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 ARSC Journal (ISSN 0004-5438) is a semi-annual, peer reviewed publication that serves to document the history of sound recording and includes original articles on many aspects of research and preservation: biography; cataloging; copyright law; current research; discography; technical aspects of sound restoration, etc.. Selected ARSC conference papers are a regular feature. 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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2023

Vol. 54:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: 

2022

Vol. 53:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: The Serendipitous Road to ARSC, by Paul T. Jackson; The Making of the Gramophone Company's Continental European and Overseas Business: 1899-1914, by Peter Martland; The Redoubtable Improved Gramophone, by Timothy C. Fabrizio; Brunswick Artist Harry Philwin: The Singing Soldier, by Joel Roberts; How William Sinkler Darby Came to the Rescue After One Hundred and Twenty-Four Years: A Reappraisal of Certain Recording Dates of 7-inch American Berliners, by Hugo Strötbaum; Community Audio Archiving: Preserving the Podcast Ecosystem: Community Archiving, Independent Content Creation, and the Future of Podcast Preservation Work, by Mark Kidd; REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

Vol. 53:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: The Gramophone Company Ltd and the Victor Talking Machine Company Inc: A Special Relationship, by Peter Martland; Records to Be Heard, Rather Than Listened To: How Irv Teibel Polished and Preserved that "Raw Diamond," Mother Nature's Soundtrack, by Jennifer Ballow and Jessica Bross; The Recordings of Lata Mangeshkar, by Suresh Chandvankar; Greek and Albanian Record Catalogues, by Christopher C. King; Judy Garland: The Road Gets Rougher, 1960-1969, by Lawrence Schulman; A White Musician in Race Records: Bix Beiderbecke's Recordings on OKeh Race Series and Victor Hot Jazz, by Albert Haim; Community Audio Archiving: Preserving Home Recordings through Community Collaborations at Basement Tapes Day, by Miles Levy; REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

2021

Vol. 52:3 ($12) (Special Issue with CD in Celebration of Public Domain)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Introduction to the Special Issue, by Matthew Barton; Notes on the CD, by Various Authors; A Bus Ride in Cleveland: ARSC's Twenty-Year Fight for Copyright Reform, by Tim Brooks; Copyright and Fair Use: On Rights Management in Anthropological and Linguistic Sound Collections, by Hugh J. Paterson; The Acoustic Recording Era in Living Color!; PLUS a compact disc containing 27 restored and remastered tracks from pre-1923.

Vol. 52:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Trading in Tsarist Russia: A case study of the Gramophone Company's Russian branch 1898-1918, by Peter Martland; The Peregrinations of a Princess...Urban Popular Music of the 20th Century in the Network of Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the South-Eastern Mediterranean, by Nikos Ordoulidis; The Antti Jansson Tapes: A Secret Archive of Water Bug Sounds in Finland, by David Rothenberg; Children's Records – In Living Color!, by Peter Muldavin; The Pathé Acoustic Era: Unconventional Technologies, Factory Process and Management, by Anita Posateri; The Virginians and The Georgians: The Two Earliest "Bands-Within-A-Band", by Albert Haim; Community Audio Archiving: Mixtape Memories: Hip-Hop Community and Culture at NYC's Mixtape Museum, by Regan Sommer McCoy; REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

Vol. 52:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: The So-Called Common Balkan Culture in Popular Music: The Case of "Alipasalitika", by Maria St. Kapkid; Structure and Terminology of Maria Kapkidi's Ali Pasha Discography, by Hugo Strötbaum; Victor Adopts a Standard Groove Size, by Steve Smolian; Musica G.D., by Michael Kinnear; The Triumph and Tragic Death of a Nearly Forgotten Concert Pianist Jeanne Therrein, by Emil R. Pinta; French Illustrated 78 rpm Record Sleeves, by Thomas Henry; Yes, There is Such a Thing as Sound Culture Studies, and We Really Should Care, by Bruce Epperson; Show Boat, Ol' Man River and Paul Robeson, by Albert Haim; Community Audio Archiving: Community Collaboration in Ethnomusicology Archives: Ethical Considerations for Collections Management, by John Vallier; Letter from the Editor: Clarification of Attribution Guidelines, by Christopher C. King; REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

