ARSC Awards for Excellence: 2001 Winners
Best Research in Recorded General Popular Music
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
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
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
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
Discovering Antique Phonographs, by Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul (Schiffer, 2000) (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2001)
