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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.
The following works, published in 2004, have been nominated:
Best Research in Recorded Blues
- Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues 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 Craze 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)
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