2001 Winners: ARSC
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1999
Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music
Winner:
Popular American Recording Pioneers: 1895-1925 by Tim Gracyk
and Frank Hoffmann (Haworth Press, 2000)
Certificate of Merit:
Mel Torme: A Chronicle of His Recordings, Books and Films
by George Hulme (McFarland & Co., 2000)
Best Research in Recorded Folk and Ethnic Music
Winner:
Romancing the Folk: Public Memory and American Roots Music,
by Benjamin Filene (University of North Carolina Press, 2000)
Certificate of Merit:
Can't You Hear Me Callin': The Life of Bill Monroe, Father
of Bluegrass, by Richard D. Smith (Little Brown & Company,
2000)
Best Research in Recorded Classical Music
Best Discography:
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)
Best History:
Meilensteine der Bach-Interpretation 1750-2000: Eine Werkgeschichte
im Wandel by Martin Elste (Meltzer/Barenreiter, 2000)
Best Research in Recorded Rock, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul
Winner:
The Who on Record: A Critical History, 1963-1998, by John
Atkins (McFarland & Company, 2000)
Certificate of Merit:
Race, Rock, and Elvis, by Michael T. Bertrand (University
of Illinois Press, 2000)
Best Research in Recorded Jazz or Blues
Best History:
Kind of Blue: The Making of the Miles Davis Masterpiece,
by Ashley Kahn (DaCapo Press, 2000)
Best Discography/History:
Artie Shaw: A Biography and Discography, by Vladimir Simosko
(Scarecrow Press, 2000)
Certificates of Merit:
An Unsung Cat: The Life and Music of Warne Marsh, by Safford
Chamberlain (Scarecrow Press, 2000)
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)
Best Research in the General History of Recorded Sound
Winner:
Off the Record: The Technology and Culture of Sound Recording in America,
by David Morton (Rutgers University Press, 2000)
Best Research in Record Labels or Manufacturers
Best Discography:
The R&B Indies, by Bob McGrath (Eyeball Music, 2000)
Best History:
Spinning the Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers, by Nadine
Cohodas (St. Martins Press, 2000)
Certificates of Merit:
American Record Labels and Companies: An Encyclopedia (1891-1943),
by Allan Sutton and Kurt Nauck (Mainspring Press, 2000)
Suomalaisten Aanilevyjen Luettelo 1901-1945 (Catalog of Finnish
Records 1901-1945), by Rainer Strommer (Suomen Aanitearkisto
ry. Yleisradio-Aanilevysto, 2000)
Best Research in Phonographs
Winner:
Discovering Antique Phonographs, by Timothy C. Fabrizio and
George F. Paul (Schiffer, 2000) (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
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