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Record labels bibliography

A selection of discographic and historical books about record labels.

This is a slow growing page that will be expanded intermittently.



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4AD

info 4AD, Rob Young, 2007

A&M

info From Brass to Gold: Vol. I: Discography of A&M Records and Affiliates in the United States, Leslie J. Pfenninger, 2000
info From Brass to Gold: Vol. II: Discography of A&M Records and Affiliates Around The World, Leslie J. Pfenninger, 2000

Ace

info Ace Records, David Stubbs, 2008

Aladdin

info The Aladdin/Imperial Labels: A Discography, Michel Ruppli, 1991

Apple

no info AppleLog (1st edition), Jefferey Levy, 1984
no info AppleLog (2nd edition), Jefferey Levy, 1986
no info AppleLog (3rd edition), Jefferey Levy, 1988
no info AppleLog (4th edition), Jefferey Levy, 1990
info Those Were the Days: An Unofficial History of the Beatles Apple Organization 1967-2001, Stefan Granados, 2002
info The Beatles on Apple Records, Bruce Spizer, 2003
info The Beatles Solo on Apple Records, Bruce Spizer, 2005
info AppleLog (5th edition), Jefferey Levy, 2006

Atlantic

info Making Tracks: The History of Atlantic Records, Charlie Gillett, 1973
info Atlantic Records: A Discography, Vol 1: 1947-1966, Michel Ruppli, 1979
info Atlantic Records: A Discography, Vol 2: 1966-1970, Michel Ruppli, 1979
info Atlantic Records: A Discography, Vol 3: 1970-1974, Michel Ruppli, 1979
info Atlantic Records: A Discography, Vol 4: 1974-1978, Michel Ruppli, 1979
info Music Man: Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records, and the Triumph of Rock'N'Roll, Dorothy Wade, Justine Picardie, 1990
info East Coasting: The Cover Art of Prestige, Atlantic and Riverside Records, Graham Marsh, Glyn Callingham, 1993
info What'd I Say: The Atlantic Story, Ahmet Ertegun et al, 1998

Berliner Gramophone Records

info Berliner Gramophone Records: American Issues, 1892-1900, Paul Charosh, 1995

Blue Note

no info The Blue Note Label: A Discography, Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppli, 1988
info Blue Note: The Album Cover Art, Graham Marsh, Glyn Callingham, 1991
info The Blue Note Years: The Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff, Michael Cuscana, Charlie Lourie, Francis Wolff, 1995
info Blue Note: The Album Cover Art 2, Graham Marsh, Glyn Callingham, 1997
info Blue Note: Jazz Photography of Francis Wolff, Michael Cuscuna, Charlie Lourie, Francis Wolff, 2000
info The Blue Note Label: A Discography, Revised and Expanded, Michael Cuscuna, Michel Ruppli, 2001
info Blue Note Records: The Biography, Richard Cook, 2003

Brunswick

info Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931, Vol 1: New York Sessions, 1916-1926, Ross Laird, 2001
info Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931, Vol 2: New York Sessions, 1927-1931, Ross Laird, 2001
info Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931, Vol 3: Chicago and Regional Sessions, Ross Laird, 2001
info Brunswick Records: A Discography of Recordings, 1916-1931, Vol 4: Other Non-U.S. Recordings and Indexes, Ross Laird, 2001

Chess

info The Chess Labels: A Discography (2 vols), Michel Ruppli, 1983
info The Story of Chess Records, John Collis, 1998
info Spinning Blues into Gold: The Chess Brothers and the Legendary Chess Records, Nadine Cohodas, 2000
info Machers and Rockers: Chess Records and the Business of Rock & Roll, Rich Cohen, 2004
info The Record Men: The Chess Brothers and the Birth of Rock & Roll, Rich Cohen, 2005

Clef

info The Clef/Verve Labels: A Discography Vol I, The Norman Granz Era, Michel Ruppli, 1986

Columbia

info The Columbia Master Book Discography, Vol I: U.S. Matrix Series 1 through 4999, 1901-1910, Brian Rust, Tim Brooks, 1999
info The Columbia Master Book Discography, Vol II: Principal U.S. Matrix Series, 1910-1924, Brian Rust, Tim Brooks, 1999
info The Columbia Master Book Discography, Vol III: Principal U.S. Matrix Series, 1924-1934, Brian Rust, Tim Brooks, 1999
info The Columbia Master Book Discography, Vol IV: U.S. Twelve-Inch Matrix Series, 1906-1931, Brian Rust, Tim Brooks, 1999
info The Label: The Biography of Columbia Records, Gary Marmorstein, 2007
info Complete Catalog Of Columbia Records: 1918 Reprint, Ross Bolton, 2008

