Depuis 1991, l’Association for Recorded Sound Collections nomine des disques, des ouvrages ou des articles du domaine de l’histoire de l’enregistrement sonore pour leur excellence¹. Cette année c’est un travail collectif, réalisé sous l’égide de l’AFAS (association française des détenteurs de documents sonores et audiovisuels) qui a été récompensé dans le domaine des discographies des musiques du monde : La Musique antillaise en France discographie 1929-1959 / French-Caribbean Music in France a discography 1929-1959 par Alain Boulanger, John Cowley and Marc Monneraye, coordonné par Véronique Ginouvès. L’ouvrage, publié conjointement par l’AFAS et le conseil général de la Guadeloupe, peut être uniquement obtenu sur demande auprès des éditeurs.

Voilà ci-dessous la présentation des résultats des des prix de l’ARSC 2010 :

BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED BLUES, RHYTHM & BLUES, or SOUL MUSIC

Best Discography: Chuck Berry International Directory, by Morten Reff (Music Mentor)

Certificates of Merit:

Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues, by William Ferris (University of North Carolina Press)

Hand Me Down My Travelin’ Shoes: In Search of Blind Willie McTell, by Michael Gray (Chicago Review Press)

BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC

Best History: Kirill Kondrashin: His Life and Music, by Gregor Tassie (Scarecrow)

Certificate of Merit: Othmar Schoeck: Life and Works, by Chris Walton (Rochester University Press)

BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED COUNTRY MUSIC

Best History: Man of Constant Sorrow: My Life and Times, by Ralph Stanley and Eddie Dean (Gotham)

Certificate of Merit:  The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers: A Legacy in Country Music, by Jocelyn R. Neal (Indiana University Press)

BEST RESEARCH in FOLK, ETHNIC, or WORLD MUSIC

Best Discography: La Musique antillaise en France discographie 1929-1959 / French-Caribbean Music in France a discography 1929-1959, by Alain Boulanger, John Cowley and Marc Monneraye (AFAS)

Best History: The Wild Man of Rhythm: the Life and Music of Benny Moré, by John Radanovich (Florida University Press)

Certificate of Merit: Ramblin’ Jack Elliot: The Never-Ending Highway, by Hank Reineke (Scarecrow)

BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED ROCK OR POPULAR MUSIC

Best Discography: American Dance Bands on Record and Film, 1915-1942, by Richard J. Johnson and Bernhard H. Shirley (Rustbooks)

Best History: Perry Como: A Bibliography and Complete Career Record, by Malcolm Macfarlane and Ken Crossland (McFarland)

Certificates of Merit:

Sonic Boom: the history of Northwest Rock, from “Louie, Louie” to “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” by Peter Blecha (Backbeat)

Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of Independent Rock ‘n’ Roll Pioneers, by John Broven (University of Illinois Press)

BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED JAZZ MUSIC

Best History (tie):

Jade Visions: the Life and Music of Scott LaFaro, by Helene LaFaro-Fernández (University of North Texas Press)

The Ghosts of Harlem: Sessions with Jazz Legends, by Hank O’Neal (Vanderbilt University Press)

Certificate of Merit: From Harlem to Hollywood: My Life in Music, by Van Alexander and Stephen Fratallone (Bear Manor)

BEST RESEARCH in RECORD LABELS

Best History: Three Score and Ten: Topic Records at 70, by David Suff (Topic)

Certificate of Merit: King of the Queen City: the Story of King Records, by John Hartley Fox (University of Illinois Press)

BEST RESEARCH in GENERAL HISTORY OF RECORDED SOUND

Best History: How Does it Sound Now? Legendary Engineers and Vintage Gear, by Gary Gottlieb (Course Technology PTR)

Certificate of Merit: Selling Sounds: The Commercial Revolution in American Music, by David Suisman (Harvard University Press)

2010 ARSC SERVICE AWARDS

John Bolig wins the ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Lifetime Achievement Award is presented annually to an individual in recognition of his or her life’s work in published recorded sound research. The 2010 Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to John Bolig. John is the author of two discographies of Enrico Caruso and a series of discographies (six to date) outlining releases by the Victor Talking Machine Company. His books are the result of collecting, research conducted in Victor’s archives for more than fifty years, consultation of Victor catalogs, and correspondence with fellow collectors and discographers. They provide comprehensive documentation of Victor’s early output, including recordings dates, dates when recordings were first released and then deleted from catalogs, and uses of masters on subsequent Victor 78s and HMV releases. John’s publications are of consistently high quality. He is renowned for his thorough research, strict adherence to that which can be documented in print and archival sources, and his generosity to other researchers and discographers. His bibliography includes:The Recordings of Enrico Caruso: A discography (1973), Caruso Records: A History and Discography (2002), The Victor Red Seal Discography (2004), The Victor discography: green, blue, and purple labels (1910-1926) (2006), Gems : the Victor Light Opera Company discography (1909-1930) (2005), The Victor Black Label Discography : 16000-17000 Series (2007), The Victor Black Label Discography : 18000-19000 series (2008).

Steve Smolian Recieves the 2010 ARSC Award for Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings

The Award for Distinguished Service to Historic Recordings is presented annually to an individual who has made contributions of outstanding significance to the field of historic recordings in forms other than published works or discographic research. The 2010 ARSC Distinguished Service Award was presented to Steve Smolian. Steve has been a leading expert on audio preservation, restoration, and consulting for over 40 years, serving major institutions, smaller archives, and the public at large. He has successfully completed substantial restoration projects for major musical aggregations- the New York Philharmonic and the Chicago Symphony Orchestras- and organizations emphasizing the spoken word- the George Meany Memorial Archives, the Maryknoll Mission Archives and the American Jewish Archives. Recently he has performed preservation-related services for the Library of Congress, the National Archives Advisory Committee on Preservation (including consultation on the Nixon White House tapes), the Department of Justice and the Smithsonian Institution, as well as two of the Presidential Libraries. He has done appraisal work for the Library of Congress, Harvard University, and Columbia University. Steve is also involved with NPR’s Lost and Found Sound, restoring materials submitted by Quest for Sound callers. Steve is a long time member of ARSC, and serves on AAA committee and the Copyright and Fair Use committee, among other activities.

2010 AWARDS COMMITTEE

Winners are chosen by the ARSC Awards Committee: five elected judges representing specific fields of study, the ARSC President, and the Book Review Editor of the ARSC Journal. The members of the 2010 ARSC Awards Committee are:

Roberta Freund Schwartz (Committee Chair)

Brenda Nelson-Strauss (ex-oficio)

Vincent Pelote (ARSC President)

James Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal)

Dennis Rooney (Classical Music Judge)

Cary Ginnell (Judge-At-Large)

Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge)

William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge)

Richard Spottswood (Judge-at-Large)

Additional information about ARSC, including lists of past ARSC Award Winners and Finalists, may be found at www.arsc-audio.org.

1. The awards are presented to authors and publishers of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize outstanding published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high standards, and promotes awareness of superior works. Two awards may presented annually in each category—one for best history and one for best discography. Certificates of Merit are presented to runners-up of exceptionally high quality. The 2010 Awards for Excellence honor works published in 2009. [↩]

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