2008 Winners: ARSC Awards for Excellence
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1999
[ Best Research in Recorded Blues, Rhythm & Blues, or Soul Music ]
Best Discography The Gospel Discography: A Discography of Post-war African-American Gospel Records from 1943 to 1970. Cedric Hayes and Bob Laughton (Eyeball Productions) |
Best History How Britain Got the Blues: The Transmission and Reception of American Blues Style in the United Kingdom  Roberta
Freund Schwartz (Ashgate) |
Certificate of Merit Cross the Water Blues: African American Music in Europe Neil
A. Wynn, ed. (University of Mississippi Press) |
[ Best Research in Recorded Classical Music ]
Best Discography Joan Tower: The Comprehensive Bio-Bibliography
Ellen K. Grolman (Scarecrow) |
Best History Moondog: The Viking of 6th Avenue: The Authorized Biography Robert
Scotto (Process) |
Certificate of Merit Sigmund Romberg William
A. Everett (Yale University Press) |
[ Best Research in Recorded Country Music ]
Best Work Country Music Originals: The Legends and the Lost Tony
Russell (Oxford University Press) |
Certificate of Merit Charlie Monroe: I’m Old Kentucky Bound: His Recordings, 1938-1956. Richard K. Spottswood, liner notes (Bear Family) |
Certificate of Merit Public Cowboy No. 1: The Life and Times of Gene Autry Holly
George-Warren
(Oxford University Press) |
Certificate of Merit Whiskey River (Take My Mind): The True Story of Texas Honky-Tonk Johnny
Bush
with Rick Mitchell (University of Texas Press) |
Certificate of Merit The Selling Sound: The Rise of the Country Music Industry Diane
Pecknold
(Duke University Press) |
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[ Best Recorded Folk, Ethnic, or World Music ]
Best Discography Hawaiian & Hawaiian Guitar Records, 1891-1960. T. Malcolm Rockwell (Mahina Piha Press) |
Best History Dub: Soundscapes and Shattered Songs in Jamaican Reggae
Michael E. Veal (Wesleyan University Press)
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[ Best Research in General History of Recorded Sound ]
 The Complete Guide to Vintage Children’s Records: Identification & Value Guide Peter
Muldavin (Collector’s Books) |
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[ Best Research in Record Labels ]
Best Dicography Beltona: A Label Listing and History. William Dean-Myatt (The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society) |
Best History Horizons Touched: The Music of ECM Steve
Lake and Paul Griffiths (Granta) |
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[ Best Research in Recorded Jazz Music ]
 Lennie Tristano: His Life in Music Eunmi
Shim (University of Michigan Press) |
Certificate of Merit Subversive Sounds: Race and the Birth of Jazz in New Orleans Charles
Hersch (University of Chicago Press) |
Certificate of Merit The Original Hot Five Recordings of Louis Armstrong Gene
H. Anderson (Pendragon) |
Certificate of Merit Ragtime: An Encyclopedia, Discography, and Sheetography David
A. Jasen (Routledge) |
[ Best Research in Recorded Popular Music ]
Best Discography The Complete New Zealand Music Charts, 1966-2006: Singles, Albums, DVDs, Compilations. Dean Scapolo (Maurienne House) |
Best History Lonely Avenue: The Unlikely Life and Times of Doc Pomus Alex
Halberstadt (Da Capo) |
Certificate of Merit Tearing Down the Wall of Sound: The Rise and Fall of Phil Spector Mick
Brown (Knopf) |
[ Best Research in Recorded Rock Music ]
Best Discography The Beatles Swan Song: “She Loves You” & Other Records Bruce
Spizer (498 Productions) |
Best History Inside the Music of Brian Wilson: The Songs, Sounds, and Influences of the Beach Boys’ Founding Genius Philip
Lambert (Continuum) |
Certificate of Merit Jimmy Page: Magus, Musician, Man: An Unauthorized Biography George
Case (Hal Leonard) |
For more information, contact either Roberta Freund Schwartz (University of Kansas) or Robert Iannapollo (Eastman School of Music).
Winners are chosen by the ARSC Awards Committee: five elected judges representing specific fields of study, plus the ARSC President, and the Book Review Editor of the ARSC Journal. The members of the 2008 ARSC Awards Committee are: Robert Iannapollo (Awards Committee Co-Chair); Roberta Freund-Schwartz (Awards Committee Co-Chair); Sam Brylawski (ARSC President); Brenda Nelson-Strauss (ARSC Past-President); Jim Farrington (Book Review Editor, ARSC Journal); David Hamilton (Classical Music Judge); Kip Lornell (Judge-At-Large); Dan Morgenstern (Jazz Music Judge); William L. Schurk (Popular Music Judge); Dick Spottswood (Judge-at-Large).