Decca

no info Decca Complete 78/45 R.P.M.Singles Catalogue: 1954-83, Paul M. Pelletier, 1986
info The Decca Hillbilly Discography, 1927-1945, Cary Ginell, 1991
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 1: The California Sessions, Michel Ruppli, 1996
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 2: The Eastern and Southern Sessions (1934-1942), Michel Ruppli, 1996
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 3: The Eastern Sessions (1943-1956), Michel Ruppli, 1996
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 4: The Eastern Sessions (1956-1973), Michel Ruppli, 1996
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 5: Country Recordings, Classical Recordings and Reissues, Michel Ruppli, 1996
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 6: Numerical Listings and General Artist Index, Michel Ruppli, 1996

Elektra

info Follow the Music: The Life and High Times of Elektra Records, Jac Holzman, 2000

Gennett

info Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz, Rick Kennedy, 1994

Immediate

info Immediate Records, Simon Spence, 2008

Imperial

info The Aladdin/Imperial Labels: A Discography, Michel Ruppli, 1991

Impulse

info The House That Trane Built: The Story of Impulse Records, Ashley Kahn, 2006

Island

info Keep on Running: The Story of Island Records, Chris Salewicz et al, 2009

King

info The King Labels: A Discography, Michel Ruppli, 1985
info King Records of Cincinnati, Randy McNutt, 2009
info King of the Queen City: The Story of King Records, Jon Hartley Fox, 2009

Mercury

info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 1: The 1945-1956 Era, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1980
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 2: The 1957-1963 Era, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1980
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 3: The 1964-1968 Era, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1980
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 4: The 1968-1991 Era & The Classical Sessions, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1980
info The Mercury Labels: A Discography, Vol. 5: Tables & Numerical Listings, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1980

MGM

info The MGM Labels: A Discography, Vol. 1: 1946-1960, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1998
info The MGM Labels: A Discography, Vol. 2: 1961-1982, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1998
info The MGM Labels: A Discography, Vol. 3: Additional Recordings/Record and Artist Indexes, Michel Ruppli, Ed Novitsky, 1998

OKeh

info Discography of OKeh Records, 1918-1934, Ross Laird, Brian Rust, 2004

Prestige

no info Prestige Jazz Records 1949-1969: A Discography, Michel Ruppli, 1972
info The Prestige Label: A Discography, Michel Ruppli with Bob Porter, 1980
info East Coasting: The Cover Art of Prestige, Atlantic and Riverside Records, Graham Marsh, Glyn Callingham, 1993

Riverside

info East Coasting: The Cover Art of Prestige, Atlantic and Riverside Records, Graham Marsh, Glyn Callingham, 1993

Rough Trade

info Rough Trade, Rob Young, 2006

Rounder

info The Never-Ending Revival: Rounder Records and the Folk Alliance, Michael F. Scully, 2008

Savoy

info The Savoy Label: A Discography, Michel Ruppli with Bob Porter, 1980

Starday

info The Starday Story: The House That Country Music Built, Nathan D. Gibson with Don Pierce, 2011

Stax

info Soulsville U.S.A: The Story of Stax Records, Rob Bowman, 1997

Sun

info Catalyst: The Sun Records Story, Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins, 1975
no info Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label, Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins, 1980
info Good Rockin' Tonight: Sun Records & The Birth Of Rock 'N' Roll, Colin Escott, Martin Hawking, 1992
info Sun Records: An Oral History, John Floyd, 1998
info Sun King: The Life and Times of Sam Phillips, the Man Behind Sun Records, Kevin & Tanja Crouch, 2010

Trojan

info Young, Gifted, and Black: The Story of Trojan Records, Michael De Koningh, Laurence Cane-Honeysett, 2003

Verve

info The Clef/Verve Labels: A Discography Vol I, The Norman Granz Era, Michel Ruppli, 1986
info The Clef/Verve Labels: A Discography Vol 2, The MGM Era, Michel Ruppli, 1986

Warp

info Warp, Rob Young, 2005

General

info Little Labels - Big Sound: Small Record Companies and the Rise of American Music, Rick Kennedy, Randy McNutt, 1999
info The A-Z of Record Labels, Brian Southall, 2000


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