RECORD RESEARCH Magazine - Index Abbreviations
Primary RR Index Compiler:
TMR = T. Malcolm Rockwell
Contributing Authors:
AR = Anthony "Tony" Rotante (from RR 1)
AS = Anita Sheer (from RR 1)
BB = Bill Bennett (from RR 153)
BC = see RC -
BD = Bob Davenport (from RR 121)
BF = Bill Frase (from RR 144)
BH = Barry Hansen (Dr. Demento) (from RR 17)
BbH = Bob Healy (from RR 66)
BP = Bob Porter (from RR 115)
CH = Cederick J Hayes (from RR 231)
CK = Carl Kendziora (from RR 1)
DH = Dick Horlick (from RR 15)
DK = David Kressley (from RR 89)
DM = Dan Mahony (from RR 1)
DT = D. Toborg (from RR 108)
EN = Ed Novitsky (from RR 233)
FD = Frank Driggs (from RR 7)
FK = Frank Kelly (from RR 13)
GB = George Blacker (from RR 3)
GK = Gus Kuhlman (from RR 5)
GWK = George W. Kay (from RR 7)
HF = Harold "Hal" Flasker (from RR 2)
HH = Henry Henriksen (from RR 94)
HHH = Harold H. Hartel (from RR 175)
HS = Harrison Smith (from RR 3)
JF = Jack Fine (from RR 4)
JK = Joe F. Klee (from RR 123)
JMcA = John McAndrews (from RR 25)
JRN = John R. Nelson (from RR 16)
JS = John Steiner (from RR 13)
JSL = John Sam Lewis (from RR 137)
JW = Jim Walsh (from RR 29)
LK = Len Kunstadt (from RR 1)
MM = Mike Montgomery (from RR 18)
MZ = Mike Zaccagnino (from RR 8)
PA = Perry Armagnac (from RR 1)
PC = Paul Charosh (from RR 14)
PB = Paul C. Burgess (from RR 98)
PBS = Paul B. Sheatsley (from RR 36)
PG = Pekka Gronow (from RR 72)
PS = Paul B. Sheatsley (from RR 31)
RC = Robert "Bob" Colton (from RR 3)
RD = Roger Dunn (from RR 3)
RE = Roy Evans (from RR 153)
RR = Record Research staff (mostly LK) (from RR 1)
RW = Ray Wile (from RR 1)
RR = Record Research staff (from RR 1)
SA = Steve Abrams (from RR 157)
SBC = Samuel B. Charters (from RR 21)
TB = Tim Brooks (from RR 133)
TR = see AR -
VS = Victoria Spivey (from RR 8)
WB = Woody Backensto (from RR 7)
WCA = Walter C. Allen (from RR 1)
All Other Contributors:
Ernest R. Smith (from RR 9)
Israel "Izzy" Young (RR 23 only)
Jim Kweskin (from RR 161)
Ross Laird (from RR 247)
Gus Kuhlman
Howard J. Waters
Bert Whyatt
John Steiner
Helene Chmura
Erwin Helfer
Fess Williams
Dick Holbrook
Phil Evans
Arthur H. Feher
Angus Joss
Frederick Summerill
Richard "Dick" Du Page
John H. Baker
A.R. Danberg (eg, Ann Charters)
William Cobb
Mike Lipskin
Harvey Rettberg
Joe Nicholas
Frank Gillis
Roy Morser
Jim Walsh
Sheldon Harris
Donald Russell Connor
Bill Randle
Jack Bradley
John Sellers
Marcel Chauvaud
Duncan Schiedt
S. H. Fenwick
Donald Chickchester
Ken Crawford, Jr.
Jeann Roni Failows
Jeff Atterton
Barrie Thorpe
Jimmy Dudley
Claus-Uwe Dürr
Bill Bissonnette
Bob Hilbert
John & Hans Larsen
Glenn P. White
Bertrand Demeusy
Max E. Vreede
Rolf Von Arx
John Godrich
Pekka Gronow
Harry Avery
Marian Fickes
Albert C. Close
Ernie Edwards, Jr.
Jerry Valburn
Ralph Fairchild
John NorrisJohn Morton Dengler
Jack Bethards
Louis Metcalf
Kurt Mohr
Robert J. Bennett
Thomas A. Ekkens
Herbert Kurtin
Johnny Parker
Vikki Sheatsley
Merrill Hammond
Floy Case
Marshall W. Stearns
Lee Gillette
Richard Madtes
David A. Jasen
R.E.M. "Bob" Gottlieb
Dave Cotter
Bob Eagle
Horace L. Spear
Joe Tarto
John Chilton
Mike Biel
Robert Merwin, Jr.
Michael Hinze
Robert Feinstein
Steve Holzer
E. S. Virgo
Ronald J. Grable
Bob Koester
Jack Raymond
David Griffiths
Neil McCaffrey
Alex Robertson
George Humble
Pierre Daguerre
Donald R. Hill
Tor Magnusson
Don Peak
Len Selk
Steve LaVere
Emil R. Pinta
Jean-Christophe Averty
George E. Wilson
Bill Dean-Myatt
ELMN = Edison Laboratory National Monument staff:
Melvin J. Weig, Norman R. Speiden, Harold S. Anderson,
Kathleen Blank, Mary Amerault
Artist Abbreviations:
KC 5 = Kansas City Five
NOJB = New Orleans Jazz Band
ODJB = Original Dixieland Jazz Band
OM5 = The Original Memphis Five
JB = Jazz Band
O = Orchestra or Orch.
Miscelleny:
(L) = label, as Comet (L) - concerning an individual label
(I) = issue, as Puritan (I) - details about a single issue
(LP) = Long Playing (33rpm) - as in Barry Hansen's "Records In Review"
(xS) = Single issue, number of records reviewed - as in Barry Hansen's
"Records In Review"
Some Major Article Run Starts: issue mo/year
Plaza 5000 series Masters: Behind The Cobwebs, by CK 36 Jul 1961
Tony Sacco's Red Nichols diaries, by WB 38 Oct 1961
Perfect Dance & Race Catalog 51/52 May 1963
Capitol "Americana" 40000 Series 137/8 Feb 1976
Parade Of Champions, by GB 169/70 Jan 1980
The H3 Chrono-Matrix File, by HHH 175/6 Sep 1980
Liberty Music Shop - initial listing by Jack Raymond, con-
tinuing discographic research by LK & RC 181/2 Apr 1981
Canadian Gennett and Starr-Gennett 9000 195/6 Jan 1983
The Last Years Of Edison Recording Activities 213/4 May 1985
Some Column Starts:
Blues In Review, by BH 17 Mar 1958
Blues Is (Are) My Business, by VS 41 Feb 1962
Filling In Discographically - Correspondence 63 Sep 1964
Groupography, by DH 93 Nov 1968
I've Heard That Song Before, by PB 98 May 1969
Modern Eye-Zing, by BP 115 Feb 1972
Country Music Archives, by BbH 121 Mar 1973
Diggin' The Grooves (premiere column), by B 121 Mar 1973
Music-Klee Speeking, by Joe H. Klee 123 Aug 1973
Reminiscing In Tempo - masthead dropped, column becomes
"Where Are They Now?" 76 May 1976
Behind The Cobwebs, by CK - masthead dropped, column
becomes "PLAZA 5000 Series (cont'd)" 124 Nov 1973
Ragging The Classics, by JSL 137/8 Feb 1976
Len K's Book Reviews (usually on page 3) start 163/4 May 1979
...but actually begin in earnest in issue 171/2 Mar 1980
Internal Indexes:
Issue Index - "Digging The Grooves" 132 Apr 1975
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