Brian Rust

Brian Rust
Born	Brian Arthur Lovell Rust Golders Green, Middlesex, England
Died	Swanage, Dorset, England
Occupation	Discographer, broadcaster

Brian Arthur Lovell Rust (19 March 1922 – 5 January 2011) was an English jazz discographer.

Career

Rust was born in 1922 in Golders Green, then part of the Municipal Borough of Hendon in Middlesex. He collected records from the age of five, but his most significant purchase was aged 14, when he acquired a copy of "Ostrich Walk" by the Original Dixieland Jass Band. After leaving school, Rust became a bank clerk. During the Second World War, he was a conscientious objector, and worked as an auxiliary fire officer. After the war, he returned to being a bank clerk.

He worked in the BBC's record library from 1945 to 1960, and supervised broadcasting selections. He contributed to The Gramophone magazine from 1948 to 1970, and wrote freelance from 1960, including liner notes for record releases. During the early 1960s, he was living in Hatch End, Middlesex.

Rust hosted the Mardi Gras radio programme on Capital Radio from 1973 to 1984, in which he played only 78s; his friend Chris Ellis recalled that he sounded like "a cross between an Oxford don and an overgrown schoolboy, always bubbling with enthusiasm". Rust's Jazz Records 1897–1942, revised several times since its publication in 1961, is a standard jazz discography. He moved from London to Swanage, Dorset, in 1970.

Rust died on 5 January 2011 in Swanage, England, aged 88. He was survived by his wife, Mary, and their daughters, Angela and Pamela, and a son, Victor.

Discographies

General discographies

• Harris, Rex; Rust, Brian (1958). Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide. Harmondsworth: Pelican Books. Template:LCCN.

• Rust, Brian (1972). The Dance Bands. Arlington House Publishers – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation). Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN.

• Rust, Brian (1973). The Complete Entertainment Discography – From the Mid-1890s to 1942 (with Allen G. Debus). Arlington House Publishers – via Internet Archive. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

1. 2nd ed.. Da Capo Press. 1989. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

• Rust, Brian (1975). The American Dance Band Discography, 1917–1942. Arlington House Publishers. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

1. Vol. 1: "Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange" (2nd printing, June 1979) – via Internet Archive Template:Free access).
2. [[[:Template:GBurl]] Vol. 1: "Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange"] (2nd printing, June 1979) – via Google Books (University of Michigan–Flint Library) Template:Free access). {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
3. Vol. 2: "Arthur Lange to Bob Zurke" – via Internet Archive (Arcadia Fund) Template:Free access).
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• Rust, Brian (1978). Jazz Records, 1897–1942. Template:LCCN Template:ISBN; Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

1. Vols. 1 & 2 (combined) (6th ed.). Mainspring Press. 2001 – via Internet Archive Template:Free access.
2. Vol. 1. "Irving Aaronson to Abe Lyman" (4th and enlarged ed.). Arlington House Publishers – via Internet Archive (ARChive of Contemporary Music).
3. Vol. 2. "Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke" (4th and enlarged ed.). Arlington House Publishers – via Internet Archive (ARChive of Contemporary Music).
4. Vol. 2. "Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke" (4th and enlarged ed.). Arlington House Publishers – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).

• Rust, Brian (1979). Discography of Historical Records on Cylinders and 78s. Greenwood Press. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

• Rust, Brian (1990). My Kind of Jazz. Hamish Hamilton (publisher). Template:ISBN Template:Catalog lookup link.

• Rust, Brian (2001). Jazz and Ragtime Records, 1897–1942. Template:LCCN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

1. Both Vols. Combined (2 vols. combined into 1 and placed in the public domain) (6th ed.). Mainspring Press – via Internet Archive Template:Free access.
2. [[[:Template:GBurl]] Vol. 1 "A–K"] – via Google Books (University of Michigan Library) Template:Free access. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)
3. [[[:Template:GBurl]] Vol. 2 "L–Z / Index"] – via Google Books (University of Michigan Library) Template:Free access. {{cite book}}: Check |url= value (help)

Artists' discographies

• Allen, Walter C.; Rust, Brian (1955). King Joe Oliver. Sidgwick & Jackson – via Internet Archive (ARChive of Contemporary Music). Template:LCCN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

• Harvey, Clifford M.; Rust, Brian (1964). The Al Bowlly Discography. Hatch End: Rust's Rare Records (publisher). Template:LCCN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

British discographies

• Rust, Brian (1984) [1977]. London Musical Shows on Record, 1897–1976. General Gramophone Publications. Template:LCCN (1894–1954); Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

• Rust, Brian (2021) [1979]. British Music Hall on Record (PDF). American Discography Project. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

• Rust, Brian (1980). Brian Rust's Guide to Discography. Discographies, Number 4. Greenwood Press – via Internet Archive. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

• Rust, Brian (1987). British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945 (with Sandy Forbes). Harrow, London: General Gramaphone Publications. Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

• Rust, Brian (1989). Supplement to British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945. Harrow, London: General Gramaphone Publications. Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

• Rust, Brian (1989) [1986]. British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945, and Supplement. Harrow, London: General Gramaphone Publications (reprint of the original 1986 ed., plus a 72 page supplement). Template:ISBN; Template:Catalog lookup link.

Label discographies

• The Victor Master Book, 1925–1936 (compiled by Brian Rust; with indexes by Malcolm Shaw and Nevil Skrimshire). Stanhope, New Jersey: W.C. Allen (publisher). 1970. Template:LCCN.
• Rust, Brian (1976). The Zonophone Studio House Bands, 1924–1932. Storyville Publications and Co., Ltd. Template:Catalog lookup link.
• Rust, Brian (1976). The His Master's Voice Studio House Bands, 1912–1939. Storyville Publications and Co., Ltd. Template:Catalog lookup link.
• Rust, Brian (1984) [1978]. The American Record Label Book. Da Capo Press – via Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation). Template:LCCN.
• Laird, Ross; Rust, Brian (2004). Discography of OKeh Records, 1918–1934. Praeger Publishing. Template:LCCN; Template:ISBN.

Other work

• Dearling, Robert; Dearling, Celia; with Brian Rust (1976). The Guinness Book of Music Facts and Feats. Guinness Superlatives – via Internet Archive (Columbia University Libraries). Template:LCCN, Template:LCCN (1981 ed.); Template:ISBN, Template:ISBN (1981 ed.).

Further reading

• Scott Yanow, Brian Rust at Allmusic
• Robert Gannon, "Brian Rust". The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
• Russell, Tony; Wilmer, Val (31 March 2011). "Brian Rust obituary". The Guardian.
• Robinson, J.P. (20 December 2016). "Hot jazz and air raids: The birth of record collecting in the UK". Medium.

External links

• FolkLib Index - Brian Rust Bibliography