BELOW ARE LINKS to essays about
the history of audio-recording & record companies in the Northwest. From the first field trips here by outside companies seeking to record local talents back during the Roaring '20s; to the founding of early homegrown studios and pioneering record companies; to notable early regional radio hits and singing stars; the rise of legendary sound engineers like Joe Boles and Kearney Barton; and the back-stories of numerous successful local labels.
- "Vic Meyers' 'Shake It...' Seattle's First Record (1923)"
- "Columbia Phonograph Co. records Local Musicians in Spokane (1927)
- "Recording Studios of the Pacific Northwest (1940—1960s)"
- "'Morrie' & Alice Morrison: Northwest Music Industry Pioneers"
- "Linden Records: Seattle’s 'Lost' Post-War Music Company"
- "Aragon Recording Studios & the Vern Mallory Orchestra (1944—1945)"
- "The 'Seattle Song' (1952)"
- "Joe Boles: Seattle's First Hit-Making Audio Engineer"
- "The Mastersounds Jazz Combo Records in Seattle (1957)"
- "Kearney Barton: The Man Who Engineered the 'Northwest Sound'"
- "Dolton: The Northwest's First Rock 'n' Roll Record Company"
- "The Northwest's 1st 'Sampler Album' (1959)"
- "Seafair Records: Seattle's Swingin' '60s Music Company"
- "Nite Owl Records & Everett's '50s R&B Stars: The Shades"
- "Jerden Records: When the Seattle Music Biz Got Serious"
- "The History of Northwest Rock: Vol. 1"
- "Etiquette Rules! The Northwest's Reigning '60s Garage-Rock Record Company"
- "Camelot Records: Seattle's 'Lost' Label of the 1960s"
- "The History of Northwest Rock, Vol. 2: The Garage Years"
- "The History of Northwest Rock, Vol. 3: Psychedelic Seattle"