas in US Popular Music/Latinos y latinas en la musica popular estadounidense |
by Charles Ulrich
(New Star Books)
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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The Hopefuls: Chasing a Rock ’n’ Roll Dream in the Minnesota Music Scene |
Long Distance Voyagers: The Story of the Moody Blues 1965-1979 |
by Gary Parker (McFarland) |
| Certificate of Merit | ||
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by Gregory Thornbury (Convergent) |
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Ray Smith and Mike Pointon (Equinox) |
by Peter Jones (Equinox) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Maurice Jackson and Blair A. Rolde, eds. (Georgetown University Press)
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by Stephen Loza (University Press of Mississippi)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country or Folk Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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The Bakersfield Sound: How a Generation of Displaced Okies Revolutionized American Music |
by Dick Spottswood (University Press of Mississippi)
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| Certificate of Merit | ||
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Folk Music in Overdrive: A Primer on Traditional Country and Bluegrass Artists by Ivan Tribe (University of Tennessee Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Roots or World Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
Don't Stop the Carnival: Black Music in Britain by Kevin LeGendre (Peepal Tree Press)
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by Craig Martin Gibbs (McFarland)
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| Certificate of Merit | ||
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by Brian Ward and Patrick Huber (Vanderbilt University Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | ||
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by Martin Elste and Carsten Schmidt, eds. (Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Paul Kildea (W.W. Norton) |
by Maria Maddalena Novati (Die Schachtel) |
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels or General Recording Topics ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Allan Sutton
(Mainspring)
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by Christian Zwarg
(Truesounds)
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| Certificate of Merit | ||
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by James P. Leary
(Archeophone)
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