A reproduction of the 1918 Complete Catalog of Columbia Records with a new introduction by Ross Bolton.What a gem this little book is! No where else can one find every record made by Columbia during this period, and this book has pictures, descriptions, and prices to boot. Over 500 pages organized by artist, song, Opera music, Classifieds, Educational and Novelty records. What is most amazing to see are the "famous" artists of the day (all female trumpet group?), as well as the different way Columbia sold different cultural acts.Due to its rarity, a missing leaf of pages have been substituted by the similar pages from the 1919 catalog. These replaced pages have been marked '1919 Substitute' inside the book.

The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century