Discography

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The article is about sound recordings. For the Pet Shop Boys album, see Discography: The Complete Singles Collection.

Discography is the study and listing of sound recordings.

This portmanteau word stems from:

the gramophone record, often called a "disc", the dominant commercial medium of sound recording for most of the 20th century
the -graph suffix signifying something written (see also autobiography, graphology and so on).

A listing of all recordings which a musician or singer features on can be called their "discography". Additionally, discographies may be compiled based on a particular musical genre or record label, etc.

The term "discography" was popularized in the 1930s by collectors of jazz records. Jazz fans did research and self published discographies about when jazz records were made and what musicians were on the records, as record companies did not commonly include that information on/with the records at that time.

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Notable books of discography

Brooks, Tim - Little Wonder Records, The New Amberola Phonograph Company 1999
Connor, D. Russell and Hicks, Warren W. - BG On The Record; A bio-discography of Benny Goodman, Arlington House 1969
Cuscuna, Michael & Ruppli, Michel - The Blue Note Label, Greenwood Press 2001
Dethlefson, Ronald - Edison Blue Amberol Recordings 1912-1914, (2nd Edition) Stationery X-Press 1997
Fagan, Ted and Moran, William - The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records vol. 1, Greenwood Press 1983
Fagan, Ted and Moran, William - The Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records vol. 2, Greenwood Press 1986
Flower, John - Moonlight Serenade; A bio-discography of the Glenn Miller civilian band, Arlington House 1972
Jepsen, Jorgen Grunnet - Jazz Records, 1942-196x, Karl Emil Knudsen 1963-1970
Kiner, Larry F. - The Al Jolson Discography, Greenwood Press 1983
Koenigsberg, Allen - Edison Cylinder Records 1889-1912, (2nd Edition) APM Press 1987
Laird, Ross - Moanin'Low; A discography of female popular vocal recordings 1920-1933, Greenwood Press 1996
Moses, Julian Morton - American Celebrity Recordings 1900-1925, Monarch Record Enterprises, 1993
Ruppli, Michel - Atlantic Records, Greenwood Press 1979
Ruppli, Michel - The Savoy Labels, Greenwood Press 1980
Ruppli, Michel & Porter, Bob - The Prestige Label, Greenwood Press 1980
Ruppli, Michel - The Chess Labels, Greenwood Press 1983
Ruppli, Michel - The King Labels, Greenwood Press 1985
Ruppli, Michel - The Clef/Verve Labels, Greenwood Press 1986
Ruppli, Michel - The Aladdin/Imperial Labels, Greenwood Press 1991
Ruppli, Michel & Novitsky, Ed - The Mercury Labels, Greenwood Press 1993
Ruppli, Michel - The Decca Labels, Greenwood Press 1996
Ruppli, Michel & Novitsky, Ed - The MGM Labels, Greenwood Press 1998
Russell, Tony - Country Music Records; A discography, 1921-1942, Oxford University Press, 2004
Rust, Brian - The Victor Master Book Vol. 2, published by the author, 1969
Rust, Brian - The American Dance Band Discography, Arlington House 1975
Rust, Brian - London Musical Shows On Record 1897 - 1976, General Gramophone Publications 1977
Rust, Brian - British Music Hall On Record, General Gramophone Publications 1979
Rust, Brian and Forbes, Sandy - British Dance Bands On Record 1911 to 1945, General Gramophone Publications 1987
Rust, Brian and Debus, Allen G. - The Complete Entertainment Discography from 1897 to 1942, (2nd Edition) Da Capo Press 1989
Rust, Brian - Jazz and Ragtime Records (1897 - 1942), (6th Edition) Mainspring Press 2003
Smith, Russell & Burgis, Peter - Peter Dawson; The world's most popular baritone (with complete song title discography), Currency Press 2001
Sutton, Allan - Cakewalks, Rags and Novelties; The International Ragtime Discography (1894 - 1930), Mainspring Press 2004
Gamba, Marco; Visintini, Nicola (2000). Iron Maiden Companion (1st ed.). Moving Media & Arts. ISBN 0967181968.