Discographical sources for 78 RPM recordings

Music Cataloging at Yale [1] ♪ Sound recording cataloging [2]

General

The 78rpm record home page [3]

Discography of American historical recordings [4]

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Dating 78 RPM recordings

Print sources

Daniels, William R. The American 45 and 78 rpm record dating guide, 1940-1959. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1985.
HSR ML156.2 D186 A5

Gart, Galen. ARLD : the American record label directory and dating guide, 1940-1959. Milford, N.H. : Big Nickel, c1989.
HSR ML1055 G244 A7+

Barr, Steven C. The (almost) complete 78 rpm record dating guide. [Toronto] : S.C. Barr, c1979, c1980.
HSR ML156.2 B268 A4+

------------. The almost complete 78 rpm record dating guide. (II). Huntington Beach, Calif. : Yesterday Once More, 1992.
HSR ML156.2 B268 A4 1992+

Peel, Tom. Seventy years of issues : historical 78rpm pressings from original masters, 1931-2001. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 2001.
LSF ML156.4 V872 P3

Shaw, Eddie. Date about all those English seventy-eights : Pt.1 (2nd rev. ed.), suppl.B. (2 pts.). London : E. & E. Shaw, 1995.
In Process
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Online sources

Australian and New Zealand78 label dates [5]

Early or historical sound recordings collections [6] and other 78 & cylinder sites of interest

The online discographical project [7]

Staunton, Ted. 78 rpm labels. [8]

Der yidisher Gramofon [9]: 78 rpm recordings of European Jewish music

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Catalogs

Catalogs by company name A-D

This section is limited to record labels beginning with the A-D. The Yale University Music Library and Historical Sound Recording Archives will be cataloging 78 rpm recordings in the record label range A-D.

Print sources

Ruppli, Michel. The Aladdin/Imperial labels : a discography. New York : Greenwood Press, 1991.
HSR ML156.2 R946 A3

Ruppli, Michel. Atlantic Records : a discography. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1979.
HSR ML156.2 R946 A8

Cuscuna, Michael and Michel Ruppli. The Blue Note label : a discography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
HSR ML156.4 J42 C9 2001

Laird, Ross. Brunswick records: a discography of recordings, 1916-1931. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2001.
HSR ML156.2 L188 B9 [temporarily in music library office]

Carter, Sydney H. A catalogue of Clarion & Ebonoid records. Bournemouth, Eng. : Talking Machine Review, c1977.
HSR ML156.2 C325 C3

Andrews, Frank (H. Frank) Columbia 10" records, 1904-30. [London] : City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society, [1985]
HSR ML156 A566 C7+

Brooks, Tim. The Columbia master book discography. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1999.
HSR ML156.2 B873 C7

Smith, Michael. Columbia Graphophone Company, ltd. : English celebrity issues : D and LB series, L and LX series, X and PB series, 7000 and PX series, ROX and SDX series, YB series. [Lingfield, Surrey] : Oakwood Press, [1970?]
HSR ML156.4 V872 V8 v.8

Temporary catalogue of the Columbia Phonograph Co.’s musical records : for use on graphophones and phonographs.
SML Fiche B2264 2937

Decca Record Company. Main catalog : alphabetical and numerical. London.
HSR ML155.3 D291

Ruppli, Michel. The Decca labels : a discography. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1996.
HSR ML156.2 R946 D2
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Online sources

General

Abrams, Steven; with contributions from other collectors. The online discographical project
settlet.fateback.com/ [10]

Catalogue of Finnish records 1901-1945 [11]
recordings held in the innish Institute of Recorded Sound

The database [of] Swedish 78-rpm records. database [12]

The E-discographer.
www.hensteeth.com/e_discog/ [13]
a bibligraphy of chiefly print discographies, with links to online discographies

Fitzgerald, Michael. Jazz record label listings.
www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/index.html [14]

Settlemier, Tyrone. Tyrone's record and phonograph links.
www.proaxis.com/~settlet/record/links.html [15]
scroll down to "labels," very near to the the top of this very long page.

