About the Author Michael Sherman's curiosity in old records began in 1965 when, at the age of ten, he was given an Edison Diamond Disc that had been hanging on the wall of a restaurant in Sedalia, Missouri. Seven years later, he acquired both an Edison Disc phonograph and a Victrola XI, and began a lifelong interest in early recorded music. In 1987, Sherman wrote The Paper Dog, a modest 44-page booklet on the history of the Victor Record Label. This was followed five years later with the first edition of The Collector's Guide to Victor Records, written with the collaboration of Kurt Nauck and William Moran. In 1994, Sherman, along with Julian Morton Moses, published a revised edition of Moses' 1949 classic, Collector's Guide to American Recordings, 1895-1925. In 1998, Sherman and Nauck wrote Note the Notes - an Illustrated History of the Columbia Record Label. In addition to these books, Sherman has written several articles for Antique Phonograph Monthly. Mr. Sherman is a member of the Golden State Phonograph Society, the California Antique Phonograph Society, the Southern California Antique Radio Society, the Vintage Radio and Phonograph Society and the Association for Recorded Sound Collections. He is active in numerous hobbies as well, including antique automobiles, rare coins and currency, vintage radios and televisions, and early printed leaves. Kurt Nauck is proprietor of Nauck's Vintage Records, the largest company in the world dealing exclusively in vintage 78rpm & cylinder recordings. Having written extensively on recorded sound, his articles have appeared in numerous publications including The New Amberola Graphic, For the Record, Discoveries, Capitolium, Talking Machine Review and the ARSC Journal. He is the founder of the American Vintage Record Labelography database project. Mr. Nauck has also authored, co-authored and contributed to several books including Note the Notes - an Illustrated History of the Columbia Record Label; The American Record Label Image Encyclopedia; The Collector's Guide to Victor Records; American Record Labels & Companies - an Encyclopedia (1891-1943); and The American Cylinder Record Index: Indestructible and US Everlasting Issues. He is active in the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, having served as Chair of the Dealers' Committee, Conference Manager and President of the Texas ARSC Chapter. He is a member of the International Association of Sound Archives, the International Association of Jazz Record Collectors, the City of London Phonograph & Gramophone Society, the Canadian Antique Phonograph Society, the Music Box Society International and many others. He is also a degreed wildlife biologist and a life member of the National Wildlife Federation and the National Rifle Association. Product Description The definitive guide to the evolution of the Columbia 78 rpm record label. This booklet features approximately 200 label illustrations, all in glorious full color. The first half chronicles the development of Columbia's standard label (from Climax to CBS), and the second half illustrates many of Columbia's specialty, subsidiary and client labels. Included are chapters on advertising & promotional issues, children's records, foreign & ethnic labels, movie & radio transcriptions plus special pressings, test pressings and vanity recordings. Absolutely essential for the label collector, and a real bargain to boot!