Book and CD Reviews
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Tim Brooks Reviews of Books about Copyright (Click on a title to see the article)
Besek, June, Copyright Issues Relevant to Digital Preservation and Dissemination of Pre-1972 Commercial Sound Recordings by Libraries and Archives, in ARSC Journal Vol. 37, No. 1 (Spring 2006)
Demers, Joanna, Steal This Music: How Intellectual Property Law Affects Musical Creativity, in ARSC Journal Vol. 37, No. 2 (Fall 2006)
Frith, Simon, and Lee Marshall, Music and Copyright (Second Edition), in ARSC Journal Vol. 36, No. 2 (Fall 2005)
Lessig, Lawrence, Free Culture: How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity, in ARSC Journal Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2004)
Vaidhyanathan, Siva, Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity, in ARSC Journal Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2005)
Tim Brooks Reviews of Books about Recording History and Reissue CDs (click on a title to see the review)
Badger, Reid, A Life in Ragtime: A Biography of James Reese Europe, in ARSC Journal Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 1996)
Bakish, David, Jimmy Durante: His Show Business Career. With an Annotated Filmography and Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 26, No. 2 (Fall 1995)
Barr, Steven C., The Almost Complete 78 RPM Record Dating Guide, in ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall 1993)
Bartlette, Reginald J., Off the Record–Motown by Master Number, 1959-1989, Volume I: Singles, in ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 1993)
Beardsley, Roger, ed., The Fonotipia Ledgers 1904-1939 (CD-ROM), in ARSC Journal Vol. 34, No. 2 (Fall 2003)
Bruyninckx, Walter, and Domi Truffandier, 85 Years of Recorded Jazz (CD-ROM), in ARSC Journal Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2002)
CD: Various Artists, “Vintage Recordings from the 1902 Broadway Musical ‘The Wizard of Oz’,” in ARSC Journal Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring 2004)
CD: Various Artists, “The Earliest Negro Vocal Quartets, 1894-1928” (Document DOCD-5061), in ARSC Journal Vol. 23, No. 2 (Fall 1992)
CD Box Set: Monkees, The, “Listen to the Band” (Rhino R70566), in ARSC Journal Vol. 23, No. 2 (Fall 1992)
Corenthal, Michael G., Baseball on Record, in ARSC Journal Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1999)
Curry, Edgar L., Vogue:, The Picture Record, in ARSC Journal Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 1991)
Dethlefson, Ronald, Edison Blue Amberol Records, Vol. II: 1915-1929, in ARSC Journal Vol. 21, No. 2 (Fall 1990)
Dinerstein, Joel, Swinging the Machine: Modernity, Technology, and African American Culture Between the World Wars, in ARSC Journal Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2005)
Fabrizio, Timothy C., and George F. Paul, Antique Phonograph Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks, in ARSC Journal Vol. 31, No. 1 (Spring 2000)
Fagan, Ted, and William R. Moran, The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, 1903-1908, in Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. VIII, No. 7 (1988)
Fagan, Ted, and William R. Moran, The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, Pre Matrix Series (1900-1903), in ARSC Journal Vol. 16, No. 1-2 (1984). “A Monumental History of Victor Recordings Is Launched.”
Gardner, Edward Foote, Popular Songs of the Twentieth Century, Volume 1: Chart Detail & Encyclopedia, 1900-1949, in ARSC Journal Vol. 32, No. 1 (Spring 2001) .
