Item Detail
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Ruppli, Michel
Novitsky, Ed -
The Mercury labels : a discography
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Book
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5 vols.
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Discographies ; no. 51
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Westport, Conn.
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1993
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Greenwood Press
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5 v. ; 23 cm.
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English
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0313273715 (set : alk. paper); 0313290318 (v. 1 : alk. paper); 0313290326 (v. 2 : alk. paper); 0313290334 (v. 3 : alk. paper); 0313290342 (v. 4 : alk. paper); 0313290350 (v. 5 : alk. paper)
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Music--Discography--Catalogs.
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Sound Recordings; Mercury Labels
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ML 156.2 .R7853 1993
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Ruppli, Michel and Ed Novitsky, comp. The Mercury Labels: A Discography. Discographies, no. 51, Westport, Connecticut and London: Greenwood Press, 1993.
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Intended to aid those searching for recordings issued by the Mercury label and its subsidiaries.
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Lists in five volumes all recordings made or issued by the Mercury label and its subsidiaries (Blue Rock, Cumberland, Emarcy, Fontana, Limelight, Philips, Smash and Wing labels), including leased and purchased material (from labels such as Keynote, Majestic, and National) and recordings by independent labels distributed by Mercury. Known foreign issues included when not straight reissues of original Mercury records.
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Entries listed chronologically by recording date when available. Otherwise, the numerical sequence of master numbers assigned by Mercury made for a session listing was used. Dates in question follow with a (?). Entries in volumes I-IV include album title, artist(s)/orchestra, recording studio, recording city, recording year, and each song with its catalogue number. Volumes cover an assigned time period as follows: Vol. I1945-1956: # 101-14001 Vol. II1956-1964: # 14002-30999 Vol. III1964-1969: # 31000-46000 Vol. IV1969-1981: # 46001-57036. Each of these volumes end with an artist index, which includes all of the names appearing in the session listings of the volume. Vol. V contains numerical tables and record listings. It concludes with a general artist index, which includes all names appearing in volumes I to V with relevant volume and page numbers.
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Introduction contains a detailed but brief history of the record label which clarifies why certain labels are included during certain time periods. Includes a list of abbreviations used (of instruments, countries, labels, locations, and orchestras). The index of artists is essential for use of this set.
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Studwell, William E. Music Reference Services Quarterly 3, no. 2 (1994): 75-77.
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BYU Mus Ref
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501