Tony Olmsted

Folkways Records (eBook, ePUB)

Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135353551
• Artikelnr.: 39909343

Autorenporträt

Tony Olmstead is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Alberta, Canada. He has presented several papers on the music business, and is the recipient of several academic awards and fellowships.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Preface, Michael Asch Introduction 1. Early Influences:
1870s to 1930s The Phonograph and Sound Recording Youth and Family
Influences 2. Beginnings: Asch Records The Deal with Stinson First
Recordings by Lead Belly, Pete Seeger, and Woody Guthrie 3. Broadening the
Mandate: DISC Records of America New Products and Directions Bankruptcy 4.
The Birth of Folkways Records The Business Model Overview of Asch's
Businesses Building the Catalog 5. The Business of Making Records
Manufacture Domestic Distribution Foreign Distribution Marketing and Sales
Exploiting the Catalog: Licensing and Contracts 6. Finances Folkways
Pioneer Record Sales Moe's Money 7. Easing the Burden: Folkways in the
1960s Reaching the Educational Market Reaching the Pop Market The Folk
Revival and New Opportunities: RBF, Broadside, and the revival of DISC
Records Return to Normal Operations 8 The Sale of Folkways Conclusion Notes
Bibliography Index