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1 online resource (xiv, 237 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index. |
| Contents |
Early influences : 1870s to 1930s -- Beginnings : Asch Records -- Broadening the mandate : disc records of America -- The birth of Folkways Records -- The business of making records -- Finances -- Easing the burden : Folkways in the 1960s -- The sale of Folkways. |
| Summary |
In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By the time of his death in 1986, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so valuable was this collection that it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute. Folkways Records is an account of how he built this business, working against all odds, to create a landmark in the history of American music. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Folkways Records -- History.
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Folkways Records. |
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History. |
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Asch, Moses.
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Asch, Moses. |
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Asch, Moses. |
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Folkways Records -- Histoire. |
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Asch, Moses. |
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Sound recording industry -- United States -- History.
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Sound recording industry. |
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United States. |
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Sound recording executives and producers -- United States -- Biography.
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Sound recording executives and producers. |
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Olmsted, Anthony. Folkways records 0415937086 (DLC) 2002155714 (OCoLC)51264930 |
| ISBN |
9781135353483 (electronic book) |
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1135353484 (electronic book) |
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0415937086 |
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9780415937085 |
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0415937094 |
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9780415937092 |
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