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2024 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 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 14-17, 2025 in Tulsa, OK. 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 2024 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2023.
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[ Best Historical Research in Popular Music ]
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Turn On, Tune In, Drift Off: Ambient Music's Psychedelic Past |
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Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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Remastering Music and Cultural Heritage: Case Studies from Iconic Original Recordings to Modern Remasters |
But Will You Love Me Tomorrow? An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups |
by Douglas L. Reside
(Oxford University Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Rock Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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by Will Hermes
(Farrar, Strauss and Giroux) |
by Romuald Ollivier and Olivier Roubin
(Black Dog & Leventhal)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by John Brackett
(Duke University Press)
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by Jen B. Larson
(Feral House)
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by Paul Metsa and Rick Shefchik
(University of Minnesota Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Kevin Mulryne
(Five Per Cent Something Publishing)
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by Philip Norman
(Scribner)
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by Nicholas Tochka
(Oxford University Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
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The Callas Imprint: A Centennial Biography
by Sophia Lambton
(Crepuscular Press)
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by James Hepokoski
(Journal of the American Musicological Society) |
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Howard Pollack
(University of Illinois Press)
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by Paul Spicer
(Crowood Press)
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by Marysol Quevedo
(Oxford University Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz ]
| Best History | Certificate of Merit |
Certificate of Merit |
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by Stephanie Stein Crease (Oxford University Press)
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by Carmen Fields (University of Oklahoma Press)
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by Sean Mills, Eric Fillion and Désirée Rochat (McGill-Queens University Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |
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by Judith Tick (W. W. Norton)
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by Alyn Shipton (Oxford University Press)
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[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Country, Folk, World, or Roots Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | |
Highways and Heartaches: How Ricky Skaggs, Marty Stuart, and Children of the New South Saved the Soul of Country Music by Michael Streissguth (Hachette Books)
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by Paulo Picchio, Laura Escalada Piazzolla, Daniel Villaflor Piazzolla; trans. Sir N. Antonio Peruch, Astor Piazzolla (Edizione Curzi)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
by Ya-Hui Cheng (Ashgate)
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by Amanda Minks (Oxford University Press)
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by Anastasia Gordienko
(University of Wisconsin Press) |
| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
Country and Midwestern: Chicago in the History of Country Music and the Folk Revival by Mark Guarino (University of Chicago Press)
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by John Szwed (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux)
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by James Walvin
(University of California Press) |
[ Best Historical Research in Recorded Blues, R&B, Gospel, Hip Hop or Soul Music ]
| Best History | Best Discography | Certificate of Merit |
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Black Women's Liberation Movement Music Soul Sisters, Black Feminist Funksters, and Afro-Disco Divas
by Reiland Rabaka
(Routledge)
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The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: The Official Canon of Parliament Funkadelic 1956-2023
by Daniel Bedrosian
(Rowman & Littlefield)
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by Lynneé Denise
(University of Texas Press)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit |
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by Guido van Rijn
(Agram Books)
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Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul
by Matthew Ruddick
(University Press of Mississippi)
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Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again): A Memoir
by Sly Stone with Ben Greenman
(AUWA)
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[ Best Historical Research on Record Labels or General Recording Topics ]
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by Stephen Coates
(Strange Attractor Press)
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by Mark Cantor
(McFarland & Company)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | ||
 Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio
by Katherine Rye Jewell
(University of North Carolina Press)
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by David Menconi
(University of North Carolina Press)
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by Eva Moreda Rodriguez and Inja Stanović
(Routledge)
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| Certificate of Merit | Certificate of Merit | |||
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by Joel Selvin with Chris Strachwitz
(Chronicle Books)
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by Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt
(Oxford University Press)
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