With the tremendous concern historically shown by formal discographers for the productsnof the 78 era, some latter day labels in dire need of attention have been overlooked.nWeb-based, amateur discographers and collector's publications have picked up the slacknon some of this research, but it tends to be of variable quality and does not necessarilynanswer all of the burning questions one may have about a recording of relatively recentnvintage once it comes into their possession. The 20th Century Fox label is a case in point;nalthough its run ended less than a decade before the 20-year cutoff that ARSC uses tonqualify a "historical" recording, its largely undocumented history stretches back into thenlate 1930s. The label's first incarnation is an orphan, and the remainder is neither an'major' nor 'minor' but something in between. Author David Lewis aims to provide here anbaseline study for these various products, includes for the first time in print a discographynby David Diehl for the earliest 20th Century Fox label, and adds a 'reverse discography'fornlater releases, designed for comparison against an existing listing.
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