Synopses & Reviews
This discography documents the full range of Brunswick label recordings through 1931, when the American Record Corporation purchased the label. The data includes affiliated or subsidiary labels such as Vocalion and Melotone. Brunswick recorded a wide variety of music in both New York City and in a variety of regional locations within and outside of the United States. This collection of material provides a unique cross-section of the music and musicians of the time. Much of the information derives from surviving company files and from issued recordings.
Book News Annotation:
Following an historical survey of the Brunswick company and its
development up to 1931, these four volumes provide a listing of the
company's recordings during the first decade and a half of the
label's existence. Because the work is organized chronologically,
most users will probably be dependent upon the several indexes that
list recordings by artists (in each volume), and in volume four by
numerical listings, series, a consolidated index of artists, titles,
and publishers. Some of the artists whose original recordings are
represented here include Irving Berlin, Howard Dietz, George
Gershwin, Harry Warren, and Hoagy Carmichael. The types of work are
also diverse, including spoken work, jazz, vocal, choral, blues,
classical, children's, and country music.
Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:
Includes all known Brunswick label recordings through 1931, including subsidiary labels such as Vocalion and Melotone.
Synopsis:
This discography documents the full range of Brunswick label recordings through 1931, when the American Record Corporation purchased the label. The data includes affiliated or subsidiary labels such as Vocalion and Melotone. Brunswick recorded a wide variety of music in both New York City and in a variety of regional locations within and outside of the United States. This collection of material provides a unique cross-section of the music and musicians of the time. Much of the information derives from surviving company files and from issued recordings.
About the Author
ROSS LAIRD has worked as a professional librarian, researcher, and archivist and has recently opened a collector's record shop in Sydney, Australia. He is the author of Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934 (Greenwood, 1995) and Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933 (Greenwood, 1996).
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Bibliography
Abbreviations
User's Guide
Volume I: New York Sessions 1916-1926
Historical Survey
Discography
New York Studios 1916-1919 (Vertical Recordings)
New York Studios 1919-1926 (Lateral Recordings)
Index of Artists
Volume II: New York Sessions 1927-1931
New York Studios 1927-1931
Index of Artists
Volume III: Chicago &Regional Sessions
Chicago Recordings 1923-1931
Regional &"Road" Recordings 1923-1931
Aeolian-Vocalion Masters Re-Released by Brunswick
Untraced Brunswick Recordings
Untraced Vocalion Recordings
Addenda
Name Index
Volume IV: Other Non-U.S. Recordings &Indexes
Cliftophone &British Brunswich Recordings 1922-1929
Buenos Aires (Argentina) Recordings
European Recordings
Indexes
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