Topic: Blues and Gospel Records : 1890-1943 (Blues and Gospel Records)

[dj]

but it's still a big thick book of lists with no nutritional value.

The binding paste is actually quite tasty and makes a fine broth when boiled.   

[CF]

Thanks Andrew . . . this book has become rather essential for me. I've amassed quite a collection of mp3s & liner-noteless cds (WHAT is Yazoo's Problem?!!) & I'm seriously in need of a reference for them. I've begun several obsessive lists of my own, was even about to begin a song title list of all I have & then when I read the 4th edition has a song title & artist index I think I gasped out loud: really really essential for a nerd like me.
Is there a reference volume for 'country blues' after 1943 I wonder? & is there online access to ammendations for 'Blues & Gospel'? 
Thanks
p.s. . . . sorry so many questions but is there an 'Old-Time' music equivalent of 'Blues & Gospel' out there?

[Bunker Hill]

Is there a reference volume for 'country blues' after 1943 I wonder? & is there online access to ammendations for 'Blues & Gospel'? 

See Weeniepedia for the post war discography or refer the "discographies tag". However both the blues and the gospel editions stop at 1970 and singularly cost even more than B&GR. Howard Rye contributes a column in Blues & Rhythm entitled 'I Believe I'll Make A Change' to take into account errors, corrections, additions and minutiae. Back in 1997 it was a regular feature but has since become "occasional"! Nothing on-line.

[dj]

WHAT is Yazoo's Problem?!!

I've been asking that for at least 35 years.   

[CF]

Hey . . . I just got this from amazon . . . & there's no dust jacket . . .

[uncle bud]

A dust jacket exists but I suspect the copies floating around today don't have any. Mine did not.

[eric]

Cheapfeet asks:

but is there an 'Old-Time' music equivalent of 'Blues & Gospel' out there?

and the answer is......yes!  The analog is Country Music Records A Discography, 1921-1942 Tony Russell


Indispensable for pre-war fanatics.

Cheers

[Mr.OMuck]

Could weenie-ites pool our resources to purchase web rights to this book and put it up on weeniepedia?
Its the kind of reference that really should be accessible on the web.

[CF]

Could weenie-ites pool our resources to purchase web rights to this book and put it up on weeniepedia?

That'd be cool . . . As someone who now has the darn thing I would LOVE to see a thread dedicated to ammendments that we ourselves find or that others have resource to. I've had it for only a couple days & already have a list of corrections & updates.

[uncle bud]

That'd be a lot of typing, OMuck! I agree though that such documents are naturals for the web.

Cheapfeet, great idea. Why not start a new thread?

[Johnm]

Hi all,
There already is such a thread (though it has been long dormant) located at http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php?amp;Itemid=60&topic=736.0.
All best,
Johnm

[Bunker Hill]

Well I suppose some enterprising soul could OCR all Howard Rye's I Believe I'll Make A Change amendments/additions/etc column published in Blues & Rhythm since 1997. Might save some folk from reinventing the wheel....

[Mr.OMuck]

No need to OCR them. Just scan 'em and put 'em up as jpegs, giffs or pdfs. If we have to we can charge a buck a download or something like that to satisfy copyright holders.

[CF]

Well I suppose some enterprising soul could OCR all Howard Rye's I Believe I'll Make A Change amendments/additions/etc column published in Blues & Rhythm since 1997. Might save some folk from reinventing the wheel....

That's a great idea . . . .

[Rivers]

I'm addicted to Amazon Kindle, it's changed my reading life for the better. I'd buy B&GR again if it were available for Kindle.

Other kindle-heads might want to go into the Amazon page and do like I did, click on 'Tell the publisher, I want to read this on Kindle', just below the image of the book.