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The writings of two winners
of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for Recorded Sound
Collections will grace the pages of the upcoming ARSC
Journal. In the Spring 2004 Journal, Ray Wile (Lifetime Achievement
Award, 1993) shares the results of his research on the North American Phonograph
Company, examining the period from 1888 to 1892. Tim Brooks (Lifetime
Achievement Award, 2004) reports on the life and work of George W. Johnson, the
first African-American recording “star.” For the Spring issue, Brooks has
compiled an annotated discography of Johnson recordings that was not included in
his recently published book Lost Sounds:
Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919. (Look for the
The Journal will also include Carl
Rahkonen’s description of Please note that recent
issues of the ARSC Journal sell for
$18 each. However, the $36 fee for Individual Membership in ARSC covers both
Spring and Fall Journals, plus three
ARSC Newsletters and the biennial ARSC Membership Directory. First-time
subscribers may deduct $3 from their membership
dues. To become a member of ARSC,
visit arsc-audio.org
and click on the “Join ARSC” button. Anna-Maria
Manuel, Co-chair, ARSC Outreach
Committee The Association for Recorded
Sound Collections is a non-profit organization that promotes the preservation
and study of sound recordings in all formats and fields of music and speech. The
Association is dedicated to serving the needs of the sound archiving and
collecting communities in specialized areas of interest and activity, through
its publications, annual conferences and the work of its many committees. ARSC
members include: collectors, dealers, archivists, librarians, historians,
musicians, students, discographers, reviewers, media producers and recording
engineers.
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