2020

Vol. 51:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Millhands and "Millbilly" Music, by Kinney Rorrer; So Rare: The Last Days of Jimmy Dorsey, by Matthew Barton; The Transatlantic Journey of a Turkish Song: Yeni Yeni Bir Sevdaya Düştüm, by Hugo Strötbaum; "BG" as Longhair Disc Jockey: The 1950 "Benny Goodman Music Festival", by David Jessup; Series Introduction: Short Takes on Community Audio Archiving, by Shawn VanCour; Community Audio Archiving: A Community Shapes a Collection: The Punk Archive at the Washington, DC Public Library, by Ray Barker; REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

Vol. 51:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Moore on Moore: Reflections on the Studio Life, Columbia Records, 1957-1995, by Victor Svorinich and Ray Moore; How and When Did "Bamboozlin' the Bassoon" Become a Subtitle for Joe Venuti's "Running Ragged"? The Connection Between Parlophone and OKeh Records, by Albert Haim. REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Copyright & Fair Use: The Music Modernization Act and its Impact on Access to Sound Recordings, by Kyra Folk-Farber; Current Bibliography

2019

Vol. 50:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Mapping the Crazy Water Radio Empire, by Maristella Feustle; Racial Representation in Popular Songs and Recordings of 1901, by Tim Brooks and Bill Doggett. REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Copyright and Fair Use; Current Bibliography

Vol. 50:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES AND DISCOGRAPHIES: "Advance Recordings: Innovative Label for American Twentieth-Century Avant-Garde Music," by Jerry L. McBride ; "Advance Recordings Discography," by Jerry L. McBride; "' . . . . 6 Seconds loud, undifferentiated noise [recording ends]': A History of Cockpit Recording in Transport Safety," by Bruce Epperson. REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Copyright and Fair Use; Current Bibliography

2018

Vol. 49:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: "The Importance of LPs in a Digital World," by Stephanie Bonjack; "Revisiting Ralph Lembo: Complicating Charley Patton, the 1920s Race Record Industry, and the Italian-American Experience in the Mississippi Delta," by T. DeWayne Moore. DISCOGRAPHY: "Skylite Records Discography," by Morris S. Levy. REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

Vol. 49:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "Mediography of John Sheppard's Music," by Robert F. Reigle; "Designing a Housing for the Horizontal Storage of Cracked or Broken Phonograph Discs," by Brandon Burke; REGULAR SECTIONS: Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

2017

Vol. 48:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "His Excellency: Dwight Fiske and the Birth of the Party Record Industry" by David J. Diehl and David N. Lewis; "The London LP Curve: London LP Recording Characteristic and its Equalization in Playback" by Wolfgang Leister; "People Have the Power: Crowdsourcing Cataloging of Sound Recordings" by Brad San Martin and Steve Weiss REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography;

Vol. 48:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "The New, Very New Sound: 1 The Story of Skylite Records, 1959-1991" by Morris S. Levy; "The Utah Symphony's Recordings with Vanguard Records" by Shih-ni Prim; DISCOGRAPHY: "Skylite Records Discography" by Morris S. Levy; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography;

2016

Vol. 47:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "Filling the Gaps of Bosnian Discography: Central European Labels Before the Great War" by Risto Pekka Pennanen; DISCOGRAPHY: "Discography of Bosnian non-Deutsche Grammophon-Aktiengesellschaft (DGAG) Recordings Before the Great War" by Risto Pekka Pennanen; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: "Abandoning the Ship: The US Recording Industry in 1931" by Peter Martland; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights 2016-1968

Vol. 47:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: "An ARSC Timeline" by Tim Brooks; "The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra: A History of its Commercial Recordings and Radio Broadcasts" by Dennis D. Rooney, John H. Haley, Gary A Galo, Thomas Fine, and James H. North; DISCOGRAPHY: "Pittsburgh Symphony Discography: A Brief History of the Orchestra's Recording Activity" by Dennis D. Rooney, John H. Haley, Gary A Galo, Thomas Fine, and James H. North; COMMENTARY: "An Editor's Introduction" by Sarah Bryan; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "Geraldine Farrar, Marion Talley, and Mismatched Women"; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

2015

Vol. 46:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: "Suitcases Full of Blues: The Revenant/Third Man Paramount Cabinets of Wonder" by Edward Komara; "Uncle Sam and Aunt Beeb: American Roots Music on the BBC" by Roberta Freund Schwartz; DISCOGRAPHY: "The Last Word on Recordings by Enrico Caruso, the Use of 'Copy Matrices' by the Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd., and Various Other Discographical Subjects" by John R. Bolig PhD; COMMENTARY: "An Editor's Parting Words" by Barry R. Ashpole; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: "The Dawn of Commercial Digital Recording"; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights 2015-1968

