Record Industry Publicity Collection
Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010616902
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Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Library of Congress Washington, D.C.
Finding aid encoded by David Jackson and Maya Lerman, with assistance from Marsha Maguire, 2010
Encoded Archival Description
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Version 2002
collection
Record industry publicity collection 1937-1979 1946-1955
21.75 linear feet (41 boxes and 8 oversize folders)
Scope and Content The collection includes press releases, disc catalogs, scripts from radio programs, monthly publications about new record releases, and promotional posters. The materials were originally created to promote recordings issued by labels such as Capitol, Columbia, Decca, and RCA Victor; broadcasters such as NBC; and performance rights organizations such as ASCAP and BMI.
series
Series 1. ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Radio Program Service, 1942
The series consists of scripts from ASCAP's Radio Program Service. Programs represented are "Music Just for You," "Music...As You Like It," and "You Shall Have Music."
Series 2. BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.), 1946-1952
Publicity material for Broadcast Music, Inc., including individual series publications entitled Bulletin and Concert Music. Concert Music includes Concert Pin-up Sheet, Today in Music, and Your Concert Hall. Also includes script sheets for the BMI-sponsored radio shows Inside Story, Milestones, Spotlight on a Star, and According to the Record.
file
Bulletin
Concert Music
Inside Story
Scripts 1-48, 1947-1948
Scripts 49-84, 1948
Scripts 85-120, 1948
Scripts 121-144, 1948
Inside Story, 2nd series
Scripts 145-180, 1949
Scripts 229-264, 1949
Scripts 301-336, 1950
Scripts 337-372, 1950
Scripts 373-408, 1950
Scripts 409-456, 1951
Milestones
Pin-up sheets, undated
Record Bulletin, 1950, 1952
Spotlight on a Star, 2nd series
Miscellaneous published memos and newsletters, 1952, 1954, and undated
BMI Presents According to the Record
Series 3. Capitol Records, 1944-1959
The series includes publicity material for Capitol Records, including individual series publications entitled From Capitol Records Information Bureau, Classical Programming Service, and Platter Patter from the Corner of Sunset and Vine. Further includes a numbered series of cards featuring new releases (which are listed below as New Capitol Records pamphlets and Capitol new releases cards), as well as a series of indexed Reviewer's Reference Cards (which are numbered by release) and ephemera.
Capitol Records Information Bureau
1949-1950, and undated
Classical Programming Service
Platter Patter from the Corner of Sunset and Vine, 1950
New Capitol Records pamphlets
1944, and undated
Capitol new releases cards
Reviewers' Reference Card
Nos. 145-150, circa 1948
Nos. 151-156, circa 1949
Capitol Records Artist Bio Filecards, 1948
Capitol Records releases, 1950
The Gazette, 1949
Capitol Telefunken Classical Release, 1949
Tennessee Ernie's Anticipation Blues, 1949
Latest Additions to Capitol's Catalog, 1949, and undated
Miscellaneous press releases and publicity, 1945-1953, and undated
Capitol Records ephemera
1940s, and undated
Full Dimensional Sound liner notes, 1955
Series 4. Columbia Records, 1943-1957
Series 4 includes publicity material and press department releases for Columbia Records, including individual series publications entitled News about Columbia Records, Speaking of Records, Columbia Records Biographical Service, Columbia LP Masterworks News, and News about Columbia Popular Records. The series also contains monthly supplements to the Columbia Numerical Catalog.
