The American Record Label Book
Author: Brian Rust
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Published: 1984-01-21
Total Pages: 344
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American Record Labels and Companies
Author: Allan Sutton
Publisher: Denver, Colo. : Mainspring Press
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 448
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Author: John Cook
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Published: 2009-01-01
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1565126246
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn celebration of the 20th anniversary of Merge Records, founders Mac and Laura offer first-person accounts--with the help of their colleagues and Merge artists--of their work, their lives, and the culture of making music. Hundreds of personal photos of the bands, along with album cover art, concert posters, and other memorabilia are included.
Def Jam Recordings
Author: Bill Adler
Publisher: Random House Digital, Inc.
Published: 2011-10-11
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 0847833712
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe illustrated oral history of the greatest hip-hop hit-making machine in history.
Trumpet Records
Author: Marc Ryan
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781617035258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a new edition, the history of a regional record company and the blues, gospel, and R&B greats it launched nationally
American Record Companies and Producers, 1888-1950
Author: Allan Sutton
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 760
ISBN-13: 9780997333336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn encyclopedia of all American producers of sound recordings for the commercial market, from the start of the recording industry in the 1880s to the beginning of the LP era in the early 1950s. Includes more than 1,200 detailed entries, introductory history of the recording industry, company genealogical charts, glossary, extensive source citations, and label and subject indexes. Allan Sutton is the author of numerous award-winnig books on early recordings, and recipient of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Record Makers and Breakers
Author: John Broven
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2011-08-11
Total Pages: 642
ISBN-13: 0252094018
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is an engaging and exceptional history of the independent rock 'n' roll record industry from its raw regional beginnings in the 1940s with R & B and hillbilly music through its peak in the 1950s and decline in the 1960s. John Broven combines narrative history with extensive oral history material from numerous recording pioneers including Joe Bihari of Modern Records; Marshall Chess of Chess Records; Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertegun, and Miriam Bienstock of Atlantic Records; Sam Phillips of Sun Records; Art Rupe of Specialty Records; and many more.
Punk Record Labels and the Struggle for Autonomy
Author: Alan O'Connor
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9780739126608
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book describes the emergence of DIY punk record labels in the early 1980s. Based on interviews with sixty-one labels, including four in Spain and four in Canada, it describes the social background of those who run these labels. Using the ideas of French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu, this book shows how the field of record labels operates. The choice of independent or corporate distribution is a major dilemma. Other tensions are about signing bands to contracts, expectations of extensive touring, and use of professional promotion. There are often rivalries between big and small labels over bands that have become popular and have to decide whether to move to a more commercial record label. Unlike approaches to punk that consider it a subcultural style, this book breaks new ground by describing punk as a social activity. One of the surprising findings is how many parents actually support their children's participation in the scene. Rather than attempting to define punk as resistance or commercial culture, this book shows the dilemmas that actual punks struggle with as they attempt to live up to what the scene means for them. Book jacket.
Follow the Music
Author: Jac Holzman
Publisher: Jawbone
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780966122107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe founder and 23-year president of Elektra Records captures pivotal scenes of pop culture from 1950-1973, from what happened backstage when Bob Dylan went electric to Jim Morrison's legendary shenanigans.
The Anatomy of a Record Company
Author: Logan H. Westbrooks
Publisher: Ascent Book Publishing
Published: 2017
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780692851524
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis revised second edition provides a historical perspective of the music industry before the era of the Internet and the major disruption in the business aspect of music. Originally published in 1981, "The Anatomy of a Record Company", was written as a textbook for a class taught by Logan Westbrooks at California State University, Los Angeles. It was one of the first books of its kind written about the music industry, and it became a collectors item. Also included is The Harvard Report that was commissioned by Columbia Records Group (CBS Records) in 1972.