Vol. 46:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: "The Black Forum Label: Motown Joins the Revolution" by Charles E. Sykes, DME; "Commerce, Competition and Culture: The Classical Music Recording Industry, 1923-1932" by David N. C. Patmore, PhD; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: "Sound Recordings in the Art Gallery" by Karine Bouchard; "The Unknown Nadia Boulanger - Recordings from The Crane School of Music Archives at SUNY Potsdam" by Gary A. Galo; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Commentary: A Scientist's Tribute to Maria Callas; Current Bibliography

2014

Vol. 45:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: "The Only Mountain in Lubbock: A History of Analog Recording Studios in Lubbock, Texas" by Curtis Peoples, PhD; "The Columbia Symphony Orchestra: An Exploration of the Recording History of a Phantom Orchestra" by James H. North & Tom Tierney; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: "Louis Katzman: His Musical Life and Times" by Michael Katzman; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights 2014-1968

Vol. 45:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "Found, and Lost: The Recorded Legacy of J. Walter DeVaux, Masonic Music Master" by David N. Lewis; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: "Stand-Up State of the Nation" by Daniel Blazek; "Billy Eckstine: The Rise and Fall of the Fabulous Mr. B." by Cary Ginell; "Who Shall Judge My Work? David P. Boder's 1946 Interviews of Holocaust Survivors" by Ralph A. Pugh; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

2013

Vol. 44:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: "An Era Re-Visited: Trinidad & Tobago's Indigenous Calypso Music First Recordings, First Live Performances, First Music Publishing, and First Recordings on Film from 1900-1950" by Meagan Sylvester, Fabien Alfonso, and Heather Baldwin McDowell; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: "The New 'Non-Baking' Cure for Sticky Shed Tapes: How Forensic Chemistry Saved the Annapolis Sounds Masters" by Charles A. Richardson; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights 2013-1968

Vol. 44:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: The Mighty Monarch of the Air: A Short History of the Short Life of Majestic Records; Leopold Stokowski and His Symphony Orchestra: Personnel rosters for the RCA Victor recordings; 'Looking for slightly more perfection': Sir Thomas Beecham and Recording; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: Beyond Bebop: Dial Records and the Library of Contemporary Classics; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography

2012

Vol. 43.2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Re-Evaluation of the Artistry of Yma Sumac Based on Live Recordings; DISCOGRAPHY: Mahler's Unfinished Legacy: Exploring the Discography of the Tenth Symphony; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: Early Dance-Band Vocals by Tenor Jan Peerce; TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Digital vs. Analog Equalization of Disc Record Playback; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights 2012-1968.

Vol. 43.1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE: A Well-oiled Machine: The Creation and Dissolution of East Germany's VEB Deutsche Schallplatten; DISCOGRAPHY: The Red Seal De Luxe Series: A Discography of RCA's Red Vinyl 78s; "Where Did You Come From: "The 20th Century Fox Label; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: Modern Records: A Conversation with Recording Pioneer Joe Bihari; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal highlights 1968-2011.

2011

Vol.42:2 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: "A Compass of Extraordinary Range"; The Forgotten Origins of Phonomanipulation; Historical Influences on French Inventors of Recorded Sound, 1857-1914; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPER: The Metamorphosis of "How Does It Sound Now?"; DISCOGRAPHY: What's in a Word (or Two)? "Discography" and "Metadiscography": An Etymological Investigation; REGULAR SECTIONS: Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol.42:1 ($18)

ORIGINAL ARTICLES: Popular, Broadway and Other Crossover Recordings by Winners and Finalists of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air; ARSC CONFERENCE PAPERS: Underwriting history: The role of sound recording collectors in shaping the historical record; Bon Temps and Good News: The Influence of New Orleans on the Performance Style of Gospel Singer Mahalia Jackson; Determining the Composition of 78-rpm Records: Challenge or Fantasy? DISCOGRAPHY: Research Grants in Discography; LETTER TO THE EDITOR: I Feel a Song Coming On: The Life of Jimmy McHugh.

2010

Vol.41:2 ($18)

Effects of Desiccation on Degraded Binder Extraction in Magnetic Audio Tape; Sir Georg Solti and the Record Industry; Leopold Stokowski’s Rarest Recording: Saygun’s Yunus Emre – United Nations 1958; Archival Television Audio: Surviving Television Broadcast Sound Tracks Representing Lost TV Programs (1946-1972); Letters to the Editor (American Dance Bands on Record, 1915-42; Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville: An Annotated Discography); Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; Arscj Journal Highlights, 1968-2010.

