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I note the publications listed below, relating to world music. Is anyone familiar with these and able to provide a brief overview of their scope, content, strengths and weaknesses??? The first two focus on recordings, the Continuum series says it includes discographic information, but appears to focus on music. Are there other significant works to be aware of ? For example, Alan P. Merriam: African Music on LP, is a significant work, but limited to African Music, and recordings of the LP era, some of which actually are reissues of 78rpm discs so widens the time span slightly. If there are similar works for other regions, I would like to know about them. Thanks! Best wishes, Thomas. PAUL VERNON: Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960: A Resource and Guide to Recordings Greenwood Press, 1995. 368pages. RICHARD K SPOTTSWOOD: Ethnic Music on Records: A Discography of Ethnic Recordings Produced in the United States, 1893-1942 Vol.1: Western Europe Vol.2: Slavic Vol.3: Eastern Europe Vol.4: Spanish, Portuguese, Philippines, Basque Vol.5: Middle East, Far East, Scandinavian, Vol.6 : Artist Index, Title Index Vol.7: Record Number Index, Matrix Number Index University of Illinois Press, 1990 CONTINUUM Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World John Shepherd, David Horn, et.al. 1 Media, Industry, Society 2 Performance and Production 3 Caribbean and Latin America 4 North America 5 Asia and Oceania 6 Africa and the Middle East 7 Europe 8 Genres-North America 9 Genres-Caribbean and Latin America BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC, 2003-2014