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{{Short description|English jazz discographer (1922–2011)}}
{{distinguish|Bryan Rust}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Brian Rust
| birth_name = Brian Arthur Lovell Rust
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1922|3|19}}
| birth_place = [[Golders Green]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|1|5|1922|3|19}}
| death_place = [[Swanage]], [[Dorset]], England
| occupation = Discographer, broadcaster
}}

'''Brian Arthur Lovell Rust''' (19 March 1922 – 5 January 2011) was an English jazz discographer.<ref name="NYTs 2011 Feb 2" />

== 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 [[World War II|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.<ref name="Guardian 2011 Mar 31" />

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.<ref name="Guardian 2011 Mar 31" />

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".<ref name="Guardian 2011 Mar 31" /> 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.<ref name="Guardian 2011 Mar 31" />

Rust died on 5 January 2011 in Swanage, England, aged 88.<ref name="NYTs 2011 Feb 2" /> He was survived by his wife, Mary, and their daughters, Angela and Pamela, and a son, Victor.<ref name="Guardian 2011 Mar 31" />

==Discographies==
=== General discographies ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Rex |last2=Rust |first2=Brian |date=1958 |title=Recorded Jazz: A Critical Guide |location=[[Harmondsworth]] |publisher=[[Pelican Books]] }} {{LCCN|58001954}}.

* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1972 |title=The Dance Bands |url=https://archive.org/details/dancebands0000rust/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Arlington House Publishers]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[Kahle/Austin Foundation]])}} {{LCCN|72172345}}; {{ISBN|0-7110-0341-6}}; {{ISBN|0-8700-0272-4}}.

* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1973 |title=The Complete Entertainment Discography – From the Mid-1890s to 1942 |url=https://archive.org/details/completeentertai0000rust/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |type=with [[Allen G. Debus]] |publisher=[[Arlington House Publishers]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] }} {{LCCN|7313239}}; {{ISBN|0-8700-0150-7}}.
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<li> {{cite book |date=1989 |title=''2nd ed.'' |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] }} {{LCCN|87033155}}; {{ISBN|0-3067-6210-2}}.</li></ol></ol>

* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1975 |title=The American Dance Band Discography, 1917–1942 |publisher=[[Arlington House Publishers]] }} {{LCCN|7533689}}; {{ISBN|0-8700-0248-1}}.
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<li> {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust, Vol. 1|1975|p=1084}} |title=''Vol. 1: "Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange"'' |url=https://archive.org/details/Biblio-1979-USA-01-Brian-Rust-American-Dance-Band-Discography/page/n1/mode/2up?q=%22maggie+alone%22 |url-access=registration |type=2nd printing, June 1979 |via=[[Internet Archive]] {{free access}}) }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |title=''Vol. 1: "Irving Aaronson to Arthur Lange"'' |url={{GBurl|kHUYAAAAIAAJ|p=3}} |url-access=registration |type=2nd printing, June 1979 |via=[[Google Books]] ([[University of Michigan–Flint]] Library) {{free access}}) }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust, Vol. 2|1975|p=1084}} |title=''Vol. 2: "Arthur Lange to Bob Zurke"'' |url=https://archive.org/details/americandanceban0002rust/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22maggie+alone%22 |url-access=registration |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[Arcadia Fund]]) {{free access}}) }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |title=''Vol. 2: "Arthur Lange to Bob Zurke"'' |url={{GBurl|0uUvAAAAMAAJ|p=1015}} |url-access=registration |via=[[Google Books]] ([[University of Michigan Library]]) {{free access}}) }}</li></ol></ol>

* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1978 |title=Jazz Records, 1897–1942 }} {{LCCN|7801693}} {{ISBN|978-0-8700-0404-9}}; {{ISBN|0-8700-0404-2}}; {{OCLC|3649797|show=all}}.
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<li> {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust, Vols. 1 & 2,|1978|p=}} |date=2001 |title=''Vols. 1 & 2 (combined)'' |url=https://archive.org/details/rust_jazz-records_free-edition-6/mode/2up |edition=6th |publisher=Mainspring Press |via=[[Internet Archive]] {{free access}} }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust, Vol. 1,|1978|p=}} |title=''Vol. 1. "Irving Aaronson to Abe Lyman"'' |url=https://archive.org/details/jazzrecords1897100rust/page/n3/mode/2up |url-access=registration |edition=4th and enlarged |publisher=[[Arlington House Publishers]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[ARChive of Contemporary Music]]) }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust, Vol. 2,|1978|p=1217}} |title=''Vol. 2. "Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke"'' |url=https://archive.org/details/jazzrecords1897200rust/page/n3/mode/2up |url-access=registration |edition=4th and enlarged |publisher=[[Arlington House Publishers]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[ARChive of Contemporary Music]]) }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |title=''Vol. 2. "Abe Lyman to Bob Zurke"'' |url=https://archive.org/details/jazzrecords189710002rust/page/n3/mode/2up |url-access=registration |edition=4th and enlarged |publisher=[[Arlington House Publishers]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[Kahle/Austin Foundation]]) }}</li></ol></ol>

* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1979 |title=Discography of Historical Records on Cylinders and 78s |publisher=[[Greenwood Press]] }} {{LCCN|78060530}}; {{ISBN|0-3132-0561-2}}.

