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  Pseudonyms on American
Records, 1892–1942

Third Revised & Expanded Edition [Newest Edition]

By Allan Sutton
ARSC Lifetime Achievement Award Winner

Are you missing out on the hidden treasures?

No need! The latest edition of Pseudonyms unmasks more than 6,200
aliases on 17,000 cylinders and 78 records.

Since 1990, Pseudonyms on American Records has been helping advanced collectors spot the hidden treasures (and avoid costly bad buys). Now it's back, in a fully revised and expanded edition featuring more than sixty additional pages of artist aliases, plus a thorough revision of the previous edition using newly acquired documents and data.

This latest edition unmasks more than 6,200 vocal, instrumental, and orchestral aliases on over 17,000 cylinders, 78s, and transcriptions. All genres are covered, from classical and grand opera to jazz, blues, pop, and country music — plus, for the first time, American-produced ethnic and export recordings.

An important new feature is the addition of source citations for every entry, so you'll know where each ID originated — whether from the original recording files or other primary-source archival materials, from correlation with corresponding non-pseudonymous issues, from aural evidence, or reports from trusted secondary sources. You'll also find many documented corrections to less-rigorously researched works like the Jazz Records and American Dance Bands discographies.

Also included are a complete cross-reference listing by artists' names; recording artists’ birth, legal, and / or married names; historical introduction; and user’s guide.

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Originally $65

6" x 9" Full-cloth (library-grade) hardcover • 496 total pages
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ALLAN SUTTON is the author of numerous books and articles on early sound recordings, including Race Records and the American Recording Industry, 1919–1945; American Record Labels and Companies: An Encyclopedia, 1891–1943; A Phonograph in Every Home; and Recording the ’Twenties. He is the recipient of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections' 2013 Lifetime Achievement Award.

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