[ANPPOM-L] 45th Annual ARSC Conference (Los Angeles, CA May 11-14, 2011)

[Carlos Palombini]

The 45th annual ARSC Conference will be held in downtown Los Angeles,
California in May 11-14, 2011. The conference will be hosted by the UCLA
Ethnomusicology Archive in honor of their 50th anniversary. Details will be
posted here are arrangements are finalized. Please, check:

http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/

One hundred and thirty years of recorded sound history—from the earliest
extant recordings to today’s
“born digital” formats—will be explored when collectors, archivists, audio
engineers and recording historians convene for the 45th Annual Conference of
the Association for Recorded Sound Collections in Los Angeles on May 11-14.
Hosted by the UCLA Ethnomusicology Archive, which is celebrating its 50th
anniversary, sessions will focus on a full range of musical genres, artists
and performances, as well as the timely issues of recorded sound
preservation and restoration, public access, and copyright reform.

ARSC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and study of
sound recordings, in all
genres of music and speech, from all periods. The meeting brings together a
unique mix of over 200
recorded sound experts from the U.S. and abroad—all sharing a passion for
our audio heritage.

Conference highlights include:

*Preserving and Protecting the Frank Zappa Archives
*Zappa Vaultmeister Joe Travers and Frank Zappa’s widow Gail will provide an
in-depth discussion about managing the vast Zappa tape archive, including
restoration and re-release work, and their efforts to preserve the many
photographs, documents, films, and artifacts that document Zappa’s creative
output.

*"And the Beat Goes On” : The Legacy of Dick Griffey and SOLAR Records
*Dr. Scot Brown will explore the activist-entrepreneurial history of Dick
Griffey, founder of SOLAR (Sound of Los Angeles Records), the most dominant
Black-owned label from the late 1970s-1980s, which had a vast catalogue of
hits from artists such as KLYMAXX, Shalamar, Lakeside, and Midnight Star.

*An Interview with Pioneering Record Man Joe Bihari (Modern Records)*
Bihari formed Modern Records in 1945 and transformed a small back street
company into a leading independent label with a roster that included Ike
Turner and Howlin’ Wolf. John Broven, author of Record Makers and Breakers,
will lead the discussion and offer samples of Joe’s most famous recordings.

*Television and the Recording Industry: A Conversation with Ron Dante, Wink
Martindale, and Paul Petersen.*
The 1960s saw a remarkable convergence between the newly-thriving television
industry and the older recording industry. In an era when "youth culture"
was paramount, many young personalities jumped (or were pushed) into both
mediums. Stu Shostak, TV historian and radio talk show host, will interview
these three stars on what it was like to work in the twin worlds of TV and
music in the 1960s-1970s. Wink Martindale, one of America's leading game
show hosts (Gambit, High Rollers, Tic Tac Dough), began his career in
Tennessee as a disc jockey and made rockabilly records. Paul Petersen was a
child actor who gained fame playing Donna Reed's son on The Donna Reed Show
and went on to score half dozen hits on Screen Gems’ Colpix label. Ron Dante
was one of the busiest session musicians of the 1960s-1970s, singing lead on
bubblegum hits as well as backup on Barry Manilow's biggest hits.

*The Legendary Bill Savory Collection: A Treasure Trove of Unique 1930s
Broadcast Recordings*
An exploration into the career of engineer Bill Savory, the role of Loren
Schoenberg in obtaining Savoy’s collection for the National Jazz Museum in
Harlem, and Doug Pomeroy’s efforts to transfer the recordings to digital
form, highlighted with music samples and visuals of Savory and the discs.

*A Visit with Norman Corwin and a Re-creation of “The Undecided Molecule”
*Norman Corwin has long been considered THE premiere artiste of dramatic
radio. The writer and director of “We Hold These Truths,” “On a Note of
Triumph,” “The Plot to Overthrow Christmas,” and many other landmarks of the
golden age of radio is a spry and lively 101 years of age. This session will
open with a panel discussion of Corwin’s career with Norman Corwin himself,
followed by Michael James Kacey directing an all-star cast in a re-creation
of Corwin’s "The Undecided Molecule," originally presented July 17, 1945, in
the series Columbia Presents Corwin.

*Recording Vernacular Mexican Music in Los Angeles, with a Tribute to Lalo
Guerrero*
Chris Strachwitz, founder of Arhoolie Records, will provide an overview of
historical recordings from the 1920s-1980s covering the wide variety of
Mexican and Mexican American regional music, as well as a tribute to the
legendary Lalo Guerrero whose recording career spanned the 1930s -1990s.
Special guests will be Mark and Dan Guerrero, two of Lalo’s talented sons,
with stories and clips of Lalo performing.

*The “Black Europe” Reissue Project of Early Recordings*
Dr. Rainer Lotz will detail his massive project to collect recordings and
films featuring people of African descent in Europe from the earliest years
of the recording industry through WWI, and his plans to re-issue nearly
2,000 of these sound and moving image documents through Bear Family Records
in 2011. Many extremely rare audio and visual examples will be offered
during the presentation.

*Working in the White House: The Richard Nixon Tapes*
While many of the Watergate-related conversations have been the subject of
scrutiny, the vast majority of the Nixon White House Tapes remain
underutilized. Staff from the National Archives and Records Administration
will offer their views on the tapes, which provide a candid, forthright
perspective into how President Nixon and his top aides formulated and
pursued foreign and domestic policies.

*KHJ: The Boss Radio Revolution of the Late 1960s *
In 1965 L.A.’s KHJ transformed top 40 radio by making it faster, hipper, and
more ambitious than any other station in town. The personality-driven hosts
placed an emphasis on premium production values and playlists consisting of
the most exciting, innovative, and diverse music in pop history. Cary Ginell
and former “Boss Jock” Sam Riddle recount KHJ’s history and the decade that
changed radio forever.

*Humanity’s First Recordings of its Own Voice (a special free presentation
on Friday night)*
In 19th century France, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville conceived of a
machine that did with sound what the camera did with light. Between
1854-1860 he experimented with focusing airborne sounds of speech and music
onto paper. His phonautograph bore a striking resemblance to Edison’s
phonograph of 20 years later. But his recordings, unlike Edison’s, were
meant to be read by the eye, not heard by the ear. In this presentation
David Giovannoni recounts how he and his colleagues have identified dozens
of these forgotten documents and coaxed several to talk and to sing.

All events will take place at the Wilshire Grand Los Angeles hotel located
at 930 Wilshire Boulevard in the heart of downtown L.A. The conference is
open to the general public. All sessions, with the exception of evening
presentations, require a registration fee which may be submitted in advance
or on-site (daily rates are also available). The full conference program as
well as abstracts for each session and a registration form may be found at
http://www.arsc-audio.org/conference/.

For additional information, or to inquire about press passes, contact Brenda
Nelson-Strauss, ARSC Conference Manager, bnelsons@ indiana.edu;
812-855-7530.

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