SEMLA Preconference Workshop Music Acquisitions and Collection Development Oct. 18, 2012 Instructors: Holling Smith-Borne Director, Wilson Music Library Vanderbilt University [email protected] -and- Chris Durman George F. DeVine Music Library University of Tennessee Libraries 865-974-3474 [email protected] With thanks to Marci Cohen and Michael Fling. Resource List Major Vendors Baker & Taylor, Inc. (800) 775-1800 http://btol.com/ [email protected] Bel Canto Society (audio and video recordings) Department A, 85 Furniture Drive Milford, CT 06460 Phone: (800) 347-5056 Fax: (212) 877-2792 http://www.belcantosociety.org Broude Brothers Limited (scores only; publisher has own line of scholarly score editions) 141 White Oaks Road, P.O. Box 547 Williamstown, MA 01267-0547 Phone: (800) 525-8559 Fax: (413) 458-5242 http://www.broude.us/ [email protected] DVD Planet (videorecordings) 900 N Rohlwing Road Itasca, IL 60143 http://www.dvdplanet.com [email protected] Educational Music Service (scores; specializes in score orchestral literature) 33 Elkay Drive Chester, NY 10918 1 Phone: (845) 469-5790 Fax: (845) 469-5817 http://www.emsmusic.com [email protected] Facets Multi-Media (videorecordings) 1517 West Fullerton Ave. Chicago, IL 60614 Phone: (800) 331-6197 http://www.facets.org [email protected] Films for the Humanities and Sciences (videorecordings) 132 West 31st Street 17th Floor New York, NY 10001 Phone: (800) 322-8755 Fax: (800) 678-3633 http://www.films.com [email protected] Harrassowitz (Music Services) North American Library Services office 820 University Blvd. South, Suite 2C Mobile, AL 36609 Phone: (800) 348-6886 Fax: (800) 574-5732 http://www.harrassowitz.de [email protected] Hutchins & Rea (scores) PO Box 190309 Atlanta, GA 31119 Phone: (800) 733-BACH (2224) Fax: (404) 842-1248 http://www.hutchinsandrea.com/ Insight MEDIA (videorecordings) 2162 Broadway New York, NY 10024 Phone: (800) 233-9910 Fax: (212) 799-5309 http://www.insight-media.com/ [email protected] J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. (scores only) 2480 Industrial Blvd. Paoli PA 19301 Phone: (800) 345-6296 Fax: (610) 993-0563 http://www.jwpepper.com/ [email protected] Kultur (videorecordings) 195 Highway 36 West Long Branch, NJ 07764 2 Phone: (732) 229-2343 http://www.kulturfilms.com/ [email protected] Luck’s Music Library (scores; specializes in orchestral literature) 32300 Edward PO Box 71397 Madison Hieghts, MI 48071 Phone: (248) 583-1820 Fax: (248) 583-1114 http://www.lucksmusic.net [email protected] Music Hunter Distributing Company Jay Sonin 4880 North Citation Drive, Suite 101 Delray Beach, FL 33445 Phone: (561) 450-7152 [email protected] Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc. 16122 Cohasset St. Van Nuys, CA 91406-2989 Phone: (818) 994-1902 Fax: (818) 994-0419 http://www.tfront.com/ [email protected] Video Artists International and VAI Audio (recordings and videorecordings) 109 Wheeler Ave Pleasantville, NY 10570 Phone: (800) 477-7146 Fax: (914) 769-5407 http://www.vai-music.com [email protected] Many vendors offer e-mail notifications and customized spreadsheets for new publications or collections on a specific topic. Sources for Out-of-Print music books Abebooks (formerly known as Advanced Book Exchange) http://www.abebooks.com AddAll Used and Out-of-Print http://www.used.addall.com Alibris http://www.alibris.com Bookfinder www.bookfinder.com Amazon http://www.amazon.com (used) 3 Sources for Out-of-Print music recordings Alibris http://www.alibris.com Berkshire Record Outlet http://www.berkshirerecordoutlet.com BuyUsed.co.uk http://www.2ndhand.org.uk GEMM: Global Electronic Music Marketplace http://www.gemm.com Mikrokosmos.com (LPs, and 78 rpm) http://www.mikrokosmos.com Major record labels (three multinational companies control more than 80% of the world’s recorded music production. All market their own labels and distribute recordings of smaller companies as well. Sony Music Entertainment (formerly CBS/Sony) Includes Columbia Records, Epic Record Group, Legacy Recordings, Sony Classical, Sony Nashville, and Sony Wonder http:///www.sonymusic.com Universal Music Group Includes Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Geffen, MCA, Mercury, Motown, Philips, Polydor, Universal Records, and Verve http://www.universalmusic.com Warner Music Group (division of Time Warner, often abbreviated WEA) Includes Atlantic Group, Elektra Entertainment Group, London-Sire Records, Rhino Entertainment Group, and Warner Bros. http://www.wmg.com Specialty Vendors, Labels and Catalogs Albany Records http://www.albanyrecords.com Allegro Media Group http://www.allegro-music.com Amazon.com (for materials not found elsewhere) Try Amazon International too at http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=487250 Arkiv Music