48:. The exact information included varies depending on the type and scope of the discography, but a discography entry for a specific recording will often list such details as the names of the artists involved, the time and place of the recording, the title of the piece performed, release dates, chart positions, and sales figures.
100:'. Jazz fans did research and self-published discographies about when jazz records were made and what musicians were on the records, as record companies did not commonly include that information on or with the records at that time. Two early jazz discographies were
250:.: Sale catalogue of a large and comprehensive collection of LP discs formerly held by a private collector; there are fairly numerous name and title spelling errors, but it constitutes a good brief-listed discography of the genre
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Hall, Ron - The CHUM Chart Book: a
Complete Listing of Every Record To Make the 'CHUM Chart' from Its Beginning on 27 May 1957 through 14 June 1986. Eticobicoke, Ont.: Stardust Productions, 1990.
519:.: In part, also, a bio-discography; the hardback ed. comes with a "phonodisc of historical Canadian recordings" (33 1/3 r.p.m., mono., 17 cm.) which the 1980 pbk. reprint lacks.
445:.: "'Maple Music' is a listing of every song to enter the national top 40 pop record charts in North America with primary analysis on Canadian charts from 'R.P.M.' and 'The Record'."
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Allen, Walter C. - Hendersonia: The Music of
Fletcher Henderson and his Musicians, A Bio-discography, Jazz Monographs No. 4, Highland Park, N.J.: Walter C. Allen, 1973.
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A discography can also refer to the recordings catalogue of an individual artist, group, or orchestra. This is distinct from a sessionography, which is a catalogue of
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Bauer, Roberto - The New
Catalogue of Historical Records, 1898-1908/09. London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1947. 494 p. SBN (as found in the 1972 printing) 283-48420-9
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Moogk, Edward
Balthasar - Roll Back the Years: History of Canadian Recorded Sound and Its Legacy, Genesis to 1930. Ottawa, Ont.: National Library of Canada, 1975.
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Smith, Bente - Cue Track: the
Canadian Record & Tape Guide. French trans. by Inge K. Nielsen. First ed. Winnipeg, Man.: Cue Track, 1980. Without ISBN or ISSN
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Legere, Bill - Record
Collectors Guide of Country LPs. Limited ed. Mississauga, Ont.: W.J. Legere, 1977. 269, 25, 29, 2 p., perforated and looseleaf. Without ISBN
285:. London, C. Bingley, 1974. 144 p. N.B. This is an instructional and style manual to aid its user in mastering or improving a researcher's discographical skills.
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55:, rather than a catalogue of the records, in whatever medium, that are made from those recordings. The two are sometimes confused, especially in
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Andrews, Frank - The "Cinch" Record (September 1913 - January 1916) : City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society, 2000
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Legere, Bill - E Ts: Transcription
Library of Bill Legere. Mississauga, Ont.: B. Legere, . 3 vols., each of which is perforated and looseleaf.
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Harris, Steve - Film, Television, and Stage Music on
Phonograph Records: a Discography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 1988. ix, 445 p.
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Guterman, Jimmy, and Owen O'Donnell - The Worst Rock 'n' Roll
Records of All Time: a Fan's Guide to the Stuff You Love to Hate! in series:
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Arnold, Claude Graveley - The Orchestra on Record, 1896-1926: An Encyclopedia of Orchestral Recordings Made by the Acoustical Process,
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for jazz records are often difficult to ascertain, and session dates are substituted as a means of organizing an artist's catalogue.
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Jones, Mark - Bristol Folk: a Discographical History of Bristol Folk Music in the 1960s and 1970s, Bristol Folk Publications 2009
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The following books list detailed information on the complete discographies of specific record labels, music scenes or genres.
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Laird, Ross - Tantalizing Tingles A Discography of Early Ragtime, Jazz, and Novelty Syncopated Piano Recordings, 1889-1934,
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Dixon, Robert M.W., John Godrich and Howard W. Rye - Blues & Gospel Records 1890-1943, 4th ed., Clarendon Press 1997.
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Sutton, Allan - Cakewalks, Rags and Novelties; The International Ragtime Discography (1894 - 1930), Mainspring Press 2004
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Moody, Pete - Memphis Minnie: the Life & Recording History of the Great Female Country Blues Singer, Sunflower 1967
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Barr, Steven C. - The (Almost) Complete 78 r.p.m. Record Dating Guide. Second ed. : S.C. Barr, 1980. 51 p. Without ISBN
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Lyttle, Brendan - A Chartology of Canadian Popular Music, Part Two, 1977 to 1980. Record Research Services, Calgary,
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Connor, D. Russell and Hicks, Warren W. - BG On The Record; A bio-discography of Benny Goodman, Arlington House 1969
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Laird, Ross & Rust, Brian - Discography of OKeh Records, 1918-1934. By Ross Laird and Brian Rust. Praeger, 2004
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Rust, Brian and Forbes, Sandy - British Dance Bands On Record 1911 to 1945, General Gramophone Publications 1987
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Moody, Pete - Big Maceo: Chicago Blues Pianist, 1905-1953 - His Life & Recording History, Sunflower 1968
341:.: Subtitle combined from t.p. and a portion of the cover subtitle statement. This discography is annotated.
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Ruppli, Michel, Daniels, Bill & Novitsky, Ed - The Capitol Label Discography, Names & Numbers, 2007
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Haas, Lük - Discography of Eastern European Punk Music 1977-1999, Tian An Men 89, Strasbourg, France 2000.
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Andrews, Frank - Columbia 10" records, 1904-30. : City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society, 1985
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Barr, Steven C. - Canadian and Canadian-U.S. Label Numerical Correlations 78 r.p.m. 1983. 4 p.
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Rockwell, T. Malcolm - Hawaiian & Hawaiian Guitar Records 1891-1960, Mahina Piha Press, 2007
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Russell, Tony - Country Music Records; A discography, 1921-1942, Oxford University Press, 2004
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Jones, Mark - The British Classical Record Industry, 1945 to 1959, The Record Press 2020.
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Jones, Mark - The B&C Discography 1968-1975 (expanded 2nd Ed.), The Record Press 2015.
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Fancourt, Les and Bob McGrath - The Blues Discography 1943-1970, Eyeball Productions 2006
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Fagan, Ted and Moran, William - The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records vol. 2,
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