2001 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research

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2001 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research

London, England, September 27, 2001 -- The Association for Recorded Sound 
Collections is pleased to announce the winners of the 2001 ARSC Awards for 
Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research, awarded this year during 
its annual conference in London, England.

Begun in 1991, the awards are given 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 and aims to encourage others to 
emulate their high standards and to promote readership of their work. The 
2001 ARSC Awards honor books published during 2000.

Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music

Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925, by Tim Gracyk and Frank 
Hoffmann (Haworth Press)

Certificate of Merit: Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and 
Films, by George Hulme   (McFarland & Co.)

Best Research in Recorded Folk or Ethnic Music

Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music, by Benjamin 
Filene (University of North Carolina Press)

Certificate of Merit.  Cant You Hear Me Callin: The Life of Bill Monroe, 
Father of Bluegrass, by Richard D.  Smith (Little Brown & Co.)

Best Research in Recorded Classical Music

Best Discography. Tristan und Isolde on Record: A Comprehensive Discography 
of Wagners Music Drama with a Critical Introduction to the Recordings, by 
Jonathan Brown  (Greenwood Press)

Best History.  Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750-2000: Eine 
Werkgeschichte im Wandel, by Martin Elste (Metzler/Bärenreiter)

Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul

The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963-1998, by John Atkins (McFarland 
& Co.)

Certificate of Merit.  Race, Rock, and Elvis, by Michael T. Bertrand 
(University of Illinois Press)

Best Research in Recorded Jazz or Blues

Best History.  Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, by 
Ashley Kahn (DaCapo Press)

Best Discography/History.   Artie Shaw: A Musical Biography and 
Discography, by Vladimir Simosko (Scarecrow Press)

Certificate of Merit.  An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh, by 
Safford Chamberlain (Scarecrow Press)

Certificate of Merit. The Half Aint Been Told: An Otis Spann Career 
Discography, by Bill Rowe; revised and updated by Chris Smith and Howard 
Rye.  (Micography)

Best Research the General History of Recorded Sound

Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America, 
by David Morton (Rutgers University Press)

Best Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers

Best Discography. The R & B Indies, by Bob McGrath (Eyeball Productions)

Best History. Spinning the Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the 
Lengendary Chess Records, by Nadine Cohodas (St. Martins Press)

Certificate of Merit. American Record Labels and Companies: An Encyclopedia 
(1891-1943), by Allan Sutton and Kurt Nauck (Mainspring Press)

Certificate of Merit. Suomalaitsen äänilevyjen luettelo, 1901-1945, by 
Rainer Strommer (Helsinki: Suomen äänitearkisto ry. Yleisradio-äänilevystö)

Best Research in Phonographs

Discovering Antique Phonographs, by Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul 
(Schiffer)

Lifetime Achievement Award given to Leonard Kunstadt (1926-1996)

Leonard Kunstadt was the founder and editor of Record Research magazine 
from 1955-1995. Many of his own articles and discographies on jazz and 
popular music were published in Record Research in the 1950s and 1960s, 
some co-authored with Bob Colton. He was also cited on a number of other 
articles as coordinating" or "assisting" with the research. Though many of 
these are short, they include pioneering discographies or rollographies of 
early jazz and blues artists. Probably the most substantial of Kunstadts 
publications are his discographies of the Black Swan label (Record 
Research, 1955-58) and Wilbur Sweatman (with Colton, The Discophile, 
1955-57). He is also credited as co-author (with Sam Charters) of the 
notable book Jazz: A History of the New York Scene (1962), for which he did 
the research.

About ARSC

Founded in 1966, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections 
(http://www.arsc-audio.org) is a non-profit organization dedicated to 
research, study, publication, and information exchange surrounding all 
aspects of recordings and recorded sound. With members in twenty-three 
countries, the organization is comprehensive in scope and reflects the 
interests and concerns of its members, including historians, collectors, 
dealers, archivists, discographers, and recording engineers. Through its 
publications and meetings, ARSC provides a forum for the development and 
dissemination of information in all fields and periods of recording and in 
all sound media. In addition, ARSC works to encourage the preservation of 
historical recordings, to promote the exchange of research and information 
about them, and to foster an increased awareness of the importance of 
recorded sound as part of any cultural heritage.

ARSC Awards 2002

Nominations are currently open for the 2002 ARSC Awards for Excellence in 
Historical Recorded Sound Research.  Eligible publications include any 
printed workbook, monograph, article, liner notesfirst published during 
2001. The work may be on any subject related to recorded sound including 
histories, discographies, technology (such as modern techniques for the 
preservation or reproduction of older recordings), and recording artist 
biographies in any field of music or genre (classical, popular, rock, jazz, 
country, folk, spoken word, labels, phonographs, etc.).  The work should 
deal primarily with historical periods, defined as at least ten years prior 
to publication (e.g., pre-1991), with the exception of works related to 
preservation and technology.  In addition, a Lifetime Achievement Award 
will be presented to an individual in recognition of his or her lifes work 
in published recorded sound research.   The deadline for nominations is 
January 31, 2002.  The Awards Committee especially welcomes information 
concerning eligible foreign and small press publications that might 
otherwise be overlooked.  Publishers should submit one copy of each 
eligible publication; others may forward the author, title, publisher, and 
publishers address for each nominee to either of the ARSC Awards Co-Chairs:

Brenda Nelson-Strauss
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
220 So. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL  60604
bnelsonstrauss@xxxxxxx

Vincent Pelote
Institute of Jazz Studies
Rutgers State University of NJ
Newark, NJ  07102
pelote@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx