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The appeal of the banjo has been shown to be timeless and
universal---adaptable to almost any form of popular music. It was
one of just a few instruments that could be faithfully reproduced
in the early days of sound recording, and its recording history
dates back to 1889. Heier documents that history on cylinders and
78-rpm disks in the pre-LP era ending in the mid-1950s. The book
offers a comprehensive compilation of all such recordings on which
the banjo plays a solo role or dominant part. Organized by
performer or performing group, the recordings are listed
chronologically with location, date, matrix number, and take-digit
as available, as well as manufacturer and catalog number.
Biographical information on the banjoist is provided wherever
possible, and all performers anywhere in the world known to have
recorded any type of music on banjo are included even if no data on
the actual disks is available. Introduced in a foreword by British
discographer Brian Rust, the discography also includes a narrative
account of the banjo in phonograph recording history by Lowell
Schreyer and an essay on the history of the banjo itself by Robert
Lloyd Webb. In addition to the discography proper, the editors have
provided a preface, A Quick Look at the Banjo Family, identifying
the instruments; an extensive bibliography of sources; an index of
all tune titles; and reproductions of 92 recording labels. These
elements all combine to make this volume a true discopedia of the
banjo.
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