LITTLE WONDER RECORDS AND BUBBLE BOOKS HISTORY AND DISCOGRAPHY - TIM BROOKS with MERLE SPRINZEN - 78-rpm Records

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LITTLE WONDER RECORDS
and BUBBLE BOOKS

An Illustrated History and Discography
 

By Tim Brooks with Merle Sprinzen

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Don't confuse this expanded, professionally produced edition with the early comb-bound quick-copy version of this work that some dealers offer on eBay (often for a lot more money than this)! This is a fully updated volume, much better-produced, and featuring far more information and many more illustrations than the old version.

Collectors have long been intrigued by Little Wonder. They look like children's records, but the repertoire is largely the popular songs of the day.

In 1917 Little Wonder was joined by another diminutive disc line that was for children — the Harper Bubble Books. Packaged in richly illustrated albums, these pioneering children's sets are prized by collectors today.

Tim Brooks and Merle Sprinzen reveal the often-turbulent story behind these labels in a richly illustrated and carefully documented history.

The discography identifies the anonymous performers (including Al Jolson, the California Ramblers, and other star) and holds many surprising new discoveries — even picture discs, and a little-known group of operatic recordings that were issued only in Italy, and a recording by presidential candidate Warren G. Harding.

7" x 10" quality softcover
232 total pages
50 illustrations

ISBN 978-0-9632903-9-8

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TIM BROOKS is the author of the multiple-award–winning Lost Sounds: Black and the Birth of the Recording Industry and other major works chronicling early recordings and television. He is the winner of a Lifetime Achivement Award from the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and a 2007 Grammy Award.

MERLE SPRINZEN is a senior marketing and business strategist, angel investor, and "Little Wonder detective." She earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University while a National Science Foundation Fellow.

  
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