Words and Music: Understanding the Value of Textual Content on Commercial Sound Recording Labels
Abstract
Textual content on the labels of commercial phonograph records is an important document for music research, serving as a basis for building discographies and writing music histories. Yet the research value afforded by disc textual content has not been understood or appreciated by sound archivists. This article explains the kind of textual information that researchers use with the aim of helping sound archivists fully appreciate how their collections can be used. A full understanding of the value of this textual content can help sound archivists make appraisal, preservation, and cataloging decisions.
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Pruter, R., (2000) “Words and Music: Understanding the Value of Textual Content on Commercial Sound Recording Labels”, Archival Issues 25(1), 57–68. doi: https://doi.org//archivalissues.10888
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