Sound recording cataloging
Sound recording cataloging
General || Dating
78 RPM recordings: print |
online
Catalogs by: company name: print |
online || genre, medium of performance, etc.:
print | online || performer:
print | online
Library catalogs and national archives:
print || online ||
Miscellaneous
General
The 78rpm record home page
Dating 78 RPM
recordings
Print sources
Daniels, William R. The American 45 and 78 rpm record dating guide,
1940-1959. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985.
HSR ML156.2 D186 A5
Gart, Galen. ARLD : the American record label directory and dating guide,
1940-1959. Milford, N.H. : Big Nickel, c1989.
HSR ML1055 G244 A7+
Barr, Steven C. The (almost) complete 78 rpm record dating guide.
[Toronto] : S.C. Barr, c1979, c1980.
HSR ML156.2 B268 A4+
------------. The almost complete 78 rpm record dating guide. (II).
Huntington Beach, Calif. : Yesterday Once More, 1992.
HSR ML156.2 B268 A4 1992+
Peel, Tom. Seventy years of issues : historical 78rpm pressings from original
masters, 1931-2001. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2001.
LSF ML156.4 V872 P3
Shaw, Eddie. Date about all those English seventy-eights : Pt.1 (2nd rev.
ed.), suppl.B. (2 pts.). London : E. & E. Shaw, 1995.
In Process
Online sources
Australian and New Zealand78
label dates
Early
or historical sound recordings collections and other 78 & cylinder
sites of interest
The online discographical
project
Staunton, Ted. 78 rpm
labels.
Der yidisher Gramofon:
78 rpm recordings of European Jewish music
Catalogs by company
name A-D
This section is limited to record labels beginning
with the A-D. The Yale University Music Library and Historical Sound
Recording Archives will be cataloging 78 rpm recordings in the record label
range A-D.
Print sources
Ruppli, Michel. The Aladdin/Imperial labels : a discography.
New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
HSR ML156.2 R946 A3
Ruppli, Michel. Atlantic Records : a discography. Westport,
CT : Greenwood Press, 1979.
HSR ML156.2 R946 A8
Cuscuna, Michael and Michel Ruppli. The Blue Note label : a
discography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
HSR ML156.4 J42 C9 2001
Laird, Ross. Brunswick records: a discography of recordings,
1916-1931. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
HSR ML156.2 L188 B9 [temporarily in music library office]
Carter, Sydney H. A catalogue of Clarion & Ebonoid records.
Bournemouth, Eng. : Talking Machine Review, c1977.
HSR ML156.2 C325 C3
Andrews, Frank (H. Frank) Columbia 10" records, 1904-30. [London]
: City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society, [1985]
HSR ML156 A566 C7+
Brooks, Tim. The Columbia master book discography. Westport,
CT : Greenwood Press, 1999.
HSR ML156.2 B873 C7
Smith, Michael. Columbia Graphophone Company, ltd. : English celebrity
issues : D and LB series, L and LX series, X and PB series, 7000 and PX series,
ROX and SDX series, YB series. [Lingfield, Surrey] : Oakwood Press,
[1970?]
HSR ML156.4 V872 V8 v.8
Temporary catalogue of the Columbia Phonograph Co.’s musical records
: for use on graphophones and phonographs.
SML Fiche B2264 2937
Decca Record Company. Main catalog : alphabetical and numerical.
London.
HSR ML155.3 D291
Ruppli, Michel. The Decca labels : a discography. Westport,
Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
HSR ML156.2 R946 D2
Online sources
General
Abrams, Steven; with contributions from other collectors. The online
discographical project
settlet.fateback.com/
Catalogue of Finnish
records 1901-1945
recordings held in the innish Institute of Recorded Sound
The database [of] Swedish 78-rpm records.
database
The E-discographer.
www.hensteeth.com/e_discog/
a bibligraphy of chiefly print discographies, with links
to online discographies
Fitzgerald, Michael. Jazz record label listings.
www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/index.html
Settlemier, Tyrone. Tyrone's record and phonograph links.
www.proaxis.com/~settlet/record/links.html
scroll down to "labels," very near to the the top of this
very long page.
Thomas, Mike. Dance band encyclopaedia:
label
index
By label
Settlemier, Tyrone.