Vol. 41:1 ($18)

The RCA Victor Vintage LP Series: Homage to Brad McCuen and a Tribute to Archie Green; Efforts by Record Companies, the American Federation of Musicians, and Truman’s Cabinet to Resolve the 1948 Recording Ban; édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville: An Annotated Discography; Phase Equalization and its Importance in the Reproduction of Disc Records; Letter to the Editor; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

2009

Vol. 40:2 ($18)

Frank Mancini and Modesto High School Band's contribution to the 2005 National Recording Registry; The Plagued History of Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli "Live" at the London Palladium, 1965-2009; Archiving Rock 'n' Roll: David Lemieux and the Grateful Dead Archives; The Metropolitan Opera Historic Broadcast Recordings; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights 1969-2009.

Vol. 40:1 ($18)

Beyond Category: Twentieth & Twenty-First Century Black Music Research & Recording in Washington, D.C.; From Discovery to Recovery: The Electronic Transfer of the J.R. Walker Native American Cylinder Record Collection; The Columbia Lp Equalization Curve; Copyright & fair use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

2008

Vol. 39:2 ($18)

Uncertain and Unverifiable: Jazz Metadiscography and the Paradox of Originality; Tape Degradation Factors and Challenges in Predicting Tape Life; The Compromise between Performative Originality and Reproductive Literalness: Ferruccio Busoni on Performance and the Musical Score; The First RCA Victor Recording of 1948: Petrillo, Truman and the AFM Recording Ban of 1948; Starr/Gennett Records Discography; Letter to The Editor; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights, 1968-2008.

Vol 39:1 ($18)

The Dawn of Commercial Digital Recording; John Culshaw and the Recording as a Work of Art; The Rainbow Records Discography: 1920-1926; Nathaniel Shilkret: A Most Prolific and Diverse Creator of Recorded Sound; Gene Austin & The Whippoorwills; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

2007

Vol 38:1 ($18)

A Fuller Perspective of the Pacific: Opening the Audio Portal into the Field Museum's A.W.F. Fuller Ethnographic Collection; Speech Acoustics and the Keyboard Telephone: Rethinking Edison's Discovery of the Phonograph Principle; Historic Records as Historical Records: Hersh Gross and His Boiberiker Kapelye (1927-1932); Letters; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews.

Vol. 38:2 ($18)

Nadia Boulanger: The Polish Relief Benefit Concert - 4 April 1941: "Get Hep & Get Happy" - Milwaukee's Jack Teter; Sound Recordings as a Tool for Musicological Research into Musical Automata; Potential for Use of Voice Recognition Software in Appraisal and Transcription of Oral History Tapes; Letters; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights.

2006

Vol 37:1 ($18)

ARSC FUNDED RESEARCH: Egyptian Nay Performers on Prominent Twentieth-Century Recordings by Amy Cyr; DISCOGRAPHY: Guidelines for Discographies in the ARSC Journal; RECORD LABELS: In Conversation with Richard Burns: An Oral History & Discography of Overtone Records by Donald C. Seibert; TECHNICAL: Vintage Microphones and the Restoration of Early Marsh Laboratories Electrical 78-rpm Recordings by James R. Powell, Jr., Randall G. Stehle, Jonathan D. Powell; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol. 37:2 ($18)

Rediscovering "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend"; Compilation Licensing in the Music Industry; The 1896 Consent Agreement Between the Graphophone and the Edison Interests; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights.

2005

Vol. 36:1 ($18)

The Local Phonograph Companies, 1888-1920 by Raymond R. Wile; Rigoletto Alias Tito Gobbi by Barry R. Ashpole; Prisoners in a World of Mystery: Bob Dylan and his Chroniclers by James Cushing; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 36:2 ($18)

2005 ARSC CONFERENCE PAPERS: How Copyright Law Affects Reissues of Historic Recordings: A New Study by Tim Brooks;The Voice of Virginia: The WRVA Sound Collection Preservation Project by Jay Gaidmore, James Sam, Ryan Davis, Anji Cornette; Rosetta Reitz: Rediscovering Women in Jazz & Blues by Ava Lawrence. Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights.

