Item Detail
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Ruppli, Michel
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Porter, Bob
Prestige Records (Firm) -
The Prestige label : a discography
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Book
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Discographies ; no. 3
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Westport, Conn.
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1980
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Greenwood Press
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xiii, 377 p. ; 24 cm.
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English
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0313220190; 9780313220197
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Jazz--Discography.
Blues (Music)--Discography.
Gospel music--Discography. -
Sound Recordings; Jazz; Blues; Gospel Music; Prestige Label
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ML 156.2 .R786
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Ruppli, Michel. The Prestige Label: A Discography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980.
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A discography of records released under the Prestige label between 1949 and 1979. Good reference for researchers in jazz recording.
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Source covering recordings made or issued by Prestige Records between 1949 and 1979. Detailed information is included for recordings of Jazz, Blues, and Gospel. All other records (mainly folk music) have limited information provided.
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The book is in four main parts. The first covers original Prestige recordings. These are listed chronologically by recording session. Individual entries include: Group Name, Performers, Supervisor, Date and Location of Session, and Tracks Recorded. The second part includes sessions that were leased or purchased from other labels and released under Prestige. Its organization is identical to the first part. The third and fourth parts are numerical listings of singles and albums. Each of these large parts is broken up by type of record (45s, 78s, 10 and 12 in. LPs, 45 EPs and sets of LPs). Entries for singles include release number, group name, and tracks. Entries for albums include release number and album name.
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ARSC Journal 14 (1982): 94-96.
Living Blues 66 (1985): 45.
Coda 176 (December 1980): 23.
Downbeat 48 (August 1981): 64.
Jazz Journal International 34 (January 1981): 25.
Jazz Times (July 1980): 8. -
BYU Mus Ref
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480