Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960: A Resource and Guide to Recordings, Vol. 62 »

PAUL VERNON is a freelance music consultant in England.

A seminal work providing detailed information for ethnic and vernacular recordings from many countries on 78rpm, facilitating further research on a sadly neglected topic.

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Provides private collectors and institutional libraries with the basic information needed to identify early ethnic and vernacular 78rpm recordings from around the world (with the exception of North American recordings of Blues, Cajun, Gospel, and white rural and syncretic music, which are well-documented elsewhere). The first chapter provides original company names, prefixes, and numerical blocks of issued 78rpm records; a list of reissues on CD, cassette, and vinyl; a bibliography; and footnotes. Next is an alphabetical and numerical list of major European record company prefixes and series. Full details of known reissues and a detailed glossary are provided in the next two chapters, while the final two chapters list gramophone company engineers and their overseas recording sessions and commercial recordings in African languages. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Countries, Territories and Linguistic Groups Listed in Chapter One

Countries, Regions and Ethnic Groups: A-Z

Record Companies (Brunswick, Columbia, Decca, Edison Bell, The Gramophone Company, Odeon, Parlophone, Pathe, Polydor, Telefunken, Zonophone)

Reissues on Compact Disc, Cassette and Vinyl

Lexicon

The Gramophone Company Engineers and Their Overseas Recording Sessions

Commercial Recordings in African Languages

Appendix 1: National Anthems

Appendix 2: Resource List

Bibliography