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The ARSC Journal (ISSN 0004-5438) is a semi-annual, peer reviewed publication that documents the history of sound recording.

The ARSC Journal includes original articles on many aspects of research and preservation: biography; cataloging; copyright law; current research; discography; technical aspects of sound restoration, etc.. The journal also includes book and sound recording reviews, and publishes a running bibliography of articles appearing in other specialist publications and of related interest.

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ARSC Journal 55:2 (Fall 2024)

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Original Articles

    Book Reviews

  • Bone Music, by Stephen Coates, with photographs by Paul Hartfield and a foreword by Artemyi Troitsky
         by Ryan Gourley
  • Knowing by Ear: Listening to Voice Recordings with African Prisoners of War in German Camps (1915-1918), by Anette Hoffmann
         by Ed Komara
  • The Gerry Mulligan 1950s Quartets, by Alyn Shipton
         by Steven A. Cerra
  • Pepper Adams Saxophone Trailblazer, by Gary Carner
         by Monk Rowe
  • Monk’s Music: An Illustrative Discography, by Dub Tay (Genius Music Books)
         by Robert Iannapollo
  • Chasing the Masters: First Takes of a Modern Drumming Artist, by Phil Haynes (Corner Store Jazz)
         by Robert Iannapollo
  • The Jazz Men: How Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie Transformed America, by Larry Tye (Mariner Books)
         by Robert M. Marovich
  • Spirit of the Century: Our Own Story, by The Blind Boys of Alabama with Preston Lauterbach (Hachette Books)
         by Robert M. Marovich
  • Music and Mystique in Muscle Shoals, by Christopher M. Reali (University of Illinois Press)
         by Ed Komara
  • The Authorized P-Funk Song Reference: Official Canon of Parliament-Funkadelic, 1956–2023, by Daniel Bedrosian (Rowman and Littlefield)
         by Ed Komara
  • The Who and Quadrophenia, by Martin Popoff (Motobooks/Quarto)
         by Ed Komara
  • Lunacy: The Curious Phenomenon of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, 50 Years On, by John Kruth with foreword by Steve Wynn (Backbeat Books); Yes: The Tormato Story, by Kevin Mulryne with foreword by Oliver Wakeman (Five Per Cent for Something Publishing)
         by Holm-Hudson, Kevin
  • Roots Punk: A Visual and Oral History, by David A. Ensminger (University Press of Mississippi)
         by Matt Chiu
  • Nefarious Artists: The Evolution and Art of the Punk Rock Post-Punk and New Wave Hardcore Punk and Alternative Rock Compilation Record 1976–1989, by Welly Artcore (Earth Island Books)
         by Dan Lopata
  • DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution, by Lance Scott Walker (University of Texas Press)
         by Leonard Martin
  • The Coen Brothers and American Roots Music, by Jesse Gerlach Ulmer (McFarland)
         by David Tenenholtz
  • Tomorrow Brings Memories Detroit’s First Underground Record Company, by Craig Maki (Wax Hound Press)
         by Edard Komara
  • But Will You Love Me Tomorrow: An Oral History of the ’60s Girl Groups, by Laura Flam and Emily Sieu (Hachette Books)
         by Blaine Brubaker
  • Book Reviewers
  • Books Received for Review

    Sound Recording Reviews

  • Jacques Tati Swing! Born Bad Records (BB167CD); Jacques Tati Swing! Born Bad Records (BB167)
         by Lawrence Schulman
  • Judy Garland: Meet Me in St. Louis/ The Harvey Girls – Plus 17 More 1930s & 1940s Classics in True Stereo! Classics (JCLA #380); Judy Garland: The LP Collection and More, First Time in Stereo. Classics (JG #676734)
         by Lawrence Schulman
  • Bobby Darin: E.P. Songs. Uni-LPRecords; Bobby Darin Sings The Shadow Of Your Smile. Atlantic/Direction Records; Bobby Darin: In A Broadway Bag. Atlantic/Direction Records; Bobby Darin: If I Were A Carpenter. Atlantic/Direction Records; Bobby Darin: Inside Out. Atlantic/Direction Records; Bobby Darin: Bobby Darin Sings Dr. Dolittle. Atlantic/Direction Records; Bobby Darin: Born Walden Robert Cassotto. Direction Records; Bobby Darin: Commitment. Direction Records
         by Lawrence Schulman
  • Curtain Calls of Yesteryear. Audio Fidelity
         by Lawrence Schulman
  • New Hillbilly Music: On The Honky Tonk Highway With The Brother Boys. By The Brother Boys (Ed Snodderly and Eugene Wolf). Bear Family (BCD17685)
    •      by Ed Komara
  • Sound Recording Reviewers

    • Regular Sections

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