Thomas, Mike. Dance band encyclopaedia: label index [16]

By label

Settlemier, Tyrone. American Record Company.
www.angelfire.com/or/settlet/AmericanMatrix.htm [17]

APGA (Association Phonique des Grands Artistes); Excel zip file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm [18]

Atlantic Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/atlantic/ [19]

Artiphon; Excel zip file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm [18]

Huenemann, Robert Gilchrist. The original Audiophile discography.
home.flash.net/~bobgh/nunncat.htm [20]

Bethlehem Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/bethlehem/ [21]

Blue Note Records Catalog: 78 rpm series - single index includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/bluenote/78r-cat/ [22]

Bray, Colin J. and Jack Litchfield. The Canadian Columbia group of labels 1921-1931: how to distinguish Canadian from American.
www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/8764/colcan.htm [23]

Englund, Björn. Engelska Columbias matriskronologi 1925-1946.
www.ljudochbildarkivet.se/SLBA/NOTISER/discografi/engelskacolumbia.htm [24]

Weber, Helmut. Columbia (American).
wwwsys.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-columa.htm [25]

------------. Columbia (English/German/French).
wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-columb.htm [26]

Contemporary Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/contemporary/ [27]

Debut Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/debut/ [28]

------------. Decca (American).
wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-deccaa.htm [29]

------------. Decca (English/German).
wap03.informatik.fh-wiesbaden.de/weber1/grammo/n-deccab.htm [30]

Dial Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/dial/ [31]

Odeon (including Fonotopia); Excel zip file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm [18]

Mercury Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/mercury/ [32]

Odeon (including Fonotopia); Excel zip file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm [18]

The Prestige Labels: Prestige SP series (10" 78 rpm), New Jazz SP series (10" 78 rpm), Prestige EP series (7" 45 rpm), New Jazz EP series (7" 45 rpm); includes session indexes
www.plosin.com/milesAhead/prestigeLabel.html [33]

Riverside Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/riverside/ [34]

Savoy Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/savoy/ [35]

Verve Records Discography Project includes session indexes
www.jazzdisco.org/verve/ [36]

Encyclopedic discography of Victor recordings
victor.library.ucsb.edu/index.php [37]

Dating Victor 78s
members.tripod.com/~Vinylville/faq-9.html [38]

International Zon-o-phone; Excel zip file from Truesound online discographies; scroll down to find list of labels
www.truesoundtransfers.de/disco.htm [18]
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Catalogs by genre, medium of performance, etc.

Print sources

Nelson, Susan. The flute on record : the 78 rpm era : a discography. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2006.
HSR ML156.4 F64 F6+

McBeth, Amy. A discography of 78 rpm era recordings of the horn : solo and chamber literature with commentary. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
LSF ML156.4 H8 M1

Arnold, Claude G. The orchestra on record, 1896-1926 : an encyclopedia of orchestral recordings made by the acoustical process. Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1997.
HSR ML156.4 O64 A7

Raymond, Jack. Show music on record : the first one hundred years. New rev. ed. Washington, D.C. : J. Raymond, c1998.
HSR ML156.4 M977 R2 1998+

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Online sources

Acoustic opera sets [39]
Coverage is from the earliest acoustic sets (ca. 1907) until the introduction and almost immediate dominance of electrical recordings in 1925.

Historical opera recordings from 78rpm discs [40]: complete and abridged sets

Historical Operetta Recordings from 78rpm discs [41]: complete and abridged sets

ODE [42] (Opera discography encyclopedia)

78opera [43]

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Catalogs by performer

Online sources

Complete recordings of John McCormack [44]

Finnish vocal art on records, 1902-1945 [45]

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Library catalogs and national archives

Print sources

Dictionary catalog of the G. Robert Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1975.
HSR ML156.2 V771 D5+

Dictionary catalog of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. Boston, Mass. : G.K. Hall, 1981.
HSR ML156.2 R691 D5+

Weihermüller, Manfred. Deutsche National-Discographie. Serie 3, Discographie der deutschen Gesangsaufnahmen [= Discography of German Operatic and Lieder]. Bonn : Birgit Lotz, c1995-
HSR ML156.4 V872 W4

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Online sources

Bibliothèque et Archives nationales Québec. Disques 78 tours [46]

Database of the Finnish Institute of Recorded Sound [47]

SONIC (Sound ONline Inventory and Catalog): a portion of the Library of Congress Audio Collection:
database [48] (with searches by commercial 78s, 45s, and cassettes or by music only, etc.)

The Swedish National Archive of Recorded Sound and Moving Images [49]

The virtual gramophone: Canadian historical sound recordings: search [50]

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Miscellaneous

Bauer, Roberto. The new catalogue of historical records 1898-1908/09. 2nd ed. London : Sidgwick and Jackson, [1947]
HSR ML156 B344 1947

Rust, Brian. Discography of historical records on cylinders and 78s. Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1979.
HSR ML156.2 R971 D6+

The world’s encyclopedia of recorded music. London : Sidgwick & Jackson, [1952] and 1953-1957.
Ref ML156.2 C647 W9; Ref ML156.2 C647 W9