Music trade -- Marketing

Abstract

The Music Button and Pin Collection contains realia documenting late 20th century, early 21st century popular Anglophone music. Materials largely designed to advertise and promote musicians, bands, and albums, with some dedicated to record labels, record shops, and other related organizations.

Scope and Contents

Collection consists of calendars, mostly created for promotional or marketing purposes featuring photographs of bands, musicians, record labels, or other music-related images. Most calendars contain individual and group shots of the artists. Some have additional information about the featured artists or musical genres, or have important musical dates marked in the calendar.

Scope and Contents This is a collection of trading cards featuring individual artists and bands, reflecting the trend of collectible cards in the 20th Century. The collection contains multiple sets of trading cards featuring the Beatles and Elvis Presley, including cards relating to both their music and acting careers. In addition, there is a complete set of RockCards, featuring 1980s hair metal and heavy metal bands. The collection contains smaller numbers of KISS trading cards, and minimal holdings of...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains several hundred record flats from the 1980s to the early 2000s. Record flats were promotional materials, usually for record stores, that are usually 12 inches square and were used by record labels to promote new releases and artists. The artists included on the flats cover many musical genres, including pop, rock, jazz and comedy. Most of these flats are 12"x12" squares but some are in shapes such as circles.