German national discography
The German National Discography is a discography of the shellac records published in Germany from 1890 to 1960 . The discography has been published by Birgit-Lotz-Verlag since 1991 on the private initiative of Rainer E. Lotz .
The work was awarded a prize for “excellence in historical recorded sound research” from the Association For Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC). Lotz is supported by ten co-authors .
The text contains the following information:
- Name of the main artist
- Place and time of recording
- Names of the accompanying artists (for vocal recordings) or the refrain singers (for dance recordings)
- Information about composers, lyricists
- Films, plays, revues, operas, operettas, etc., from which the titles come
- Label, order number and publication date
- unpublished recordings and "alternative takes" with an indication of whether test pressings are known.
These admission criteria apply:
- only regular pressing on shellac, so no private wire, tape and foil recordings or film soundtracks
- occasionally various other sound carriers that belong to the "shellac era" and that have been commercially copied, e.g. B. Phonograph rollers, sound postcards , Tefifon tapes.
It is divided into thematic series, which in turn contain several volumes. Two volumes are planned per year. So far 23 volumes have been published:
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Series 1: Discography of German Cabaret . ISBN 3-9802656-6-8
volumes 1 to 6. -
Series 2: Discography of German Dance Music . ISBN 3-9802656-5-X
Volumes 1 to 8. -
Series 3: Discography of German vocal recordings . ISBN 3-9803461-0-2
Volumes 1 to 4. -
Series 4: Discography of German voice recordings . ISBN 3-9803461-3-7
volumes 1 to 4. -
Series 5: Discography of Ethnic Recordings . ISBN 3-9805808-3-0
Volume 1. -
Series 6: Discography of Judaica Recordings . ISBN 978-3-9810248-3-8
Volume 1. - German hot discography. Cake Walk, Ragtime, Hot Dance & Jazz - A Manual , ISBN 3-9810248-1-8 .
With these volumes the series was discontinued