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The Legacy Collection or Legacy Series was a series of releases by Columbia Records (later, following a reorganization, called CBS Records) that combined LP records with books.
The Legacy Collection began in September 1960 with The American Revolution, which contained an LP and 62-page book about the American Revolutionary War.[1] Items in the series were generally on historical subjects.[2] The series was produced by Goddard Lieberson,[3] who started it as a way to "document important periods and events in the history of our continent".[4] When Columbia was reorganized in 1966, Legacy remained within Lieberson's remit when he took over as head of what was now called CBS Records, a division of CBS-Columbia Group.[5]
The Badmen (1963), a collection for children about outlaws on the American frontier, combines recordings of American folk music and spoken word performance with a 70-page book.[6] In 1965, Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals shared the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for Mexico.[7] Mexico's book is in Spanish and English. The record has music by Carlos Chávez; some compositions are based on Spanish songs and others attempt to reconstruct Aztec music.[8] The Irish Uprising (1966), about the Easter Rising, has a book with a foreword by Éamon de Valera and recordings of Irish ballads.[9] John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... As We Remember Him includes a book reproducing photographs from John F. Kennedy's childhood and a recording of his mother Rose Kennedy.[10] The Russian Revolution has a recording of Vladimir Lenin's voice.[2]
Releases
[edit]| Title | Year | Catalog number | Reference(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| The American Revolution | 1960 (reissue) | LL 1001 | [4][11] |
| The Confederacy | 1961 (reissue) | LL 1003 | [4][11] |
| The Union | 1961 | LL 1005 | [4][11] |
| First Performance—Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | 1962 | XLP 57304
XLP 57602 |
[11] |
| The Badmen | 1963 | L2L-1011 | [6][11][12] |
| Mexico: Its Cultural Life in Music and Art | 1964 | LL-1015
LL-1016 XLP 76001 |
[11][13][14] |
| The Irish Uprising 1916–1922 | 1966 | 32 B5 0001 | [11][15] |
| The Russian Revolution | 32-A5-0005-1 | [11][15] | |
| The Mormon Pioneers | LL 1023
LS 1024 |
[11][16][17] | |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... As We Remember Him | L2 L1017 | [10][11] |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ "Columbia Sets 'Legacy' Series Line". Billboard. September 5, 1960. p. 11.
- 1 2 Roach 1970, p. 261.
- ↑ Roach 1970, p. 109.
- 1 2 3 4 "ABC Announces 7 New Appointments". Cash Box. 37 (1): 7, 29. May 24, 1975.
- ↑ "Lieberson to Helm Group; Other Changes Made in the CBS Guard". Billboard. June 18, 1966. pp. 1, 10.
- 1 2 Shelton, Robert (October 27, 1963). "Fused Folk Arts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
- ↑ Franks, Don (1986). Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Country: A Broadway, Television, and Records Awards Reference. McFarland & Company. p. 27. ISBN 0-89950-204-0. OCLC 13396140.
- ↑ "Magnificent 'Mexico' Leads World Tour". The Wichita Eagle. January 10, 1965. p. 18 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Conroy, Michael J. (October 23, 1966). "Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week?". The Pittsburgh Press – via newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "The JFK Diary". Photoplay. 71 (4): 46. April 1967.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Limbacher, James L. (February 15, 1967). "Recordings for Young People: The Legacy Series: A Retrospective Review". Library Journal. 92 (4): 867–869. ProQuest 1948966327.
- ↑ "The Badmen". Annals of Wyoming. 36 (1): 122. April 1964.
- ↑ "Books and the Arts". Mexico This Month. 12 (10): 18. 1967.
- ↑ Freed, Richard (April 10, 1965). "Mexico in Sight and Sound". Saturday Review. 48 (15): 92.
- 1 2 "All CBS Disk Units Contributed to Record Sales Year in 1966". Cash Box. 28 (32): 7, 44. February 25, 1967.
- ↑ "The Mormon Pioneers". Cash Box. 27 (16): 32. November 6, 1965.
- ↑ Roach 1970, p. 125.
Sources
[edit]- Roach, Helen (1970). Spoken Records (3d ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-0301-5. OCLC 65513.
- Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-15121-7. OCLC 35331403.
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