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So the British Library occasionally support research projects on their archives, in combination with Universities, sometimes sponsoring a PhD student to carry out their own research projects (there is one of these going on right now with *a forum member*).
Sometimes the BL nominate an area they would like to see research done on (eg the letters of A Famous Poet, or whatever)
A colleague of mine visited them this week and they told her they wanted to sponsor something on "the Decca archive from the sixties and seventies". I asked her if she was sure that was what they said, and she said yes. (!)
So I post this here to remark on a) the strange ways of "research" b) stimulate some kind of discussion on what you'd do if you had the time and energy c) in case someone is actually interested in finding out more about this (in which case pm me and I will put you in touch)
Here's an example of a previous British Library project on Decca that made this very forum.
And here's a list of Decca labels from Discogs:
I would do a stylistic analysis of the blurbs on the back of Phase 4 LPs, of course.
Sometimes the BL nominate an area they would like to see research done on (eg the letters of A Famous Poet, or whatever)
A colleague of mine visited them this week and they told her they wanted to sponsor something on "the Decca archive from the sixties and seventies". I asked her if she was sure that was what they said, and she said yes. (!)
So I post this here to remark on a) the strange ways of "research" b) stimulate some kind of discussion on what you'd do if you had the time and energy c) in case someone is actually interested in finding out more about this (in which case pm me and I will put you in touch)
Here's an example of a previous British Library project on Decca that made this very forum.
And here's a list of Decca labels from Discogs:
Ace Of Clubs, Ace Of Diamonds, Ace Of Hearts, American Series, Beltona, Brunswick, Chapter 1, Children's Series, Cinema Gala, Coral, Decca Eclipse, Decca Entartete Musik, Decca Jazz, Decca Jubilee Series, Decca Ovation, Decca Records, Decca Studios, Decca Studios, Hollywood, Decca Studios, Lagos, Decca Studios, New York, Decca Studios, Paris, Decca Tollington Park Studios, Decca Viva!, Disques Decca, Double Decca, Edison Bell Winner, Faith Series, Gold Label Series, Gouden Favorieten Parade, Headline (2), Kathleen Ferrier Edition, L'Oiseau-Lyre, Legendary Legends Performances, London Classics, MAM, Meister Der Musik, Nova Series, Personality Series, Phase 4 Stereo Spectacular, Point Music, Qualiton (3), Rex, Sepia Series, Serenata, Specialty Series, St. George International, The British Music Collection, The World Of (3), Threshold Records, Vocalion (2), Vocalion (3), Vogue Records Limited, York Records
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