Sound recording industry.
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording. The industry is the business that surrounds this field.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Albert P. Marshall Sound Archive Presentation collection
Collection
Identifier: 010.AMSA
Abstract
The Albert P. Marshall Sound Archive Presentation collection is composed of slides and accompanying text that was presented by Albert P. Marshall, Dean of Academic Services at Eastern Michigan University, in order to solicit donations of sound recordings to EMU. The presentation is dated 1976 September 3, though it may have been repeated on later dates.
Dates:
1976 - 1976
Gordy Motown audio collection
Collection
Identifier: 018.GM
Abstract
Berry Gordy founded the Motown Record Corporation in 1959. Motown flourished in the 1960s and 1970s due to Gordy’s ability to bring talented individuals aboard, such as Smokey Robinson who produced his first record in 1962. The Gordy Motown Collection was established by Esther Gordy Edwards in November 1972 and includes Sound Recordings and Print Materials that document Motown Records and the other labels established by Berry Gordy from the 1950s, 60s through...
Dates:
1946 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1988
W. Scott Westerman audio collection
Collection
Identifier: 018.ScW
Abstract
The W. Scott Westerman audio collection consists of over 4,100 individually recorded radio news broadcasts documented on 1/4" master tape reels and cassette tapes. Between 1954 and 1976, Rev. W. Scott Westerman Sr. recorded directly from radio programs in his livingroom. Topics included in the collection range from the American Civil Rights Movement and presidential debates, to sporting events and nature sounds. Notably, all of the Ann Arbor Board of...
Dates:
1954 - 1979