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Music Business & Contacts
Big Sounds from Small Peoples
Roger Wallis and Krister
Malm
Constable (UK), 1984. ISBN#: 0-09-465360-7
paperbound, 419
pages, B&W illus., £6.
History. Multinationals dig talons into the
local music scenes of 12 small countries, and the result is...? A great
read.
Billboard International Buyers Guide
Billboard Books, annual.
paperbound, 250+ pages, $113.
Reference. We use it most for record companies and publishers.
There's still no web site as useful or complete. Published annually in Dec.
They also publish other titles, one of record stores and the other of radio stations.
Billboard Talent and Touring Guide Directory (US)
Billboard Books, annual.
paperbound, 300+ pages, $105.
Reference. Best place to locate managers and booking agents, and
therefore artists. Publishes annually, in Oct. Performance
Magazine also puts out a very good Talent Guide.
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States
ed., Guy Marco, Frank Andrews
Garland, 1993. ISBN#: 0824047826
hardbound, $125.
Reference. Part of the Garland Reference Library of
the Humanities, Vol. 936. Entries on this and that centered around
audio inventions and innovation, label histories, and big loud ideas.
Best for the early years of cylinders and 78s.
Music Publishing: A Songwriter's Guide
Randy Poe
Writer's Digest Books, 1990. ISBN#: 0-89879-415-3
paperbound, 136
pages, $19.
Reference. Fave. Textbook-like guide to music
publishing, probably the best beginners guide to understanding the most
profitable part of the recording industry. Randy manages Trio Music,
Leiber & Stoller's publishing.
The Record Producers File
Bert Muirhead
Blandford
/ Sterling, 1984. ISBN#: 0-7137-1430-1
paperbound, 288 pages,
OP.
Reference. Pounce when you see it. Lists the producers of pop
and rock albums from 1962 - 1984. There are always rumors of an update,
or someone else doing a book like this, but for now, this is it.
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