This Painstakingly Researched, Unique Volume, A Definitive Discography Of Indian Music, Is A Tribute Not Only To Indian Music, But Also To An Institution Whose Contribution To Indian Music Has Been Monumental -The Gramophone Company. Without Dustjacket In Good Condition.

A complete numerical catalogue, by matrix serials, of Indian Gramophone recordings made from 1908 to 1910, detailing all known and traced recordings by The Gramophone Company, Ltd., in India. This is the second volume in the series of discographical studies on the recordings taken in India and released by The Gramophone Company, Ltd., of Indian repertoires, together with a detailed historical examination of the development of the sound recording industry in India up to 1914.

An encyclopaedia of the 78 rpm record labels produced in India and elsewhere, covering all known record labels and histories of the producing concerns from 1899 through to the late 1960's. With a Supplement on the numerical series of the major labels and an Appendix on the record labels of non-Indian and Asian repertoires made in or associated with India.

A numerical listing of all known recordings produced by The Nicole Record Company, Limited, from 1903 to 1906. Together with information about reissued and transferred recordings. With Bibliography and indices and with illustrations in the text

ARSC Award for Excellence in Best Historical Research in Record Labels, Best Discography - 2017. First Published 1994 as: The Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings 1899-1908. Revised, Corrected and Expanded Edition with a Lacuna of the first known disc recordings of Tibetan performers. The Gramophone Company's First Indian Recordings 1899 to 1907, is a discographical study of Indian recordings taken in London in 1899 for E. Berliner's Gramophone, and at various places in India between 1902 and 1907, detailing all the known or traced recordings of several dialects and musical styles together with a study of the history and development of the sound recording industry in India.

A Discography of recordings produced by the International Zonophone Company, and associated concerns in Europe and the Americas from 1901-1903. With a history of the company's international activities and a Supplement on reissues and transferred recordings. With Bibliography and indices. With illustrations in the text.