*{{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |date=1990 |title=My Kind of Jazz |publisher=[[Hamish Hamilton]] (publisher) }} {{ISBN|978-0-2411-2791-9}} {{OCLC|22922290|show=all}}.

* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust,|2001|p=}} |last=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=2001 |title=Jazz and Ragtime Records, 1897–1942 |url= }} {{LCCN|2002108671}}; {{OCLC|51034976|show=all}}.
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<li> {{cite book |title=''Both Vols. Combined'' |url=https://archive.org/details/rust_jazz-records_free-edition-6/mode/2up |edition=6th |type=2 vols. combined into 1 and placed in the public domain |publisher=Mainspring Press |via=[[Internet Archive]] {{free access}} }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |title=''Vol. 1 "A–K"'' |url={{GBurl |7p5HAAAAMAAJ |pg=PR3}} |via=[[Google Books]] ([[University of Michigan Library]]) {{free access}} }}</li>
<li> {{cite book |title=''Vol. 2 "L–Z / Index"'' |url={{GBurl |_J9HAAAAMAAJ |p=993}} |via=[[Google Books]] ([[University of Michigan Library]]) {{free access}} }}</li></ol></ol>
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=== Artists' discographies ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Allen |first1=Walter C. |last2=Rust |first2=Brian |date=1955 |title=King Joe Oliver |url=https://archive.org/details/kingjoeoliver00alle/page/n5/mode/2up |publisher=[[Sidgwick & Jackson]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[ARChive of Contemporary Music]]) }} {{LCCN|59024202}}; {{OCLC|910148|show=all}}.

* {{cite book |last1=Harvey |first1=Clifford M. |last2=Rust |first2=Brian |date=1964 |title=The Al Bowlly Discography |url= |location=[[Hatch End]] |publisher=Rust's Rare Records (publisher) }} {{LCCN|65000181}}; {{OCLC|870132|show=all}}.
{{refend}}

=== British discographies ===
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* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1984 |orig-date=1977 |title=London Musical Shows on Record, 1897–1976 |publisher=General Gramophone Publications}} {{LCCN|58042359}} (1894–1954); {{LCCN|78307917}}; {{ISBN|0-9024-7007-8}}.

* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust,|2021 [1917]|p=}} |last=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=2021 |orig-date=1979 |title=British Music Hall on Record |url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/British_Music_Hall_on_Record.pdf |publisher=[[American Discography Project]] }} {{LCCN|79322094}}; {{ISBN|978-0-9024-7012-5|978-0-9024-7007-1}}, {{ISBN|0-9024-7012-4|0-9024-7007-8}}; {{OCLC|5991586|show=all}}.

* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust,|1980|p=}} |last=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1980 |title=Brian Rust's Guide to Discography |url=https://archive.org/details/brianrustsguidet00rust/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |series=Discographies, Number 4 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Greenwood Press]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] }} {{LCCN|79006827}}; {{ISBN|0-3132-2086-7}}.

* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust,|2001|p=}} |last=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1987 |title=British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945 |url=https://www.phonotoneclassic.com/british-dance-band-discography |type=with Sandy Forbes |location=[[Harrow, London]] |publisher=General Gramaphone Publications }} {{ISBN|978-0-9024-7015-6|0-9024-7015-9}}; {{OCLC|17951884|show=all}}.

* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust,|2001|p=}} |last=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1989 |title=Supplement to British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945 |url= |location=[[Harrow, London]] |publisher=General Gramaphone Publications }} {{ISBN|978-0-9024-7023-1|0-9024-7023-X}}; {{OCLC|38611071|show=all}}.

* {{cite book |ref={{SfnRef|Rust,|2001|p=}} |last=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1989 |orig-date=1986 |title=British Dance Bands on Record, 1911 to 1945, and Supplement |url= |location=[[Harrow, London]] |publisher=General Gramaphone Publications (reprint of the original 1986 ed., plus a 72 page supplement) }} {{ISBN|978-0-9024-7022-4|0-9024-7022-1}}; {{OCLC|20652621|show=all}}.