2004

Vol 35:1 ($18)

The North American Phonograph Company: Part I (1888-1892);George W. Johnson: The First African-American Recording Star; George W. Johnson: An Annotated Discography; A Essential Resource of American Folk Music: The Samuel Bayard Collection at the Pennsylvania State University; Agenda & Corrigenda; Fair Practices; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol. 35:2 ($18)

Toward an Appraisal Model for Audio Materials in Regional Archives & Historical Societies by David A. Baldwin; Historic Masters: Re-Issues on 78s of the Unpublished, Unknown & Forgotten by Barry Ashpole; The North American Phonograph Company: Part II (1893-1898) by Raymond R. Wile; Addenda & Corrigenda; Letters to the Editor; Copyright & Fair Use; Book Reviews; CD-ROM Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights.

2003

Vol 34:1 ($18)

The Metropolitan Phonograph Company; Soviet Recordings of Jewish Instrumental Folk Music, 1937-1939; Caruso on Records: A New Discography; Considerations in the Playback of Archival Analog Magnetic Recordings with Wide Recorded Tracks; Research in Progress; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 34:2 ($18)

Surface Markings on Gramophone Company & Victor Records; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra/Minnesota Orchestra: A Discography of Recordings, 1924-2003; National Institute of Verdi Studies: Library of Historical Sound Recordings; Sel-Sync and the "Octopus": How Came to be the First Recorder to Minimize Successive Copying in Overdubs; Research in Progress; Book Reviews; CD-ROM Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights.

2002

Vol 33:1 ($18)

The Automatic Phonograph Company and the Beginnings of the Nickel-in-the-Slot Phonograph; High Drama in the Record Industry: Columbia Records, 1901-1934; A Dialogue on the Oldest Playable Recording; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 33:2 ($18)

Sir Thomas Beecham: the Contract Negotiations with RCA Victor, Columbia Records and EMI, 1941-1959 -- Artistic Aspirations vs. Commercial Reality; The Acoustic Recordings of Stephen C. Foster's Music; Research in Progress; Letters to the Editor; Book Reviews; CD-ROM Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography; ARSC Journal Highlights.

2001

Vol 32:1 ($18)

Augustus Stroh: Forgotten Scientist of Sound; EMI, Sir Thomas Beecham, and the Formation of the London Philharmonic Orchestra; Pipe Organ Artists and Recordings on the Edison Label; Acoustic Chamber Music Sets (1899-1926): Discography - Part 3 of 3; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 32:2 ($18)

Duplicates of the Nineties and The National Phonograph Company's Bloc Numbered Series; Copyright and Sound Recordings; Humorous Reflections on Laughing Records; A Matrix of America; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

2000

Vol 31:1 ($18)

Giuseppe Creatore: Flamboyant Genius of the Concert Stage; Giuseppe Creatore (1871-1952): Discography; Early Recordings of Songs from Florodora: Tell Me, Pretty Maiden... Who are You - A Discographical Mystery; Florodora Recordings (1901-1902): Discography; Acoustic Chamber Music Sets (1899-1926): Discography - Part 1 of 3; Research in Progress: Guidelines for Cylinder Playback Equipment; Speaker's Corner; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 31:2 ($18)

The Recorded Legacy of Eddie Cantor; Decca Calypsos in the 1930s; Acoustic Chamber Music Sets (1899-1926), part 2 of 3; Discographical Guidelines for the ARSC Journal; Eli Oberstein and Indie record Production; Research in Progress; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

1999

Vol 30:1 ($18)

Marius Barbeau and Jean Beck on Transcribing French-Canadian Songs; Opportunity Lost: The American Graphophone Company and its Six Inch Cylinders; Ordinary People: The Talking Machine in Real Life; Research in Progress; Speaker's Corner; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 30:2 ($18)

The Aesthetics of the Recordings of Beniamino Gigli; Beniamino Gigli - The Record of Prejudice; Research in Progress; Collection Appraisal; Discography; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

1998

Vol 29:1 ($18)

Preserving the Sound of the "Old" Southwest (Charles Lummis and his Cylinder Collection of Mexican-American and Indian Music); Bach Transcription for Solo Piano (Discography); The Budapest String Quartet Recordings (Annotated Discography) Part II; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 29:2 ($18)

The Budapest String Quartet Recordings (Annotated Discography) Part III; The Lost Collection of Chant Cylinders; Formulating Guidelines for Discographies (Discussion); Research in Progress; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

1997

Vol 28:1 (Out of Print)

Selected Acetate Disc Cleaning Methods; Treasures of Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture; European Recordings of Jewish Instrumental Folk Music, 1911-1914; Research in Progress; Speakers' Corner; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recording reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 28:2 (Out of Print)

Early Black Vaudeville on Record; The Budapest String Quartet Recordings (Annotated Discography) Part I; Lord Rutherford's Recorded Lecture at Göttingen; Research in Progress; Speakers' Corner; Formulating Guidelines for Discographies to be Published in the ARSC Journal, Cataloging Systems For Private Collectors (Part II); Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current Bibliography.

