THE PATHE - PERFECT DISCOGRAPHY 1922-1930 (BOOK, 2-VOL SET) - 78 RPM RECORDS

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TWO-VOLUME SET / EXCELLENT TO LIKE-NEW CONDITION

THE PATHE – PERFECT DISCOGRAPHY
(American Issues, 1922 – 1930)

Vol. 1: Race Series / Popular Vocal & Star Series /
Standards & Misc. / Classical & Operatic

Vol. 2: "Dance" Series (Dance, Jazz & Misc. Instrumental)

By William R. Bryant, Allan Sutton
& The Record Research Associates

Mainspring Press (2014, 2015)

Vol.1: ISBN 978-0-09915279-4-6  (276 pages)
Vol. 2: ISBN 978-0-09915279-6-0  (368 pages)

(2) 7” x 9” quality paperbacks

Out-of-print since 2019, these highly collectible volumes cover all domestic-series issues on the Perfect and U.S. Pathe labels, beginning with introduction of Perfect in 1922, and ending with the discontinuation of American Pathe in 1930. The discography is arranged by Perfect catalog number, and all corresponding issues on Pathe and affiliated U.S. labels are listed, with full discographical details given for each.

Entries include master numbers, control and false master numbers (for masters licensed from outside sources), takes (actual and false), accompaniment details, label credits for each issue, identification of pseudonymous artists, recording dates and locations, release dates, composer credits, and other fine detail.

The work incorporates the findings of the Record Research associates, published here for the for the first time. The RR group conducted synchronized aural comparisons to determine alternate takes, outside master sources, pseudonymous artists, and other discographical details —data that corrects many errors appearing in less-rigorously researched works like Jazz Records and The American Dance Band Discography.

Also included are an illustrated historical introduction; label gallery; user’s guide; and artist and title indexes.

WILLIAM R. BRYANT was an important contributor to The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings (Fagan & Moran), Ethnic Music on Records (Spottswood), and the author of several posthumously published discographies, including Leeds & Catlin Records, American Zonophone Records, and Bell and Arto Records.

ALLAN SUTTON is the author of numerous books on early recordings, including Race Records and the American Recording Industry, American Record Companies and Producers 1888–1950, A Phonograph in Every Home, Recording the ’Twenties, and multiple editions of Pseudonyms on American Records. He is the recipient of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections’ 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.

THE RECORD RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, publishers of Record Research magazine, included Walter C. Allen, Len Kunstadt, Woody Backensto, Carl Kendziora, Perry Armagnac, and other well-known discographers and researchers. Their previously unpublished data and research notes were acquired by Mainspring Press in 2011 and has formed the basis for many of that company’s award-winning publications.

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