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2020 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's 2021 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 2020 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2019.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock or Popular Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography |
Certificate of Merit |
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Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock |
The Complete Misfits Discography: Authorized Releases and Bootlegs, Including Recordings by Danzig, Samhain and the Undead |
by Ken Caillat and Hernan Rojas (Backbeat)
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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Classic Keys: Keyboard Sounds That Launched Rock Music |
Henry Cow: The World is a Problem |
by Kenneth Womack (Cornell University Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Ate van Delden (University Press of Mississippi) |
by George Burrows (Oxford University Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Con Chapman (Oxford University Press)
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by Bruce Johnson (Routledge)
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by Mark Stryker (University of Michigan Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, or Roots Music ]
| Best History | ||
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South to Louisiana: The Music of the Cajun Bayous, 2nd ed |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Scott B. Bomar (Bear Family Records)
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by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns (Knopf) |
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, Soul, Gospel, or R&B Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Mark Burford
(Oxford University Press)
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The Flamingos: A Complete History of the Doo-Wop Legends |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Bruce Conforth and Gayle Dean Wardlow (Chicago Review Press)
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by Alan B. Govenar and Kip Lornell (Texas A&M University Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | ||
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Stravinsky in the Americas: Transatlantic Tours and Domestic Excursions from Wartime Los Angeles (1925-1945)
by H. Colin Slim (University of California Press) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Keith Alldritt
(Crowood Press)
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The Other Toscanini: The Life and Works of Héctor Panizza |
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels or General Recording Topics ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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The Blackface Minstrel Show in Mass Media: 20th Century Performances in Radio, Records, Movies and Television
by Tim Brooks (McFarland)
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by Michael Kinnear (Bajakhana)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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Das Bilderlexikon der Deutschen Schellack-Schallplatten: Geschichte der Historischen Tonträger in Deutschland by Rainer Lotz, Michael Gunrem and Stephan Puille (Bear Family Records) |
by Johnny Trunk (Four Corners Books) |
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