Finalists for the 2001 ARSC Awards for Excellence

These are the finalists for the 2001 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research. Begun in 1991, this year a blue-ribbon Awards Committee selected by the membership poured through scores of books, articles, and liner notes published in 2000. ARSC is pleased to recognize the outstanding research and discographic work done by the nominees. Please note that "H" signifies a nomination for history and "D" signifies a nomination for discography.

Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music -

• Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films by George Hulme (McFarland & Co., 2000) [D]
• Paul Simon: A Bio-Bibliography by James Perone, (Greenwood Press, 2000)
  [H, D]
• Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925 by Tim Gracyk and Frank Hoffmann (Haworth Press, 2000) [H]

Best Research in Recorded Classical Music -

• A Century of Recorded Music: Listening to Musical History by Timothy Day (Yale University Press, 2000) [H]
• Discography in Leonard Warren: American Baritone by Barrett Crawford (Amadeus Press, 2000) [D]
• Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750-2000: Eine Werkgeschichte im Wandel by Martin Elste (Meltzer/Barenreiter, 2000) [H]
• Schubert's Great C Major Symphony, d 944: A Discography, by Jerome F. Weber (Self-published, 2000) [D]
• Tristan und Isolde on Record: A Comprehensive Discography of Wagner's Music Drama with a Critical Introduction to the Recordings by Jonathan Brown (Greenwood Press, 2000) [D]

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

• The Beatles Story on Capitol Records, Parts One and Two, by Bruce Spizer (498 Productions, 2000) [H]
• Boogie Man: The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century, by Charles Shaar Murray (St. Martin’s Press, 2000) [H]
• Cream: Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker -- The Legendary Sixties Supergroup, by Chris Welch (Backbeat Books, 2000) [H]
• Encyclopedia of Rhythm and Blues and Doo-Wop Vocal Groups, by Mitch Rosalsky (Scarecrow Press, 2000) [H]
• Girl Groups: Fabulous Females That Rocked the World, by John Clemente (Krause Publications, 2000) [H]
• Race, Rock, and Elvis, by Michael T. Bertrand (University of Illinois Press, 2000) [H]
• The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963-1998, by John Atkins (McFarland & Company, 2000) [H]

Best Research in Recorded Jazz or Blues -

• Artie Shaw: A Biography and Discography, by Vladimir Simosko (Scarecrow Press, 2000) [H,D]
• Dis Here: A Bio-Discography of Julian 'Cannonball' Adderley, by Chris Sheridan (Greenwood Press, 2000) [D]
• The Half Ain't Been Told: An Otis Spann Career Discography, by Bill Rowe (revised and updated by Chris Smith and Howard Rye) (Micrography, 2000) [D]
• The Half Ain't Been Told: An Otis Spann Career Discography, by Bill Rowe (revised and updated by Chris Smith and Howard Rye) (Micrography, 2000) [D]
• Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece, by Ashley Kahn (DaCapo Press, 2000) [H]
• Morning Glory: A Biography of Mary Lou Williams, by Linda Dahl (Pantheon Books, 1999 - but not available until 2000) [H]
• An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh, by Safford Chamberlain (Scarecrow Press, 2000) [H, D]

Best Research in Recorded Folk and Ethnic Music -

• Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father of Bluegrass, by Richard D. Smith (Little Brown & Company, 2000) [H]
• Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music, by Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina Press, 2000) [H]
• Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica, by Norman C. Stolzoff ( Duke University Press, 2000) [H]

Best Research in the General History of Recorded Sound -

• "Centenary of Indian Gramophone Records," by Suresh Chandvankar in The Record News: The Journal of the Society of Indian Record Collectors, Annual, TRN-2000 (2000) [H]
• Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America, by David Morton (Rutgers University Press, 2000) [H]

Best Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers -

• American Record Labels and Companies: An Encyclopedia (1891-1943), by Allan Sutton and Kurt Nauck (Mainspring Press, 2000) [D]
• Dancing in the Streets: Motown and Cultural Politics of Detroit, by Suzanne E. Smith (Harvard University Press, 2000) [H]
• The R&B Indies, by Bob McGrath (Eyeball Music, 2000) [D]
• Spinning the Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers, by Nadine Cohodas (St. Martins Press, 2000) [H]
• Suomalaisten Aanilevyjen Luettelo 1901-1945 (Catalog of Finnish Records 1901-1945), by Rainer Strommer (Suomen Aanitearkisto ry. Yleisradio-Aanilevysto, 2000) [D]

Best Research in Phonographs -

• Discovering Antique Phonographs, by Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul (Schiffer, 2000) [H]