Columbia Records paperwork collection
Published: 1923
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
Subjects: Columbia Records, Inc.; Sound recording industry -- United States.; Music trade -- United States.; Record labels -- United States.
Description: Contains record label and pressing orders made by Columbia for themselves, the United States government, and for various clients; record label copy sheets; press releases, promotional information, and advertisements for Columbia releases; recording studio job sheets which contain important information about studio sessions such as program titles, master numbers, date and time of recording, and names of the studio and recording engineers; and lists of records to be cut-out of the catalog and records to be scrapped.
Notes: A paper version of the finding aid is available in the Library of Congress Recorded Sound Reference Center.
Gift; A.F.R. Lawrence and the Columbia Group Archive; 1970.
The Columbia label first appeared on an entertainment disc in 1889. The company has pioneered major developments in all areas of the recording industry, from technical innovations to new approaches in repertoire and marketing.