The Prestige Label: A Discography
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
The Prestige Label: A Discography
By (Author) Michel Ruppli
By (author) Brian Rust
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
19th March 1980
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
016.789912
Physical Properties
Hardback
390
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
624g
Description
Although somewhat more specialized than the Atlantic set because of Prestige's emphasis on jazz, this work is valuable for record collectors and researchers. American Reference Books Annual
Reviews
. . . The Prestige label gained fame by recordings from the 1949-1969 period featuring many great jazz artists. Information has been gleaned from Prestige files. The main body of the reference is chronologically arranged. The reader will find matrix numbers, performers, recording dates and titles. A significant reference resource for jazz and blues scholars.-Come-All-Ye
Although somewhat more specialized than the Atlantic set because of Prestige's emphasis on jazz, this work is valuable for record collectors and researchers.-American Reference Books Annual
"Although somewhat more specialized than the Atlantic set because of Prestige's emphasis on jazz, this work is valuable for record collectors and researchers."-American Reference Books Annual
." . . The Prestige label gained fame by recordings from the 1949-1969 period featuring many great jazz artists. Information has been gleaned from Prestige files. The main body of the reference is chronologically arranged. The reader will find matrix numbers, performers, recording dates and titles. A significant reference resource for jazz and blues scholars."-Come-All-Ye
Author Bio
MICHEL RUPPLI is a renowned discographer whose earlier projects include Atlantic Records, The Prestige Label, The Savoy Label, Verve Labels, Mercury Labels, and The Blue Note Label (all issued by Greenwood Press).