1996

Vol 27:2 ($18)

The Gramophone Becomes a Success in America, 1896 1898; Internet Accessible Resources Containing Information About Sound Recordings; Disc Recording Equalization Demystified; U.S. Copyright Law and Performer's and User's Rights; Speakers' Corner; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recordings Reviews; Current Bibliography.

1995

Vol 26:1 (Out of Print)

A&R Men and the Geography of Piedmont Blues Recordings 1924-1941; Jack Miller Biography and Discography; Proposed University Specialization in Sound Preservation; Disposal of Record Collections; Recordings Which Should Be Issued on CD; Copyright Issues; Copyright and Fair Use of Sound Recordings: Preliminary Resource Guide; Book Reviews: Sound Recording Reviews.

Vol 26:2 ($18)

Cylinder Record Research; Cylinder Record: An Overview; Cylinder Record Materials; A Cylinder Industry Survey; Disposal of Record Collections; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; Sound Recording Reviews; Current bibliography.

1994

Vol 25:1 (Out of Print)

Bibliographic and Bibliothecal Considerations for Discographers; Authenticity and Evgeni Mravinsky's Style; Evgeni Mravinsky Discography; The Artistry of Myra Hess: Recent Reissues; Copyright Issues; book and sound recordings reviews; Recordings Received; Current Bibliography.

Vol 25:2 (Out of Print)

Handling of Sound Recordings; ARSC Grading Project; Belle Davis and Her Piccaninnies; Caruso's First Recordings: Myth and Reality; Copyright Issues; Book Reviews; sound Recordings Reviews; Current Bibliography.

1993

Vol 24:1 (Out of Print)

Georges Barrère Discography; Beecham's Half Century: A survey of Hist CD Reissues; Copyright Issues; book and sound recording reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 24:2 (Out of Print)

Storage of Sound Recordings; The Launching of the Gramophone in America 1890-1896; Copyright Issues; book and sound recording reviews; Recordings Received; Current Bibliography.

1992

Vol 23:1 (Out of Print)

National Public Radio Arts & Programs: Copyright Status of Historical Recordings, Willie Robyn: A Recording Artist in the 1920s, Part I; book and sound recording reviews, Recordings Received, Current Bibliography.

Vol 23:2 (Out of Print)

Preservation of Recorded Sound Materials; Broadway Musicals: Recent Preservations of Musical on the Concert Stage and in the Studio; IDEAMA: International Digital Electro Acoustic Music Archives; Willie Robyn: A Recording Artist in the 1920s, Part II, book and sound recording reviews, Current Bibliography.

1991

Vol 22:1 (Out of Print)

The Operatic Vitaphone Shorts; Growing Hostilities Between Edison and the Phonograph and Graphophone Developers; The Future of CBC's Past: CBC Radio Archives; book and sound recording reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 22:2 (Out of Print)

Magda Tagliaferro: A Discography; Moll, Kybarth & Company; Toscanini Legacy: Part II, The Selenophone; American Graphophone & Columbia; Historic Bavarian Radio Symphony; book and sound reviews, Recordings Received; Current Bibliography.

1990

Vol 21:1 (Out of Print)

New Possibilities in Audio Restoration; Etching the Human Voice: The Berliner Invention of the Gramophone; Julia Lee: The Empress of Kansas City; Serge Koussevitsky: A Complete Discography, Part I; book and sound recording reviews, Current Bibliography.

Vol 21:2 (Out of Print)

The Development of Sound Recording at the Volta Laboratory; Pseudonymous Performers on Early LP Records: Rumours, Facts & Finds; "Fair Use" of Sound Recordings: A Summary of Existing Practices and Concerns; Serge Koussevitsky: A Discography, Part II; book and sound recording reviews, Current Bibliography.

