Maybe a helpful resource is "Capital Moves: RCA's Seventy Year Quest for
Cheap Labor" by Jefferson Cowie. Though more focused on the radio/TV
manufacturing side of the business, socioeconomic forces on recordings are
discussed. You can read an excerpt HERE
<https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/75724>.

On Wed, Apr 7, 2021 at 10:25 AM Faranda, Matthew <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> That would be tremendous! Before posing the question to the list serve I
> had looked though ARSC's own bibliographies and I spoke with David Sager to
> make sure I wasn't missing anything. Thank you folks who replied, it is
> greatly appreciated!
>
> If anyone is interested, below is my current bibliography. Because I have
> no idea if any of these authors are a part of this list serve, I will only
> say that some of these works are more helpful than others. (And if you did
> write one of these, it was TOTALLY the best one, I'll be in touch.) So
> please, any other suggestions are more than welcome! Always looking for
> good liner notes as well.
>
> General Histories
> Feaster, Patrick - Pictures of Sound
> Gelatt, Roland - The Fabulous Phonograph
> Millard, Andre - America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound
> Milner, Greg - Perfecting Sound Forever
> Morton, David L., Jr. - Sound Recording: The Life Story of a Technology
> Lowe, Allen - American Pop: from Minstrel to Mojo
> Lowe, Allen - That Devilin' Tune
> Schmidt Horning, Susan - Chasing Sound
> Wald, Elijah - How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll
> Walsh, Jim - Hobbies articles/LOC archive
>
> Personalities
> Brooks, Tim - Lost Sounds
> Carter, Marva Griffin - Swing Along (Will Marion Cook)
> Gracyk, Tim - Popular American Recording Pioneers
> Shilkret, Nathaniel - Nathaniel Shilkret: Sixty Years in the Music Business
> Whitburn, Joel - Pop Memories 1890 - 1954
> Wilder, Alec - American Popular Song: The Great Innovators 1900-1950
>
> Minstrelsy
> Abbott, Lynn and Seroff, Doug - Ragged but Right
> Lott, Eric and Marcus, Greil - Love & Theft
> Rice, Edward Le Roy - Monarchs of Minstrelsy
> Sampson, Henry T. - Blacks in Blackface
>
> Tin Pan Alley/Broadway/Vaudeville
> Cook, Will Marion Cook and Dunbar, Lawrence Paul. Riis, Thomas L., ed. -
> The Music and Scripts of "In Dahomey"
> Marks, Edward B. - They All Sang
> S.D., Trav. - No Applause Just Throw Money
> Spitzer, Marian - The Palace
>
> Music/CDs
> Any and all of Archeophone's releases
> The "Whole Ball of Wax" collection sourced and compiled by Glenn Sage of
> www.tinfoil.com
> Jewface - Reboot Stereophonic
> In Dahomey - The Cholla Chorale (1994)
> Music from the New York Stage (4 vol.)
> Broadway Through the Gramophone (3 vol.)
> The National Jukebox - "Jukebox Day by Day" - Library of Congress (I have
> listened to the Day by Day in its entirety twice and counting! Since
> they've added the Colombia cuts, it has definitely gotten more challenging
> to keep up!)
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Francesco Martinelli
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> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Books about the acoustic era
>
> Maybe we could commit to collectively create an updated bibliography on
> the subject, inclusive of the very useful comments on the different
> editions?
> I have many of the mentioned texts, including an Italian translation of
> Gaisberg, but I'm always on the lookout for more, so I'd be happy to help
> Francesco Martinelli
>
>
> Il giorno mer 7 apr 2021 alle ore 01:57 Paul Stamler <[log in to unmask]>
> ha scritto:
>
> > On 4/6/2021 4:11 PM, Faranda, Matthew wrote:
> > > I'm still brand new to the list so apologies if something like this
> > > has
> > been asked before. I am currently researching American pop music of
> > the acoustic era and I've found that in general histories of recorded
> > sound, the acoustic era is often treated as a footnote to everything
> > that came after it. For those who focus on that period, could you
> > please recommend what your indispensable list of books about recording
> > production and history during the acoustic era are? (Meaning not
> > straight discogs or catalogs, per se.) I'm looking for info more about
> > the production side rather than the recording personalities (although
> > there is of course overlap in many cases.) I am a classically trained
> > musician with a background in music history (albeit medieval studies)
> > so please don't be afraid to suggest more technical works. Thanks so
> much in advance!
> > >
> > > P.S. If there is anyone with a copy of "Recording the Twenties" by
> > > Allan
> > Sutton they'd be willing to part with, I really would like to read it
> > but can't seem to get my hands on a copy!
> >
> > Hi Matthew:
> >
> > Once you've read /Recording the Twentie/s, see if you can find a copy
> > of Sutton's /A Phonograph in Every home /and his recent work on Race
> > Records. You might also look up Frederick Gaisberg's /The Music Goes
> > Round/; he was an A_&R rep for Victor in the early 1900s You should
> > probably take what he rites with several grains of salt, but it's
> > still invaluable. You might also check out the memoirs of Harry &
> Raymond Sooy:
> >
> > https://digital.hagley.org/sooybros
> >
> > Peace,
> > Paul
> >
> >
> >
> >
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