The American Record Label Book


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ARLD


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"This directory is designed as an aid to music researchers requiring a guide to the commercial recording industry in the United Stated during the period of 1940 through 1959"--Introduction.










Def Jam Recordings


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The illustrated oral history of the greatest hip-hop hit-making machine in history.




Our Noise


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In 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.




Record Makers and Breakers


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This 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.




America and the American Record Business: A History


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America and the American Record Business chronicles the history of the music, the business and technology of the recording industry, set against a backdrop of American history.




Great Record Labels


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