1988/9

Vol 20:1 (Out of Print)

Gilbert and Sullivan on 78s; ARSC/AAA, Fifteen Years of cooperative Research; Playback Equalizer Settings; book and sound recording reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 20:2 (Out of Print)

International Rerecording Standards; The Eldridge Reeves Johnson Memorial; Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings; Counod's Faust, Recent CD Releases; Toscanini Legacy; Commentary; book and sound recording reviews; Current Bibliography.

1987

Vol 19:1 ($7)

Recalling WERM and the Gramophone Shop Encyclopedia; Two Women of Caedmon; Flonzaley Quartet Discography; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography.

Vol 19:2/3 (Out of Print)

Edison Toy Phonography; Preserving Recording Tape; A Beethoven Ninth Discography; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography.

1986

Vol 18:1/2/3 (Out of Print)

The Birth of Decca Stereo; AAA Preservation Project; Arthur Schnabel: A Discography; Misunderstanding Toscanini; book and record reviews; For the Record; Current Bibliography.

1985

Vol 17:1/2/3 (Out of Print)

E.J. Smith, 1913-1984. Institute for Jazz Studies Preservation Project; Record Piracy; Now Where Did I Put The Franck Sonata?; Bibliography of Discographies, 1980-1985; Correspondence; book and record reviews, Discoveries, Current Bibliography.

1984

Vol 16:1/2 (Out of Print)

Howard O. Sackler, 1929-1982; Discography--New Music Quarterly Recordings; Discography--Vaughan Williams' Symphonies; On Fonoteam's Wagner-Furtwängler; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

Vol 16:3 (Out of Print)

Toscanini Collection at Wave Hill; Survey of Record Collectors' Societies; Discography--The Goon Show; Correspondence; book and record reviews; Discoveries; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

1983

Vol 15:1 (Out of Print)

Uriah Hunt Painter; Discography--Pre-LP Recordings of RCA at 33 1/3 rpm, Part 3, book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; The Way of the Living; For the Record.

Vol 15:2/3 (Out of Print)

Carl Engel and the Library of Congress' First Acquisition of Recordings; Conductors on Record Revisited; Proposal for the Establishment of International Rerecording Standards; Fifty Questions on Audio Restoration and Transfer Technology; Clues to Composer Discography, Including Discography--Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique; record reviews; Current Bibliography.

1982

Vol 14:1 (Out of Print)

Mapleson Afterword; Electrical Reproduction of Acoustically Recorded Discs and Cylinders; Critical Analysis of Spoken Word Broadcasts; Discography- Phonography Records Used in the Practice of Medicine; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

Vol 14:2 (Out of Print)

The Edison Invention of the Phonograph; Equalization and Equalizers; Discography--The Hollywood String Quartet; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

Vol 14:3 (Out of Print)

Sound Recordings Archives at Bowling Green State University; Huntin' for Discs with Wild Bill; Discography- Music of Frank Martin; Discography--Pre-LP Recordings of RCA at 33 1/3 rpm, 1931-1934, Part 2; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

1981

Vol 13:1 (Out of Print)

A Discotopolgy Primer; Discography--Pre-LP Recordings of RCA at 33 1/3 rpm, 1931-1934, Part 1: Selective Discography of the Civil Rights Movement; book and record reviews.

Vol 13:2 (Out of Print)

Hit Recordings During the Vietnam War; Bibliography of Discographies--1978-79; Discography--Walter Piston; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

Vol 13:3 (Out of Print)

The Mapleson Cylinder Project; A Provisional Mapleson Cylinder Chronology The Times as Reflected in Victor Black Label Military Band Recordings 1900-1930, Part 3; Discography--Roy Harris; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

1980

Vol 12:1/2 ($10)

Edward Robert Lewis, James Grayson, Dario Soria, John Culshaw (d. 1980); sound Archives--Role of the Collector and the Library; Disc Records of Turn-of-the-Century Chicago and the Companies which Sold Them; Discography--Emmanuel Feuermann, Part 1; book and record reviews; For the Record.

Vol 12:3 (Out of Print)

The Popular Music Research Project; Discography- Randall Thompson; Discography--Emmanuel Feuermann, Part 2; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography.

1979

Vol 11:1 ($7)

Use of Commercial Recordings in Scholarly Research; Artifacts of Recording History; Discography--Brahms' Alto Rhapsodie; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

Vol 11:2/3 ($10)

Edward B. Moogk (1914-1979); Directory to Columbia Recording Artists of the 1890s; Berliner Sales Figures; Bibliography of Discographies--1977; record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

1978

Vol 10:1 (Out of Print)

Columbia Records in the 1890s; Sound Recording Periodicals--A Preliminary Union Catalog; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; For the Record.

