Following
are the finalists for the 2005 ARSC Awards for
Excellence in Historical Recorded Sound Research,
selected by the Awards Committee from books,
articles, and liner notes published in 2004.
ARSC is pleased to recognize the outstanding
research and discographic work done by the nominees.
Best
Research in Recorded Blues -
- Escaping
the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention
of the Blues by Elijah
Wald (Harper Collins)
- Moanin’ At
Midnight: The Life and Times of Howlin’ Wolf by James Segrest and Mark Hoffman (Pantheon)
- Robert
Johnson: Mythmaking and Contemporary American
Culture by Patricia
R. Schroeder (University of Illinois Press)
Best
Research in Recorded Classical Music -
- Adrian
Willaert: A Guide to Research by
David Kidger (Routledge)
- Alan
Rawsthorne: A Bio-Bibliography by John Dressler (Praeger)
- Dmitri
Shostakovich, Pianist by Sofia Moshevich
(McGill-Queens University Press)
- Leroy
Anderson: A Bio-Bibliography by Burgess Speed
(Praeger)
- Performing
Music in the Age of Recording by Robert Philip
(Yale University Press)
Best
Research in Recorded Folk or Country Music-
- Country
Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942 by
Tony Russell (Oxford University Press)
- Ramblin’ Man:
The Life and Times of Woody Guthrie by Ed
Cray (Norton)
Best
Research in Recorded World Music-
- Albanian
Urban Lyric Song in the 1930s by
Eno Koco (Scarecrow Press)
- Arrest
The Music! : Fela and his Rebel Art and Politics by Tejumola Olaniyan (Indiana University Press)
- Git
Zaman Gel Zaman by Cernal Unlu (Fonograf Gramofon
Tab Plak)
- Soweto
Blues: Jazz, Popular Music and Politics in
South Africa by Gwen Ansell (Continuum Books)
Best
Research in General History of Recorded Sound
-
- Capturing
Sound: How Technology Has Changed Music by
Mark Katz (University of California Press)
- Lost
Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording
Industry 1890-1919 by Tim Brooks (University
of Illinois Press)
Best
Research in Recorded Jazz-
- Albert
Ayler: Holy Ghost by Ben Young, ed. (Revenant
Records)
- The
Complete Columbia Recordings of Woody Herman,
1945-1947 by Loren Schoenberg (Mosaic Records)
- Django:
The Life and Music of a Gypsy Legend by Michael
Dregni (Oxford University Press)
- Queen:
The Life and Music of Dinah Washington by
Nadine Cohodas (Pantheon)
- Satchmo:
The Louis Armstrong Encyclopedia by Michael
Meckna (Greenwood Press)
- Tom
Talbert: His Life and Times by Bruce Talbot
(Scarecrow Press)
Best
Research in Record Labels -
- Fonotipia
Recordings: A Centennial Survey by
Michael E. Henstock (pub. by author)
- Discography
of OKeh Records, 1918-1934 by Ross
Laird and Brian Rust. (Praeger)
- Syrena
Record: Poland’s First Recording Company,
1904-1939 by Tomasz Lerski (Editions
Karin)
- Victor
Red Seal Discography: Vol. I: Single-Sided
Series (1903-1925) by John R. Bolig
(Mainspring Press)
Best
Research in Recorded Popular Music-
- Andrews
Sisters: A Biography and Career by
H. Arlo Nimmo (McFarland)
- Celia:
My Life, an Autobiography by
Celia Cruz and Ana Cristina Reymundo (Harper
Collins)
- That
Moaning Saxophone: The Six Brown Brothers
and the Dawning of a Musical Craz by
Bruce Vermazen (Oxford University Press
Best
Research in Recorded Rhythm & Blues, Soul,
or Gospel Music -
- Higher
Ground: Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Curtis
Mayfield and the Rise and Fall of American
Soul by Craig Hansen Werner (Crown)
- House
On Fire: The Rise and Fall of Philadelphia
Soul by John A. Jackson (Oxford University
Press)
- I
Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You: Aretha
Franklin, Respect and the Making of a Soul
Music Masterpiece by Matt Dobkin (St. Martins
Press)
- Luther:
The Life and Longing of Luther Vandross by
Craig Seymour (Harper Collins)
- Original
Marvelettes: Motown’s Mystery Girl Group by Marc Taylor (Aloiv)
- People
Get Ready!: A New History of Black Gospel Music by Robert Darden (Continuum Books)
Best Research
in Recorded Rock or Rap Music -
- Del
Shannon: Home and Away: The Complete Recordings,
1960-1970 by Brian Young (Bear Family)
- Freddy
Fresh Presents the Rap Records by Freddy Fresh
(Nerby Publishing)
- Never
Break the Chain: Fleetwood Mac and the Making
of Rumours by Cath Carroll (Chicago Review
Press)
- Nirvana:
The Complete Recording Sessions by Rob Jovanovic
(Firefly)
- Smoke
On The Water: The Deep Purple Story by Dave
Thompson (ECW Press)
- Steve
Marriott: All Too Beautiful by Paolo Hewitt
and John Hellier (Helter Skelter)