American Record
Company.
www.angelfire.com/or/settlet/AmericanMatrix.htm
APGA (Association Phonique des Grands Artistes); Excel zip
file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of
labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm
Atlantic Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic/
Artiphon; Excel zip file from Truesound online discographies;
scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm
Huenemann, Robert Gilchrist. The original
Audiophile discography.
home.flash.net/~bobgh/nunncat.htm
Bethlehem Records Discography Project includes session
indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/bethlehem/
Blue Note Records Catalog: 78 rpm series - single index includes
session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/bluenote/78r-cat/
Bray, Colin J. and Jack Litchfield. The Canadian
Columbia group of labels 1921-1931:
how to distinguish Canadian from American.
www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/8764/colcan.htm
Englund, Björn. Engelska
Columbias matriskronologi
1925-1946.
www.ljudochbildarkivet.se/SLBA/NOTISER/discografi/engelskacolumbia.htm
Weber, Helmut. Columbia (American).
wwwsys.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-columa.htm
------------. Columbia (English/German/French).
wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-columb.htm
Contemporary Records Discography Project includes session
indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary/
Debut Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/debut/
------------. Decca (American).
wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-deccaa.htm
------------. Decca (English/German).
wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-deccab.htm
Dial Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/dial/
Odeon (including Fonotopia); Excel zip file from Truesound
online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm
Mercury Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/mercury/
Odeon (including Fonotopia); Excel zip file from Truesound
online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm
The Prestige Labels: Prestige SP series (10" 78 rpm), New Jazz
SP series (10" 78 rpm), Prestige EP series (7" 45 rpm), New Jazz EP series
(7" 45 rpm); includes session indexes
www.plosin.com/milesAhead/prestigeLabel.html
Riverside Records Discography Project includes session
indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/riverside/
Savoy Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/
Verve Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/verve/
Encyclopedic discography of Victor
recordings
victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php
Dating Victor 78s
members.tripod.com/~Vinylville/faq-9.html
International Zon-o-phone; Excel
zip file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of
labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm
Catalogs by genre,
medium of performance, etc.
Print sources
Nelson, Susan. The flute on record : the 78 rpm era : a
discography. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.
HSR ML156.4 F64 F6+
McBeth, Amy. A discography of 78 rpm era recordings of the horn
: solo and chamber literature with commentary. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood
Press, 1997.
LSF ML156.4 H8 M1
Arnold, Claude G. The orchestra on record, 1896-1926 : an encyclopedia
of orchestral recordings made by the acoustical process. Westport, Conn.
: Greenwood Press, 1997.
HSR ML156.4 O64 A7
Raymond, Jack. Show music on record : the first one hundred
years. New rev. ed. Washington, D.C. : J. Raymond, c1998.
HSR ML156.4 M977 R2 1998+
Online sources
Acoustic
opera sets
Coverage is from the earliest acoustic sets (ca. 1907)
until the introduction and almost immediate dominance of electrical recordings
in 1925.
Historical opera recordings from 78rpm discs: complete and abridged sets
Historical
Operetta Recordings from 78rpm discs: complete and abridged sets
ODE (Opera discography
encyclopedia)
78opera
Catalogs by
performer
Online sources
Complete
recordings of John McCormack
Finnish
vocal art on records, 1902-1945
Library catalogs and national
archives
Print sources
Dictionary catalog of the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library at Michigan
State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1975.
HSR ML156.2 V771 D5+
Dictionary catalog of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded
Sound. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1981.
HSR ML156.2 R691 D5+
Weihermüller, Manfred. Deutsche National-Discographie. Serie 3,
Discographie der deutschen Gesangsaufnahmen [= Discography of German Operatic
and Lieder]. Bonn : Birgit Lotz, c1995-
HSR ML156.4 V872 W4
Online sources
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales Québec.
Disques 78
tours
Database of the Finnish
Institute of Recorded Sound
SONIC (Sound ONline Inventory and Catalog): a portion of the Library of Congress
Audio Collection:
database
(with searches by commercial 78s, 45s, and cassettes or by music only,
etc.)
The
Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images
The virtual gramophone: Canadian historical sound recordings:
search
Miscellaneous
Bauer, Roberto. The new catalogue of historical records 1898-1908/09.
2nd ed. London : Sidgwick and Jackson, [1947]
HSR ML156 B344 1947
Rust, Brian. Discography of historical records on cylinders and 78s.
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1979.
HSR ML156.2 R971 D6+
The world’s encyclopedia of recorded music. London : Sidgwick &
Jackson, [1952] and 1953-1957.
Ref ML156.2 C647 W9; Ref ML156.2 C647 W9
Comments to Mickey Koth Yale
University Music Library