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Document Details


Title: Reminiscences of Milton Gabler
RLIN number: NXCP89-A3
Document type: Oral history
Accessibility: Free Only
Repository: Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
Collection: Popular Arts Project, Part III
Description: Founding Commodore Records shop in New York, N.Y.; jazz recordings; Commodore record label; jazz concerts; business side of recording industry; effect of radio on recording industry; formation of Decca Records; engineering improvements in recording; merchandizing of packaged programs; origins of rock and roll and negative adult reactions; failure of more conventional music; new types of promotion; comparison of business tactics between small and large record labels.
Extent: Transcript: 69 leaves
Restrictions: Access: Open. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information.
Original Language: English
Time span: Not indicated ... to 1959 (Year of interview)
Speaker: Gabler, Milton
Speaker gender: Male
Speaker occupation: Author; Music industry executive
Document date: 1959
Interviewer: Franklin, Joan; Franklin, Robert
Topics discussed - ASP terms: Executives; Jazz
Topics discussed - Other terms: Gabler, Milton; Phonorecords--Industry and trade; Rock music
ASP release: 2005-06
Document code: OHI0020807-16248