AMERICAN ZON-O-PHONE 78 RECORDS - 10" / 12" DISCOGRAPHY + ILLUSTRATED HISTORY

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The American Zonophone
Discography — Volume I

Ten- and Twelve-Inch Popular Series (1904–1912)

By William R. Bryant
 
Edited and with an introduction by Allan Sutton

  
7 x 10" Hardcover (Cloth Library Binding)
358 pages / Illustrated

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The first installment in Bill Bryant's U.S. Zonophone series covers the ten- and twelve-inch genera catalog issues of 1904–1912, both single- and double-sided.

This remarkable work was completed with the help of more than 100 contributors, including the famous Record Research Associates. Newly discovered data, acquired in the intervening years, has been added to produce the only authoritative, fully detailed guide to American Zonophone records. Features include:

• Listing, release, and coupling dates
   
• Recently discovered recording dates from the last surviving portion (1910) of the original Victor-Zonophone files
   
• Matrix numbers, coupling details, remakes, alternate versions, and unissued recordings
   
• Catalog numbers of corresponding foreign and client-label releases (Aretino, Busy Bee, Oxford, etc.)
   
• Artist pseudonyms, plus an appendix listing vocal-group personnel
   
• Composer and show credits, and medley contents
   
• Detailed historical introduction, illustrated and footnoted
   
• Artist and title indexes

A companion volume (covering seven-, nine, and eleven-inch Zonophone discs) is in development.

WILLIAM R. BRYANT (1950–1995) was a major figure in the field of discography. He was a regular contributor to various collectors' publications, co-author of Oxford and Silvertone Records, and assisted with The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, Ethnic Music on Records, and other major projects.

ALLAN SUTTON is the author of numerous books and articles on early recordings, and winner of the 2013 ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award for excellence in historical recorded-sound research.

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