This unique discography provides a systematic numerical listing and cross-referencing of all released recordings in the Decca 5000 and 17000 hillbilly music series as well as records released under Decca's Champion 45000 and Montgomery Ward series. A total of 1514 discs are covered ranging from records released by major hillbilly music stars to those by less well-known solo artists and groups.
Introduction: The Decca Record Company
How to Use the Discography and Indices
Discography Series Listings
Decca 5000 Numerical
Decca 17000 Numerical
Decca Champion 45000 Numerical
Montgomery Ward Numerical
Artist Index
Matrix and Location Index
Release Dates
Composer Credits
Title Index
CARY GINELL is currently completing a biography on seminal western swing pioneer Milton Brown.
?. . . The Decca Hillbilly Discography, 1927-1945 documents quite
well an important record corporation's history and involvement in
the recording of a truly American musical art form and is a very
useful access tool for any music library, public or
private.?-Journal of Country Music
?A compilation of a systematical listing and cross-referencing of
all relased recordings in the Decca 5000 series (hillbilly), the
17000 series (Cajun), plus the Champiom 45000 and Montgomery Ward
recordings. Listed are a total of 1514 discs include major
'hillbilly' stars like Sons of the Pioneers, Ernest Tubbs, Tex
Ritter, The Carter Family, Roy Rogers, Red Foley and dozens of
other famous and not so notable performers. Each Series is listed
in a separate section and includes recording date, master number,
unissued titles, issued song titles, writer credits and release
dates. There are five indexes, cross-referenced for artist, matrix
and location, release dates, composer and title. Researchers in
American country and folk music will find much resource material in
this meticulously assembled discography, once all included under
'hillbilly' classification.?-Come-All-Ye
?Divided into four separate numerical listings: Decca 5000, Decca
17000, Decca/Champion 45000, and Montgomery Ward recordings. . . .
Five indexes--artists, matrix and location, release dates, composer
credits, and title--provide access to the main listings.?-Reference
& Research Book News
?Every so often one finds a book to which the words 'labor of love'
can be applied, and this listing of the more than 1500 'hillbilly'
records released by the Decca recording company during the years
from 1927-1945 is just such a book. Ginell provides indexes to all
of the records in Decca's 5000 and 17000 cajun series, as well as
the records released in the Decc's Champion 45000 and Montgomery
Ward series: ...Ginell's effort may not have and may never find an
audience - but as a labor of love it may be without peer, and if an
academic library has any interests in reference works on
specialized aspects of twentieth-century American popular music,
Ginell's discography certainly qualifies in all respects.?-Academic
Library Book Review
?Ginell (UCLA) has used his personal Decca catalog collection as a
basis for an exhaustive look at the recordings that gave country
and other rural music its first recorded success. This work is
particularly valuable for the information garnered from interviews
with musicians and singers who worked the many recording sessions
for which there are no session notes. In all, 1,514 discs are
described and listed by catalog record number. Entries include song
titles, artists, and legend (primary instrumentation). An excellent
introduction tells the history of Decca and hillbilly' music.
Included in the discography are released and unreleased recordings
in the Decca 5000 series, released recordings in the Champion 45000
series, released and unreleased recordings from the Decca 17000
(Cajun) series, and all Decca recordings released on the Montgomery
Ward label. What makes this work especially estimable are the
excellent indexes. The alphabetically arranged artist name index
includes complete cross-references. Under each entry, a
chronological listing of recording sessions and recorded works is
provided. A matrix and location index allows users to follow the
locations of recordings and tests, and includes record catalog
number and date. Release date listings follow, arranged by series
and record number. Composer credits and song title indexes complete
the work. Ginell had provide an excellent tool to trace the
beginnings of what has become one of music's major commercial
successes.?-Choice
?Quite obviously books such as this one are very necessary and
extremely useful for writers in order that accurate research may be
made. I know also, from compiling the annual Christmas Quiz, that
there are a great many other people interested in actual country
music recording statistics and this is the sort of book that may
readily appeal to them. It is the sort that one can pick up and
browse, remember a few pertinent facts adn then go out and impress
your friends at the local country club with your new found
specialist knowledge of the early recordings of smoe artiste or
other. . . .?-International Country Music News
?This title, the end result of nearly a decade's research, is an
intriguing look back at the beginnings of country and western music
that today sells millions of records around the world. Jack Kapp
started American Decca in 1934, releasing his first product in the
middle years of the Great Depression, selling records at 35 cents a
pop. The Decca Hillbilly Discography includes listings for 1,514
discs, providing record number, date of release, song title, artist
and type of recording. Interestingly, many genres of music turned
up under the hillbilly' banner, including talking blues, sacred,
western swing, string band, ragtime, ballads, jazz, Cajun, rags,
polkas, stomps, reels, fox trots, jigs, and waltzes featuring
fiddles, guitars, mandolins, banjos, bass fiddles, steel guitars,
drums, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones, accordions, penny whistles,
pianos, slide whistles, jews harps, kazoos, whoops, hollers, yodels
and yells. Such familiar artists as the Sons of the Pioneers,
Ernest Tubb and Jimmie Davis are here along with the Corn Cob
Crushers, Margaret West and Her Sage Brush Harmonizers, the Ross
Rhythm Rascals and The Kentucky Wonder Bean. Anyone who has ever
listened to a radio will find this title endlessly fascinating and
record collectors will discover each page to bear hidden treasure.