News about Columbia Records
1951, and undated
News from Columbia Records
Speaking of Records
1954, and undated
Columbia Records biographical service
undated
Dateline Columbia Masterworks, 1956-1957
News about Columbia Masterworks Records, 1955
Columbia LP Masterworks News
Columbia Masterworks, 1947, and undated
News of the Stars on Columbia Masterworks Records, 1947
News: Columbia Masterworks, 1955-1956
News about Columbia LP Records
Columbia Records News
1947, and undated
News about Columbia Popular Records
New Releases: Columbia Records, 1943-1945
Columbia Records Publicity Bulletin, 1947
Columbia Records Children's News, 1952, 1955, and undated
Columbia Popular Records, 1945
Columbia Okeh Popular Records, 1943-1944
News of the Stars on Columbia Records, 1946-1947
Advance News from Columbia Records, 1954
News: Columbia Records Trade, 1956
Coming Up!, 1944-1945
5th Anniversary Special LP News from Columbia Records, Inc., 1953
Leonard Bernstein, 1956
The Philadelphia Orchestra, "The World's Greatest Orchestra," 1945/1955, 10th Anniversary on Columbia Records, 1955
Dateline Broadway, 1956
Dateline Christmas, 1956
Dateline Columbia Pops, 1956-1957
Columbia press department releases
Publicity releases
Columbia Recording Corporation publicity material
1944-1945, and undated
Miscellaneous Columbia releases, 1943-1945, and 1956
Miscellaneous promotional material, 1940s-1950s
Ephemera, 1951, 1953, and undated
Assorted pamphlets and catalogs, 1954-1955
Numerical catalog, replaced sheets, 1945-1946
Numerical catalog
Each folder represents a monthly installment including January, June through September, and October through December.
Numerical catalog supplement, 1953
Series 5. MGM Records, 1948-1955
Series 5 contains press releases, including individual titles such as Disk Data, New Releases, and News from MGM Records.
Disk Data
New Releases
News from MGM Records
Miscellaneous, 1949, 1953
Series 6. NBC (National Broadcasting Company), 1944-1953
Series includes publicity material, including individual titles such as Music News from NBC, NBC Music Round-up, and University of the Air.
Music News from NBC
NBC Music Round-up, 1945-1951
University of the Air, 1945
Information...from NBC Public Affairs and Education, 1950
Television News, 1945 and 1953
Series 7. Peters International, 1969-1979
The series consists of promotional correspondence and various catalogs, including individually entitled series such as Grapevine, Peters International Illustrated Catalog, and New Releases.
Promotional correspondence, 1972, and undated
Arion, 1976
Catalogs of recordings grouped by country or region, undated
Separate catalogs for African, East Indies, Indian, Latin American, and Middle Eastern recordings. In addition, there is one catalog from the Philips/Fontana group of world music labels arranged alphabetically by country.
Classical Catalog - Checklist, 1974
Complete Catalog Listing, 1972-1975
Dealers Confidential Information, 1969
Grapevine
Illustrated Catalog/Imported Classical, 1970s
Illustrated Catalog/Imported Jazz-Pop, Blues-Rock, 1976
Illustrated Catalog
circa 1960s and 1976
1976-1977, and undated
Illustrated Catalog/Tapes, 1973
New Releases, Numerical, 1976
Numerical Catalog Listings, 1975-1976
Records & Tapes from around the World
Religious Recordings, circa 1970s
Series 8. Decca Records, 1939-1979
Series 8 includes a numbered series of cards featuring new releases for Decca Records and subsidiary labels, such as Commodore and the British Decca company, numbered by release; also includes press releases such as the individually titled series From Decca Records; further includes a series of pamphlets containing notes for album sets issued by Decca; press releases for Decca Distributing Corporation; and ephemera, including advertisements and catalogs.
New record releases
Catalog release cards, undated
Full Frequency Range Records Imported from England, 1947-1948, and undated
Commodore Records (released through Decca distributing corporation), 1947
Ephemera, 1943-1947, and undated
From Decca Records
Album series, 1943-1944
Best-selling Decca popular records, 1942-1943
Decca Brunswick News Letter, 1944
Decca distributing corporation, 1946-1947
Assorted record player equipment advertisements, 1939, and undated
Season's Greetings, undated
New Decca Records, 1940
Press releases, 1943-1944
Advertisements, 1940s
Assorted catalogs, 1978-1979, and undated
Series 9. Epic Records, 1953-1956
Primarily publicity material, including the publications News about Epic Records, Dateline Epic Classics, and Dateline Epic Pops.