Vol 10:2/3 (Out of Print)

Bibliography of Discographies--1976; Preliminary Bibliography of Published Basic Sources Materials and Guide to Dates of Recording for Pre-LP Classical Music and Spoken Word Sound Recordings; Discography--Anna Case; Discography--Ferruccio Busoni; Discography- Soloman; Supplement, Richard Strauss' Recordings; ARSC Journal Index, 1968-78; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; Current Bibliography; For the Record.

1977

Vol 9:1 ($7)

Goddard Lieberson (1911-1977); Discography--Richard Strauss' Recordings; Unresolved Problems about Karl Muck's Recordings; Discography--Karl Much; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; On Record.

Vol 9:2/3 (Out of Print)

Bibliography on Storage, Care, and Preservation of Sound Recordings; Museum of Broadcasting; AAA Cataloging Project; Historische Aufnahmen; record reviews; For the Record.

1976

Vol 7:3 (Out of Print)

Rise and Fall of the Edison Speaking Phonograph Co., 1870-1880; Use of Recordings in Establishing Performance Practices for 19th/20th Century Organ Music; Standards for the Review of Discographic Works; book reviews.

Vol 8:1 (Out of Print)

The Times as Reflected in Victor Black Label Military Band Recordings 1900-1927, Part 2; Observations on the Conducting of Richard Strauss; Historical Transcriptions; Discography--Elliot Carter; book and record reviews.

Vol 8:2/3 (Out of Print)

Record Reissues--An American Perspective; Interview with John Pfeiffer, RCA Records; Bibliography of Discographies--1975; Discography--William Schuman; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record review; On Record.

1975

Vol 6:3 (Out of Print)

Walter C. Allen (d. 1974); Oral History in Britain; Oral History Centres in Britain, and Ireland; Bibliography of Discographies--1972; records reviews; On Record.

Vol 7:1/2 ($10)

The Phonograph Movies; Collectors, Catalogs and Librarians; Discography--"Worlds' Greatest Music" and "World's Greatest Opera" series; Bibliography of Discographies--1974, and additions corrections 1972-74; Historische Aufnahmen; book and record reviews; On Record.

1974

Vol 6:1 (Out of Print)

Edison Diamond Disc Phonograph; Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings; Discography--Music of Leonard Bernstein; Historische Aufnahmen; On Record.

Vol 6:2 (Out of Print)

Documentary Recordings in Ethnomusicology; Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound; Bibliography of Discographies, 1973; Historische Aufnahmen; On Record.

1973

Vol 5:1 ($7)

A University Course in Historical Sound Recordings; Arturo Toscanini Society; Discography--Edgard Varese; book reviews; On Record; Inquiries.

Vol 5:2/3 ($10)

Recordings of FDR; United Nations Sound Recordings Collection; Index to Commercial Spoken Word Recordings in the Library of Congress; book review; Historische Aufnahmen; On Record.

1972

Vol 4:1/2/3 (Out of Print)

A.F.R. Lawrence (1922-1972); Copyright and Sound Recordings; Status of Historical Radio Broadcast Collections in the U.S.; The Carnegie Music Set; Music Machines at the Smithsonian; The Times as Reflected in Victor Black Label Military Band Recordings 1900-1927, Part I; Discography--Hans Rosebud; Edison Phonograph; book reviews; Historische Aufnahmen; On Record.

1971

Vol 3:1 (Out of Print)

Hunting for the American White Spiritual, A Survey of Scholarship with Discography; Vernon Dalhart, His Rural Roots and the Beginnings of Commercial Country Music.

Vol 3:2/3 ($10)

Hugh Peter Court (1920-1972); Adventures in Edisonia; Edison Disc Sales Figures through February 1920.

1970

Vol 2:2/3 (Out of Print)

Report on National Program Archives in Canada; Here are the Materials--Where are the Scholars?

1969

Vol 2:1 (Out of Print)

William H. Seltsam (1897-1968); Peter Hugh Reed (1892-1969); Rerecording standards for phonograph records; Ownership and copyright of sound recordings.

1968

Vol 1:1 (Out of Print)

Report on First Annual Conference

Vol 1:2/3 (Out of Print)

ARSC Education and Standards Committee's report on acquisition standards for sound recordings and making recordings available for use.

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