a press release from the Library of Congress, January 10, 2011
Universal Music Group Donates Over 200,000 Master Recordings to the Library of Congress
Library’s Largest Musical Gift Features Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby & Others
Library’s Largest Musical Gift Features Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby & Others
The American people, through the nation’s library, will receive a post-holiday gift of vintage sound recordings from one of the world’s largest recording companies. The Library of Congress and the Universal Music Group (UMG) announced today the donation of more than 200,000 historic master recordings-many long out-of-print or never released-to the Library’s Recorded Sound Section, which has more than 3 million sound recordings in its collections.
to see the rest of this press release: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-003.html