http://www.arkivmusic.com 4 Azuradisc Disc Repair Center (CD resurfacing) 7307 South 89th Place Mesa, AZ 85212 (480) 827-8786 http://www.azuradisc.com BWI (vendor specializing in children’s materials for public libraries, offers standing orders for Billboard charts) 1340 Ridgeview Dr. McHenry, IL 60050 Phone: (800) 888-4478 Fax: (800) 888-6319 http://bwibooks.com/ [email protected] Collectors’ Choice (reissues) http://www.ccmusic.com eBay.com (especially for out-of-print items) Harmonia Mundi More than 50 labels http://www.harmoniamundi.com Heartland Music (reissues, mainly classic country) http://www.heartlandmusic.com Naxos (classical) http://www.naxos.com Nonesuch (known for world music but they also issue pop, jazz and folk) http://www.nonesuch.com Palm Kids (children’s music) http://www.palmkids.com Rhino (pop reissues) http://www.rhino.com Time-Life (gospel, country and pop reissues, mainly compilations) http://www.timelife.com Yesasia.com (current pop music from Asia, especially Japan and Korea) http://www.yesasia.com Streaming Music Vendors Classical.com http://www.classical.com Naxos http://www.naxos.com 5 Alexander Street Press: Classical Music Library, Contemporary World Music, American Song, Classical Scores Library, Smithsonian Global Sound, Opera in Video, and other specialized collections http://alexanderstreet.com/products/music Awards Academy Awards (songs and scores from films are awarded) http://www.oscars.org Nominees announced in January. Awards ceremony held in February. Grammy Awards http://www.grammy.com Nominees announced in December. Awards ceremony held in February. Latin Grammy awards ceremony held in November. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://rockhall.com Nominations announced in October. Inductees announced in December. Tony Awards http://www.tonyawards.com Nominations announced in May. Awards ceremony held in June. Blues Music Awards (formerly known as the W.C. Handy Blues Awards) http://www.blues.org Nominations announced in December. Awards ceremony held in May. Sources for identifying core recordings A Basic Music Library: Essential Scores and Sound Recordings, 3rd ed., Chicago: American Library Association, 1997. Holtje, Steve, and Nancy Ann Lee, ed., MusicHound Jazz: The Essential Album Guide, Detroit: Visible Ink Press, c1998. Libbey, Ted, The NPR Guide to Building a Classical CD Collection, 2nd ed., New York: Workman Pub., c1999. Moon, Tom. 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die: A Listener’s Life List. New York: Workman Pub., 2008. MOJO Collection: The Ultimate Music Companion. 4th ed., fully rev. & updated. Edinburgh ; New York : Canongate, 2007. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, for artists and songs that shaped rock and roll http://rockhall.com Rolling Stone The magazine regularly runs lists of greatest recordings of all time. “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531 -or- “500 Greatest Songs of All Time” http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407 6 Periodicals with Music Reviews American Record Guide (classical reviews, no advertising) ISSN 0003-0716 http://www.americanrecordguide.com BBC Music Magazine (classical) http://www.bbcmagazines.com/music Billboard (reports national sales, with breakdown by genre) ISSN 0006-2510 http://www.billboard.com CDHotlist: New Releases for Libraries (online only) http://cdhotlist.btol.com/ CMJ (formerly New Music Monthly) (rock/pop) http://www.cmj.com Downbeat (Jazz and blues) ISSN 0012-5768 http://www.downbeat.com Entertainment Weekly (mostly rock/pop; some country, jazz) ISSN 1049-0434 http://www.ew.com/ew/ Fanfare (classical) ISSN 0148-9364 http://www.fanfaremag.com Goldmine (specializes in annotated rock discographies) ISSN 1055-2685 http://www.goldminemag.com/ Gramophone (classical) ISSN 0017-310X http://www.gramophone.co.uk International Record Review (classical) http://www.recordreview.co.uk MOJO: Music Magazine (rock/pop) ISSN 1351-0193 http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/ Music Reference Services Quarterly (primarily books) ISSN 1058-8167 Notes - Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association (mostly classical) ISSN 0027-4380 Rolling Stone (rock/pop) ISSN 0035-791X http://rollingstone.com 7 RootsWorld: Listening To The Planet (online only) http://www.rootsworld.com/rw/ Sing Out! The Folk Song Magazine ISSN 0037-5624 http://www.singout.org The Source - The Magazine of Hip-Hop Music, Culture and Politics ISSN 1063-2085 http://www.thesource.com Spin (rock/pop) ISSN 0886-3032 http://www.spin.com Tempo (journal devoted to 20th-century and contemporary concert music) ISSN 0040-2982 Vibe (hip hop) ISSN 1070-4701 http://www.vibe.com/ Village Voice Pazz & Jop Poll (Based on poll of about 600 music critics. Results are announced