Gart, Galen, and Roy C. Ames, Duke/Peacock Records: An Illustrated History with Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 22, No. 2 (Fall 1991)
Gelfand, Steve, Television Theme Recordings: An Illustrated Discography, 1951-1994, in ARSC Journal Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 1996)
Gregory, Charles, Edison Diamond Disc Record Labels & Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2004)
Hazelcorn, Howard, Columbia Phonograph Companion, Volume I: Hazelcorn’s Guide to the Columbia Cylinder Graphophone, in ARSC Journal Vol. 31, No. 2 (Fall 2000)
Kennedy, Rick, and Randy McNutt, Little Labels-Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music, in ARSC Journal Vol. 31, No. 1 (Spring 2000)
Kenney, William Howland, Recorded Music in American Life: The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945, in ARSC Journal Vol. 31, No. 2 (Fall 2000)
Kiefer, Peter T., The Fred Waring Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 1997)
Kinkle, Roger, The Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz, in Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. III, No. 4 (Apr. 1975)
Koenigsberg, Allen, The Patent History of the Phonograph, 1877-1912, in ARSC Journal Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 1991)
Kraft, James P., Stage to Studio: Musicians and the Sound Revolution, 1890-1950, in ARSC Journal Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 1997)
Laird, Ross, Tantalizing Tingles: A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934, in ARSC Journal Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall 1996)
Laird, Ross, and Brian Rust, Discography of Okeh Records, 1918-1934, in ARSC Journal Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2005)
Lindsay, Joe, with Peter Bukoski and Marc Grobman, Picture Discs of the World, Price Guide and International Reference Book for Picture Records, 1923-1989, in ARSC Journal Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 1991)
Lord, Tom, The Jazz Discography, Ver 3.3 (CD-ROM), in ARSC Journal Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2002)
Lotz, Rainer E. and Uli Heier, The Banjo on Record: A Bio-Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 1994)
Lotz, Rainer E., Black People: Entertainers of African Descent in Europe and German, in ARSC Journal Vol. 29, No. 1 (Spring 1998)
Lowe, Allen, That Devilin’ Tune: A Jazz History, 1900-1950, in ARSC Journal Vol. 32, No. 2 (Fall 2001)
Lynch, Richard Chigley, TV and Studio Cast Musicals on Record: A Discography of Television Musicals and Studio Recordings of Stage and Film Musicals, in ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 1993)
Martland, Peter, Since Records Began: EMI, The First 100 Years, in ARSC Journal Vol. 28, No. 2 (Fall 1997)
Millard, Andre, America on Record: A History of Recorded Sound, in ARSC Journal Vol. 27, No. 2 (Fall 1996)
Mirtle, Jack, The Music of Billy May: A Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1999)
Moses, Julian Morton, American Celebrity Recordings: 1900-1925, in ARSC Journal Vol. 25, No. 1 (Spring 1994)
Nettles, Darryl Glenn, African American Concert Singers Before 1950, in ARSC Journal Vol. 35, No. 1 (Spring 2004)
Osborne, Jerry, The Complete Library of American Phonograph Recordings, in ARSC Journal Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 1991)
Phillips, Caryl, Dancing in the Dark, in ARSC Journal Vol. 37, No. 1 (Spring 2006)
Ruhlmann, William, Breaking Records: 100 Years of Hits, in ARSC Journal Vol. 36, No. 1 (Spring 2005)
Ruppli, Michel, and Ed Novitsky, The MGM Labels: A Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 30, No. 1 (Spring 1999). [co-reviewed with David Hamilton]
Ruppli, Michel, The Decca Labels: A Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 28, No. 1 (Spring 1997)
Ruppli, Michel, The Aladdin/Imperial Labels, A Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 1 (Spring 1993)
Rust, Brian, Jazz Records (4th Edition), in Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. V, No. 7 (1978)
Rust, Brian, Discography of Historical Records on Cylinders and 78s, in Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. VI, No. 3 (1980)
Rust, Brian, The American Dance Band Discography, in Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. IV, No. 3 (Mar 1976). With a mini-biography of Brian Rust.
Smith, Russell, and Peter Burgis, Peter Dawson: The World’s Most Popular Baritone, in ARSC Journal Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 2002)
Sutton, Allan, Directory of American Disc Record Brands and Manufacturers, 1891-1943, in ARSC Journal Vol. 25, No. 2 (Fall 1994)
Sutton, Allan, Pseudonyms on American Records (1892-1942): A Guide to False Names and Label Errors, in ARSC Journal Vol. 33, No. 2 (Fall 2002)
Sutton, Allan, Edison Blue Amberol Records: A Discography, in ARSC Journal Vol. 37, No. 1 (Spring 2006)
Taylor, Don, The English 78 Picture Book, in ARSC Journal Vol. 27, No. 1 (Spring 1996)
Tosches, Nick, Dino: Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams, in ARSC Journal Vol. 24, No. 2 (Fall 1993)
Whelan, Keith, Directory of Record and CD Retailers, 1990-1991 Edition, in ARSC Journal Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 1991)
Whitburn, Joel, Pop Memories, 1890-1954, in ARSC Journal Vol. 21, No. 1 (Spring 1990)
Whitburn, Joel, Pop Memories, 1890-1954, in Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. VIII, No. 6 (1987). The review is subtitled “A Discographic Deception.” Whitburn replied to the review, and Brooks responded, in Vol. VIII, No. 7 (1988).
Wondrich, David, Stomp and Swerve: American Music Gets Hot, 1894-1924 (book and CD), in ARSC Journal Vol. 35, No. 2 (Fall 2004)