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Folkways records : Moses Asch and his encyclopedia of sound / Tony Olmsted.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olmsted, Tony, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asch, Moses.
- Folkways Records--History.
- Folkways Records.
- Sound recording industry--United States--History.
- Sound recording industry.
- Sound recording executives and producers--United States--Biography.
- Sound recording executives and producers.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (265 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Early influences : 1870s to 1930s
- Beginnings : Asch Records
- Broadening the mandate : disc records of America
- The birth of Folkways Records
- The business of making records
- Finances
- Easing the burden : Folkways in the 1960s
- The sale of Folkways.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-35355-7
- 0-415-93709-4
- 0-203-95304-5
- 1-135-35348-4
- 9780203953044
- OCLC:
- 870946267
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