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The Decca Labels A Discography (6 volumes)
Compiled by Michel Ruppli
ISBN: 0-313-27370-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27370-4
6106 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/1996
List Price: $761.95 (UK Sterling Price: £435.00)
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Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: Discographies
Series Number: 63
Reviews:
  • Author/Compiler Michael Ruppli has assembled the largest and most inclusive label discography ever with his mammoth work on the Decca recordings.... This latest labor of love is the Ruppli crown jewel...Reading this documentary on the history of Decca is like peering into a secret diary that reveals the undisclosed mysteries heretofore reserved for the privileged few.
    —
    In Tune
Description: This six-volume discography lists full available details (dates, titles, personnel) on all recording sessions made between 1934 and 1973 by the Decca label, as well as its subsidiary labels, Brunswick, Coral, and Vocalion. Material from other sources (Brunswick recordings of the 1920s and the Signature label, for example) reissued by Decca are covered. Included in the discography are details on most of the big bands of the pre-war era (Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Jimmy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Jimmy Lunceford, Chick Webb) as well as such jazz stars as Louis Armstrong and Art Tatum and such singers as Ella Fitzgerald and Peggy Lee. In addition, Guy Lombardo's dance band, great pop stars like Bing Crosby and Judy Garland, and legendary vocal groups like the Andrews Sisters and the Mills Brothers are covered. Country hit makers such as Jimmy Davis and the Sons of the Pioneers are detailed as well. Each volume contains an index of artists, with the last volume providing numerical listings of issued recordings, including sections on 78/45 rpm singles, 45 rpm extended plays, 33 rpm albums, and compact discs. This Decca set is essential to all collectors and music libraries concentrating on the era, the key artists, and groups of the period.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Bibliography
  • Abbreviations
  • Volume 1 - The California Sessions
  • The Los Angeles Sessions
  • The San Francisco Sessions
  • Appendix 1: Al Jolson Broadcasts
  • Appendix 2: Bing Crosby Broadcasts
  • Appendix 3: Additional California Recordings
  • Appendix 4: World Transcriptions
  • Index of Artists
  • Volume 2 - The Eastern and Southern Sessions (1934-1942)
  • Part 1: The Chicago Sessions
  • Part 2: The New York Sessions (1934-1942)
  • Part 3: The Southern Sessions (1934-1941)
  • Part 4: The Caribbean Sessions (1935-1940)
  • Part 5: Reissues from Other Labels
  • Additional Sessions Issued by Decca
  • Index of Artists
  • Volume 3 - The Eastern Sessions (1943-1956)
  • Part 1: The Decca/Coral Sessions
  • Part 2: Signature Label
  • Part 3: World Transcriptions
  • Part 4: Other Transcriptions
  • Index of Artists
  • Volume 4 - The Eastern Sessions (1956-1973)
  • The New York Popular Sessions (1956-1973)
  • Additional Plays
  • Additional Poems and Readings
  • Additional Recordings from Film Soundtracks
  • Additional Recordings Issued by Decca
  • Index of Artists
  • Volume 5 - Country Recordings, Classical Recordings and Reissues
  • Part 1: Country Sessions (1946-1973)
  • Part 2: Classical Recordings
  • Part 3: Reissues from Foreign Recordings
  • Composer Index
  • Index of Artists
  • Volume 6 - Numerical Listings and General Artist Index
  • Part 1: Single Numerical Listings
  • Part 2: Album Numerical Listings
  • Part 3: Composer Index
  • Part 4: General Artist Index
LC Card Number: 95-47140
LCC Class: ML156
Dewey Class: 016
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