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2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. The awards will be presented at a ceremony at ARSC's annual conference, which will be hosted May 15-18, 2024 in St. Paul, MN. 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 2023 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2022.
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock or Popular Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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Chuck Berry: An American Life |
Dean Martin: A Discography |
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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Carefully Taught: American History Through Broadway Musicals |
In Perfect Harmony: Sing-a-Long Pop in 70s Britain |
by Brian Johnson
(Dey Street Books)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
This Band Has No Past: How Cheap Trick Became Cheap Trick by Brian J. Kramp(Jawbone Press) |
by Gary Parker (McFarland & Company)
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by Michael R. Pitts (McFarland & Company)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
Gary Moore: The Official Biography by Harry Shapiro(Jawbone Press) |
by Bob Stanley (Pegasus Books)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Massimo Zicari
(Open Book Publishing) |
by Ian Nagoski, Harry Kezelian and Harout Arakelian
(Canary Books and Records)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Kate Molleson
(Abrams Press)
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by Hans Sturm
(Avant Bass)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | ||
Jazz á la Creole: French Creole Music and the Birth of Jazz by Caroline Vézina (University Press of Mississippi)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Rodger Coleman (Digital Press of the University of North Dakota)
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The Real Ambassadors: Dave and Iola Brubeck and Louis Armstrong Challenge Segregation by Keith Hatschek (University Press of Mississippi)
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by Richard Koloda (Jawbone Press)
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Aidan Levy (Hachette Books)
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by Gerry Mulligan and Ken Poston (Backbeat Books)
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by Dan Sumner & Katy Hobgood (University Press of Mississippi)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, World, or Roots ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
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by Merle Travis and Deke Dickerson (BMG Books)
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by Ed Guy (Hank Williams Press)
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by John Cowley, Steve Shapiro, and Ted Olson (RWA Records)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Marc Eliot (Hachette Books)
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by Shana Goldin-Perschbacher (University of Illinois Press)
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by Larisa Kingston Mann (University of North Carolina Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Francesca T. Royster (University of Texas Press)
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by Christopher Silver (Stanford University Press)
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by James L. Mitchell (Silkworm Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop, or Soul Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
Wasn't That a Mighty Day: African American Blues and Gospel Songs on Disaster by Luigi Monge (University Press of Mississippi)
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Recorded Solo Concert Spirituals, 1916-2022 by Randye Jones (McFarland)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
Voices of Black Folk: The Sermons of Reverend A. W. Nix by Terri Brinegar (University Press of Mississippi)
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Dilla Time: The Life and Afterlife of J Dilla, the Hip-Hop Producer Who Reinvented Rhythm by Dan Charnas (MCD)
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Dynamite! Ike Turner's Recorded Legacy by Fred Rothwell
(Music Mentor Books) |
| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
The Inconvenient Lonnie Johnson: Blues, Race, Identity by Julia Simon (The Pennsylvania State University Press)
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The Naptown Blues of Leroy Carr by Guido van Rijn (Agram Books)
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Isn't Her Grace Amazing! The Women Who Changed Gospel Music by Cheryl Wills
(Amistad Press) |
[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels or General Recording Topics ]
| Best History | ||
Record Store Day: The Most Improbable Comeback of the 21st Century by Larry Jaffee (Rare Bird Books)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
You're with Stupid: kranky, Chicago, and the Reinvention of Indie Music by Bruce Adams (University of Texas Press)
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Music and Digital Media: A Planetary Anthropology by Georgia Born, ed. (UCLA Press)
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by Morgan Luker (Ethnomusicology)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
Conversations with Women in Music Production: The Interviews by Kallie Marie (Backbeat Books)
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Extreme Music: From Silence to Noise and Everything In Between by Michael Tau (Feral House)
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