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=== Label discographies ===
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* {{cite book |date=1970 |title=The Victor Master Book, 1925–1936 |url= |type=compiled by Brian Rust; with indexes by Malcolm Shaw and Nevil Skrimshire |location=[[Stanhope, New Jersey]] |publisher=W.C. Allen (publisher) }} {{LCCN|74261997}}.
* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1976 |title=The Zonophone Studio House Bands, 1924–1932 |publisher=Storyville Publications and Co., Ltd.}} {{OCLC|7198265|show=all}}.
* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1976 |title=The His Master's Voice Studio House Bands, 1912–1939 |publisher=Storyville Publications and Co., Ltd.}} {{OCLC|16488325|show=all}}.
* {{cite book |last1=Rust |first1=Brian |author-link1=Brian Rust |date=1984 |orig-date=1978 |title=The American Record Label Book |url=https://archive.org/details/americanrecordla0000rust/page/n5/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[Kahle/Austin Foundation]])}} {{LCCN|8318921}}.
* {{cite book |last1=Laird |first1=Ross |last2=Rust |first2=Brian |date=2004 |title=Discography of OKeh Records, 1918–1934 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group|Praeger Publishing]] }} {{LCCN|2003068986}}; {{ISBN|0-3133-1142-0}}.
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==Other work==
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* {{cite book |last1=Dearling |first1=Robert |last2=Dearling |first2=Celia |last3=with Brian Rust |date=1976 |title=The Guinness Book of Music Facts and Feats |url=https://archive.org/details/guinnessbookofmu00dear/page/n7/mode/2up |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Guinness Superlatives]] |via=[[Internet Archive]] ([[Columbia University Libraries]]) }} {{LCCN|76383609}}, {{LCCN|81141035}} (1981 ed.); {{ISBN|0-9004-2463-X}}, {{ISBN|0-8511-2212-4}} (1981 ed.).
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==References==
===Citations===
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* <ref name="Guardian 2011 Mar 31">{{Cite news |last1=''Guardian'' (''The'') |author-link1=The Guardian |last2=Russell |first2=Tony |date=March 31, 2011 |title=Brian Rust Obituary – Broadcaster, Writer and the Leading Jazz Discographer of His Generation |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/31/brian-rust-obituary |access-date=November 8, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>


<ref name="NYTs 2011 Feb 2">{{cite news |ref={{SfnRef|''New York Times'', February 2,|2011|p=B19}} |last1=''New York Times'' (''The'') |author-link=The New York Times |last2=Fox |first2=Margalit |author-link2=Margalit Fox |date=February 2, 2011 |title=Brian Rust, 88; Compiled Extensive Guides to Recorded Jazz |url= |type=print |series=(Late ed.; East Coast) }} {{ProQuest|848657905}} (US Newsstream database).<div style="margin-left:6em">{{hanging indent |text="The elder Mr. Rust, according to family oral tradition, declined a friend's suggestion that he name Victor's twin sister Decca. Often described as the father of contemporary discography, Mr. Rust embarked in the 1940s on a rigorous, deeply personal project that continued long afterward as he haunted archives and hunted down artists to reconstitute long-vanished recording sessions on paper. For decades, ''Jazz Records'' — known to jazz mavens simply as "J.R." — has been the ''de facto'' standard reference work in the field, furnishing meticulous information on session dates, personnel and much else for tens of thousands of recordings."}}</div>
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: Blog editions:
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<li> {{cite book |date=January 25, 2011 |title=''"Brian Rust, Father of Modern Discography, Dies at 88"'' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/25/arts/music/25rust.html |series={{free access}} |accessdate=February 2, 2011 }} {{ProQuest|2217511827}} (US Newsstream database).
<li> {{cite book |date=February 2, 2011 |title=''"Brian Rust, Father of Modern Discography, Dies at 88"'' }} {{ProQuest|2217289081}} (US Newsstream database).</li></ol></ol></ref>
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==Further reading==
* [[Scott Yanow]], [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p201105|pure_url=yes}} Brian Rust] at [[Allmusic]]
* Robert Gannon, "Brian Rust". ''[[The New Grove|The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz]]''. 2nd edition, ed. [[Barry Kernfeld]].
* {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/mar/31/brian-rust-obituary|title=Brian Rust obituary|first1=Tony|last1=Russell|first2=Val|last2=Wilmer|author2-link=Val Wilmer|date=31 Mar 2011|periodical=[[The Guardian]]}}
* {{cite web|title=Hot jazz and air raids: The birth of record collecting in the UK|first=J.P.|last=Robinson|url=https://medium.com/@JPRobinson/hot-jazz-and-air-raids-33d9ec89d4e7|website=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date=20 December 2016}}

==External links==
* [http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/bibliog11.shtml FolkLib Index - Brian Rust Bibliography]

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