Press department, 1954, 1956
News about Epic Records
New Epic Record Label Releases, 1953
Dateline Epic Classics, 1956
Dateline Epic Pops, 1956
Other popular epicgram, classical epicgram, 1956
Series 10. RCA Victor Records, 1941-1954, and undated
The series includes publicity material and press department releases for RCA Victor Records, including individual series publications entitled News about RCA Victor Records, News Information, and Victor Record Bulletin.
News about RCA Victor Records
RCA Communications, Inc., 1949
Announcing New Victor Red Seal Records
News Information
Victor Record Bulletin
Ephemera, 1940s, and 1954
Miscellaneous catalogs, undated
Miscellaneous, 1941-1949
Series 11. RCA Victor Argentina, 1947-1953
Series includes publicity serial entitled Discos RCA Victor. Oversize material consists of accompanying promotional posters for individual record releases.
Discos RCA Victor
Miscellaneous, 1947-1953
Promotional posters
Los Ultimos Exitos en Discos RCA Victor, 1950-1953
Nuevos Discos RCA Victor, 1948-1950
Series 12. Independent Record Labels, 1937-1957, 1973, and undated
Series 12 consists of promotional material from mail order record clubs such as American Recording Society, Concert Hall Society, Music Treasures of the World, and Disc of the Month; independent record labels such as Asch Records; overseas labels such as Columbia Graphophone Company; general record industry releases such as Vanguard News; market research material from Muzak Corporation and Copyright Office of Research, Inc.; and record retailers such as Steinway & Sons Record Shop and Gramophone Shop, Inc.
American Recording Society, undated
Asch Records/Folkways materials, 1945, and undated
The Boston University Anthology of Recorded Music, 1957
Classophone, Inc., 1947
Columbia (EMI), 1940s-1950s
Concert Hall Society, Inc., 1946, and undated
Contemporary Records, Inc., 1953, and undated
Copyright 1948, Office of Research, Inc., 1948
Disc of the Month, 1946
Enrichment Records, 1955-1956
Gramophone Shop, Inc., 1937, 1943, and undated
Mercury, 1953, and undated
Music Treasures of the World, 1957, and undated
Muzak Corporation, 1946, and undated
Steinway & Sons Record Shop, 1940s
Vanguard News, 1954-1956
Phonograph equipment ads from various companies, 1940s
Miscellaneous independent record label ephemera, 1939-1953, and undated
Casa Bautista de Publicaciones, Catalogo Especial, 1973
Miscellaneous record industry press and media materials, 1948-1953, and undated
Miscellaneous mail order record club fliers, 1940, 1947, and undated
Miscellaneous non-English language ephemera, undated
Miscellaneous record retailers, 1937, 1940, and undated
Miscellaneous indices and catalogs, 1966, 1971, and 1976
Series 13. Radio Companies, 1944-1946, and undated
This series consists of press releases from the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and scripts from various radio programs, such as Music of the Jazz Bands, Music of the Theatre, Outpost Concert Series, and Radio Symphonies of America.
Press releases for American Broadcasting Company (ABC) "serious music" radio and television programs, 1948-1949
For Release, 1946
Benton & Bowles, Inc.
Music of the Jazz Bands continuity
[U.S. Office of War Information?], Overseas Distribution Section
No. 53, circa 1945
No. 54, circa mid 1940s
Music of the Theatre, nos. 49-50, undated
[U.S. Office of War Information?], Radio Outpost Division
Outpost Concert Series, no. 28, undated
Radio Symphonies of America, nos. 35-37, 46, 1944-1945
Series 14. Concert and Festival Programs and Announcements, 1944-1956
Consists of announcements, fliers, and releases about concerts and festivals.