ARSC Journal 56:1 (Spring 2025)

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Original Articles

• Cover, Title Page, Table of Contents, Front Matter, Back Cover
• Analog Tape Equalization Basics and Digital Methods for EQ Conversion
       by Gary A. Galo
• An Environmentally Sound Method of Making Records for the 21st Century
       by Larry Jaffee
• The MELOS Discographic Documentation Platform: The Vassilis Tsitsanis Collection of Recordings
       by George Kokkonis, Nikos Ordoulidis, George Evangelou
• Introduction to Magnetic Tape Azimuth
       edited by Dave Walker

Book Reviews

• Format Friction: Perspectives on the Shellac Disc, by Gavin Williams (University of Chicago Press)
       by Edward Komara
• Jazz Snapshots, by Ron Netsky (self-published)
       by Edward Komara
• John Campbell: Spirit of a Bluesman, by Harry Shapiro (Crossroads Press)
       by Edward Komara
• The Chicago Blues of Joe and Charlie McCoy, by Guido van Rijn (Agram Blues Books)
       by Edward Komara
• Funkiest Man Alive: Rufus Thomas and Memphis Soul, by Matthew Ruddick (University Press of Mississippi)
       by Robert M. Marovich
• A Short History of Vinyl Records, by Mike Weinberger (self-published)
       by Edward Komara
• Queer Arrangements: Billy Strayhorn and Midcentury Jazz Collaboration, by Lisa Barg (Wesleyan University Press); Florence Price: The Life, Compositions and Influence of a Black American Composer, by William Farina (McFarland); Women in Vinyl: The Art of Making Vinyl, by Jenn D’Eugenio (Routledge)
       by Blaine Brubaker
• Fantasies of Nina Simone, by Jordan Alexander Stein (Duke University Press)
       by Stephen Renko
• Harold Arlen and His Songs, by Walter Frisch (Oxford University Press)
       by Lawrence Schulman
• Judy Garland: The Voice of MGM, by Scott Brogan (Lyons Press)
       by Lawrence Schulman
• Encyclopedia of American Classical Pianists: 1800s to the Present, by Richard Masters (Roman & Littlefield)
       by Mark Powell
• Voice Machines: The Castrato, the Cat Piano, and Other Strange Sounds, by Bonnie Gordon (University of Chicago Press)
       by Mark Powell
• The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, and Historiography in Dispute, by Patrick Nickleson (University of Michigan Press)
       by Mark Powell
• Book Reviewers
• Books Received for Review

Sound Recording Reviews

• Centennial. By King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band (Archeophone Records)
       by Edward Komara
• Stars in the Southern Sky, by Steve Young (Omnivore Recordings)
       by Edward Komara
• Live and Let Die. Music from the Motion Picture: 50th Anniversary Expanded Edition (La-La Land Records)
       by Edward Komara
• After Midnight. By Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestras (Archeophone Records)
       by Edward Komara
• Genius of the Seventh Ward. By Louis Vasnier (Archeophone Records)
       by Edward Komara
• Judy: The Best Of (Live) (Bob Frank Distribution); Over the Rainbow (Live) (Bob Frank Distribution); The Man That Got Away (Live) (Bob Frank Distribution); Stormy Weather (Live) (Bob Frank Distribution); Fly Me to the Moon (Live) (Bob Frank Distribution); Come Rain or Come Shine (Live) (Bob Frank Distribution)
•      by Lawrence Schulman
  
• Carly Simon—No Secrets (Electra and Rhino Records. Various formats)
•      by Lawrence Schulman
• The Adventures of Mark Twain—The 1944 Score by Max Steiner (Naxos/Film Music Classics); Charles Gerhardt and the National Philharmonic Orchestra • Gone with the Wind: Max Steiner’s Classic Film Score (Vocalion); Charles Gerhardt - Lost Horizon: The Classic Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin & The Thing from Another World Suite (Vocalion); Sunset Boulevard: The Classic Film Scores of Franz Waxman (Vocalion); Charles Gerhardt / National Philharmonic Orchestra—Spellbound - The Classic Film Scores of Miklós Rózsa (Vocalion); Charles Gerhardt / National Philharmonic Orchestra—Captain Blood - Classic Film Scores for Errol Flynn (Vocalion); Casablanca: Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart (Vocalion/Classic Film Scores); David Raksin Conducts His Great Film Scores (Vocalion)
•      by Lawrence Schulman
• Hit Parade Story: The Legendary Wurlitzer Sound (Historic Monoaural Recording) — Electric 78 rpm recordings from 1938 to 1949 (fonè GOLD)
•      by Lawrence Schulman
• Sound Recording Reviewers

Regular Sections

• CURRENT BIBLIOGRAPHY 
• Current Bibliography
  edited by Tim Brooks