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In January of 1972 the
Golden Age of Opera series of the Edward J. Smith Recordings was succeeded by the
Unique Opera Records Corporation (UORC) and released two-hundred and eighty numbered releases between 1972 and December, 1977. Smith's final private label, the
A.N.N.A. Record Company (ANNA) released seventy-three numbered issues between 1978 and 1982. Interspersed between UORC and ANNA, and spanning the years 1954 to 1981, numerous special label issues were released under fugitive names. As a companion to the first volume,
EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-1971, this volume continues where the first left off.
The three labels are catalogued in separate sections. Researchers will appreciate the ten indexes provided and the selectively quoted material from Smith's personal correspondence that supplements the text.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
Selective Bibliography
Discography of the "Unique Opera Records Corporation" Series
Discography of the "A.N.N.A. Record Company" Series
Discography of the "Special Label" Issues
Addendum to "The Golden Age of Opera" Series
Indexes
About the author
WILLIAM SHAMAN is on the library faculty of Bemidji State University in Minnesota. He is the author of books, journal and encyclopedia articles, discographies and reviews on the subject of opera and operatic singing.
WILLIAM J. COLLINS taught American literature and science fiction at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. Prior to his death in 1995, he had been a music critic and an author of discographies and critical essays on many aspects of opera and literature.
CALVIN M. GOODWIN, a priest of the Society of Jesus, teaches classics in a Jesuit secondary school in Portland, Maine. He writes the annotations for the International Record Collectors' Club reissues of historical vocal recordings.
