Olmsted Folkways Records

Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound
Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-35348-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 264 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Olmsted, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Volksmusik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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.