The Decca Hillbilly Discography is another important book in the
Greenwood Press series of Discographies, a laudable publishing
event. Excellent.?-The Coast Book Review
." . . The Decca Hillbilly Discography, 1927-1945 documents quite
well an important record corporation's history and involvement in
the recording of a truly American musical art form and is a very
useful access tool for any music library, public or
private."-Journal of Country Music
"A compilation of a systematical listing and cross-referencing of
all relased recordings in the Decca 5000 series (hillbilly), the
17000 series (Cajun), plus the Champiom 45000 and Montgomery Ward
recordings. Listed are a total of 1514 discs include major
'hillbilly' stars like Sons of the Pioneers, Ernest Tubbs, Tex
Ritter, The Carter Family, Roy Rogers, Red Foley and dozens of
other famous and not so notable performers. Each Series is listed
in a separate section and includes recording date, master number,
unissued titles, issued song titles, writer credits and release
dates. There are five indexes, cross-referenced for artist, matrix
and location, release dates, composer and title. Researchers in
American country and folk music will find much resource material in
this meticulously assembled discography, once all included under
'hillbilly' classification."-Come-All-Ye
"Divided into four separate numerical listings: Decca 5000, Decca
17000, Decca/Champion 45000, and Montgomery Ward recordings. . . .
Five indexes--artists, matrix and location, release dates, composer
credits, and title--provide access to the main listings."-Reference
& Research Book News
"Every so often one finds a book to which the words 'labor of love'
can be applied, and this listing of the more than 1500 'hillbilly'
records released by the Decca recording company during the years
from 1927-1945 is just such a book. Ginell provides indexes to all
of the records in Decca's 5000 and 17000 cajun series, as well as
the records released in the Decc's Champion 45000 and Montgomery
Ward series: ...Ginell's effort may not have and may never find an
audience - but as a labor of love it may be without peer, and if an
academic library has any interests in reference works on
specialized aspects of twentieth-century American popular music,
Ginell's discography certainly qualifies in all respects."-Academic
Library Book Review
"Quite obviously books such as this one are very necessary and
extremely useful for writers in order that accurate research may be
made. I know also, from compiling the annual Christmas Quiz, that
there are a great many other people interested in actual country
music recording statistics and this is the sort of book that may
readily appeal to them. It is the sort that one can pick up and
browse, remember a few pertinent facts adn then go out and impress
your friends at the local country club with your new found
specialist knowledge of the early recordings of smoe artiste or
other. . . ."-International Country Music News
"This title, the end result of nearly a decade's research, is an
intriguing look back at the beginnings of country and western music
that today sells millions of records around the world. Jack Kapp
started American Decca in 1934, releasing his first product in the
middle years of the Great Depression, selling records at 35 cents a
pop. The Decca Hillbilly Discography includes listings for 1,514
discs, providing record number, date of release, song title, artist
and type of recording. Interestingly, many genres of music turned
up under the hillbilly' banner, including talking blues, sacred,
western swing, string band, ragtime, ballads, jazz, Cajun, rags,
polkas, stomps, reels, fox trots, jigs, and waltzes featuring
fiddles, guitars, mandolins, banjos, bass fiddles, steel guitars,
drums, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones, accordions, penny whistles,
pianos, slide whistles, jews harps, kazoos, whoops, hollers, yodels
and yells. Such familiar artists as the Sons of the Pioneers,
Ernest Tubb and Jimmie Davis are here along with the Corn Cob
Crushers, Margaret West and Her Sage Brush Harmonizers, the Ross
Rhythm Rascals and The Kentucky Wonder Bean. Anyone who has ever
listened to a radio will find this title endlessly fascinating and
record collectors will discover each page to bear hidden treasure.
The Decca Hillbilly Discography is another important book in the
Greenwood Press series of Discographies, a laudable publishing
event. Excellent."-The Coast Book Review
"Ginell (UCLA) has used his personal Decca catalog collection as a
basis for an exhaustive look at the recordings that gave country
and other rural music its first recorded success. This work is
particularly valuable for the information garnered from interviews
with musicians and singers who worked the many recording sessions
for which there are no session notes. In all, 1,514 discs are
described and listed by catalog record number. Entries include song
titles, artists, and legend (primary instrumentation). An excellent
introduction tells the history of Decca and hillbilly' music.
Included in the discography are released and unreleased recordings
in the Decca 5000 series, released recordings in the Champion 45000
series, released and unreleased recordings from the Decca 17000
(Cajun) series, and all Decca recordings released on the Montgomery
Ward label. What makes this work especially estimable are the
excellent indexes. The alphabetically arranged artist name index
includes complete cross-references. Under each entry, a
chronological listing of recording sessions and recorded works is
provided. A matrix and location index allows users to follow the
locations of recordings and tests, and includes record catalog
number and date. Release date listings follow, arranged by series
and record number. Composer credits and song title indexes complete
the work. Ginell had provide an excellent tool to trace the
beginnings of what has become one of music's major commercial
successes."-Choice
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