New Issue: ARSC Journal

ARSC Journal 56.2 (Fall 2025)
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Original Articles

“Misirlou” and Beyond: The Impact of Nicholas Roubanis on Global Music
Maria Kapkidi

Ampex Master Equalization (AME)
Gary A. Galo

“Buried Deep”: George W. Broome, A Lost Pioneer of Black Culture and Sound
Tim Brooks

Audio Tape: An Introduction to Analogue Magnetic Tape Recorders for Archivists and Audiophiles
Harold Tichenor

Louisville Lockout
Ron Geesin

Book Reviews

Hanna-Barbera: The Recorded History (From Modern Stone Age to Meddling Kids), by Greg Ehrbar, with foreword by Tim Matheson and preface by Leonard Maltin (University Press of Mississippi)
Cary Ginell

Lou Reed: The King of New York, by Will Hermes (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Matt Chiu

The Evolution of Chinese Popular Music: Modernization and Globalization, 1927 to the Present, by Ya-Hui Cheng (Routledge)
Ted Liebler

Early Jazz: A Concise Introduction, From Its Beginnings Through 1929″ by Fumi Tomita (State University of New York Press)
Monk Rowe

Soon and Very Soon: Transformative Music and Ministry of Andraé Crouch, by Robert F. Darden and Stephen M. Newby. Foreword by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (Oxford University Press)
Robert M. Marovich

See That My Grave Is Kept Clean: The World and Music of Blind Lemon Jefferson, by Alan Govenar and Kip Lornell (La Reunion/Deep Vellum)
Edward Komara

Ink: The Indelible J. Mayo Williams, by Clifford R. Murphy (University of Illinois Press)
Edward Komara

Paramount 12000/13000 Series. Second, revised edition, by Max Vreede and Guido van Rijn (Agram Blues Books)
Edward Komara

Sounding Human: Music and Machines 1740-2020, by Deirdre Loughridge (University of Chicago Press)
Edward Komara

Sound Recording Reviews

Gloria Gaynor: Love Tracks (Polydor)
Lawrence Schulman

Johnny Mercer Sings Johnny Mercer (Everest Records/43 North Broadway); Fats Waller: Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Olympic Records/43 North Broadway; Cy Coleman: If My Friends Could See Me Now (Columbia – Legacy)
Lawrence Schulman

Judy Garland: At The Palace Closing Night 1952 – The Bravo Series (BFD1011) (1 CD); Judy Garland: At The Palace Closing Night 1952 – The Bravo Series (BFD1012) (2 x LP); Judy Garland: At The Palace Closing Night 1952 – The Bravo Series (16-Bit/44.1 kHz)
Lawrence Schulman

Patsy Cline – New Mono to Stereo Mixes (PRS/Voice Masters/Good Music, 1 CD, 2024); Patsy Cline – The Complete Studio Recordings (Enlightenment Records, EN3CD9240, 3 CDs, 2025); Patsy Cline – Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) (Deep Digs/Elemental Music Records); Patsy Cline – Imagine That: The Lost Recordings (1954-1963) (Deep Digs/Elemental Music Records, 180-Gram Double LP, 2025)
Lawrence Schulman

The Mills Brothers: World Broadcast Recordings (Circle Records CCD-195, 24-Bit/96 kHz FLAC download, 2024); Tiger Rag: Mills Brothers – The Singles Collection Vol. 1 1931-47 (Acrobat, 4 CDs, 2024); Tiger Rag: Mills Brothers – The Singles Collection Vol. 2 1947-60 (Acrobat, 4 CDs, 2024)
Lawrence Schulman

The Songs of Vincent Youmans: Tea for Two, his 27 finest, 1925-1951 (Retrospective RTR 4424, 2025, 1 CD)
Lawrence Schulman

Wham! – Make It Big (Sony Music – 19658870759, Epic – 19658870759, SDE Surround Series – 20, High Fidelity Pure Audio, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Audio, Album Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Multichannel, 1984/2024); Wham! – Fantastic. (Sony Music – 19658870749, Epic – 19658870749, SDE Surround Series – 19, High Fidelity Pure Audio, Blu-ray, Blu-ray Audio, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Stereo, Multichannel, 1983/2024)
Lawrence Schulman
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