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  • Carlin, Richard, 1956-
     
  •  
  • Asch, Moses.
     
  •  
  • Folkways Records.
     
  •  
  • Folkways Records -- History.
     
  •  
  • Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
     
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  • Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings -- History.
     
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  • Sound recording industry -- United States -- History.
     
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  • Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
     
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  • Folk singers.
     
     
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    Worlds of sound : the story of Smithsonian Folkways / Richard Carlin in association with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
    by Carlin, Richard, 1956-
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    Smithsonian Books : Collins, c2008.
    Call #:781.620922 C282w
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  • Asch, Moses.
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  • Folkways Records.
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  • Folkways Records -- History.
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  • Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings.
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  • Smithsonian/Folkways Recordings -- History.
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  • Sound recording industry -- United States -- History.
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  • Folk music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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  • Folk singers.
  • ISBN: 
    9780061563553 (hc.)
    0061563552 (hc.)
    Alternate title: 
    Story of Smithsonian Folkways
    Edition: 
    1st ed.
    Description: 
    xviii, 283 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., ports. ; 27 cm.
    Notes: 
    Includes discographies and index.
    Contents: 
    Creating worlds of sound : the extraordinary career of Moses Asch -- Jazz is folk music -- Lasting friendships : Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger -- I saw America changed by music : Harry Smith's Anthology of American folk music -- Music of the world's peoples -- Striking lightnin' : Folkways and the blues revival -- My children's records are not kiddie records : discovering the children's market -- From the hills and hollers to the subways and skyscrapers : the old-time and bluegrass music revivals -- If I had a hammer : the folk revival -- History and spoken word : capturing contemporary expression -- The science of sound -- Smithsonian Folkways : a museum of sound.
    Summary: 
    A history of the record label started as Folkways Records in 1940 by Moses Asch and continuing today as Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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