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--- 2009 ARSC AWARDS ---
The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) is pleased to announce
the winners of the 2009 ARSC Awards for Excellence in Historical Recorded
Sound Research. Begun in 1991, the awards are presented to authors and
publishers of books, articles, liner notes, and monographs, to recognize
outstanding published research in the field of recorded sound. In giving
these awards, ARSC recognizes outstanding contributions, encourages high
standards, and promotes awareness of superior works. A maximum of two awards
is presented annually in each category -- one for best history and one for
best discography. Certificates of Merit are presented to runners-up of
exceptionally high quality. The 2009 Awards for Excellence honor works
published in 2008. Additionally, a Lifetime Achievement Award and Award for
Distinguished Service to Historical Recordings are also presented annually.
The 2009 winners are:
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED BLUES, GOSPEL, RHYTHM BLUES, or SOUL MUSIC
I Got Two Wings: Incidents and Anecdotes of the Two Winged Preacher and
Electric Guitar Evangelist, Elder Utah Smith; by Lynn Abbott (Case Quarter)
Certificate of Merit:
Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound, by Alan B. Govenar (Texas AM
Press)
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED CLASSICAL MUSIC
Best Discography:
Boston Symphony Orchestra: An Augmented Discography, by James H. North
(Scarecrow Press)
Best History:
A Charles Ives Omnibus, by James Mack Burk (Pendragon)
Certificates of Merit:
After the Golden Age: Romantic Pianism and Modern Performance, by Kenneth
Hamilton (Oxford University Press)
Sprechstimme in Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire: A Study of Vocal
Performance Practice, by Aidan Soder (Edwin Mellen Press)
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED COUNTRY MUSIC
Linthead Stomp: The Creation of Country Music in the Piedmont South, by
Patrick Huber (University of North Carolina Press)
Certificates of Merit:
Working Girl Blues: The Life and Music of Hazel Dickens, by Hazel Dickens
and Bill C. Malone (University of Illinois Press)
Merle Haggard: Concepts Live.1968-1976, by Deke Dickerson (Bear Family)
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED FOLK, ETHNIC, or WORLD MUSIC
Mexican American Mojo: Popular Music, Dance and Urban Culture in Los
Angeles, 1935-1968; by Anthony Macias (Duke University Press)
Certificate of Merit:
Lemko Folk Music on Wax Cylinders and American Recordings, 1901-1930; by
Bogdan Horbal and Walter Maksimovich (self-published)
BEST RESEARCH in GENERAL HISTORY of RECORDED SOUND
Den Talande Maskinen: De Forsta Inspelade Ljuden I Sverige Och Norden (The
Talking Machine: The First Recorded Sounds in Sweden and Scandinavia); by
Tony Franzen, Gunnar Sundberg, and Lars Thelander (Suomen
Aanitearkisto/Finlands Ljudarkiv)
Certificate of Merit:
Sound Media: A Theory of Live Journalism and Musical Recording, by Lars Nyre
(Routledge)
BEST RESEARCH in RECORD LABELS
Best Discography:
Montgomery Ward Records: A Discography, by Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press)
Best History:
Revolutionizing Children's Records: The Young People's Records and
Children's Record Guild Series, 1946-1977; by David Bonner (Scarecrow Press)
Certificate of Merit:
The Edison Discography, 1926-1929; by Raymond R. Wile (Mainspring Press)
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED JAZZ MUSIC
Best Discography:
John Coltrane Reference; by Chris DeVito, David Wild, Yasuhiro Fujioka, and
Wolf Schmaler; edited by Lewis Porter (Routledge)
Best History:
A Power Stronger Than Itself: The AACM and American Experimental Music, by
George E. Lewis (University of Chicago Press)
Certificates of Merit:
Backstory in Blue: Ellington at Newport '56, by John Fass Morton (Rutgers
University Press)
Playing the Changes: Milt Hinton's Life in Stories and Photographs; by Milt
Hinton, David Berger and Holly Maxson (Vanderbilt University Press)
Miles Davis, Miles Smiles, and the Invention of Post Bop; by Jeremy Yudkin
(Indiana University Press)
Luck's in My Corner: The Life and Music of Hot Lips Page, by Todd Bryant
Weeks (Routledge)
Delightfulee: The Life and Music of Lee Morgan, by Jeffrey McMillan
(University of Michigan Press)
Monk's Music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making, by Gabriel
Solis (University of California Press)
BEST RESEARCH in RECORDED ROCK and POPULAR MUSIC
Sgt. Pepper and The Beatles: It Was Forty Years Ago Today; by Olivier Julien
(Ashgate)
Certificate of Merit:
Mondo Exotica: Sounds, Visions, Obsessions of the Cocktail Generation; by
Francesco Adinolfi (Duke University Press)
So You Want To Be a Rock and Roll Star: The Byrds Day-By-Day, 1965-1973; by
Christopher Hjort (Jawbone Press)
Hot Burritos: The True Story of the Flying Burrito Brothers, by John
Einarson and Chris Hillman (Jawbone Press)
2009 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: CRISTOBAL DIAZ-AYALA
