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  • Biographical / Historical
  • Scope and Contents
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Rights Statement for Archival Description
  • Conditions Governing Use
  • Immediate Source of Acquisition
  • Preferred Citation
  • Processing Information

  • Contributing Institution: USC Libraries Music Library
    Title: EMI Angel Records collection
    Creator: Angel Records (Firm)
    Identifier/Call Number: 1017
    Identifier/Call Number: /repositories/8/resources/3399
    Physical Description: 135.667 Linear Feet 99 boxes
    Date (bulk): 1953-1980s
    Abstract: Collection consists of production materials for the EMI Angel Records label, primarily research for the album liner notes and artwork for album covers.
    Language of Material: English.

    Biographical / Historical

    Angel Records was a record label founded by EMI in 1953 that specialized in classical music. In the 1960s, EMI introduced the budget Seraphim Records label to stay competitive in the market.

    Scope and Contents

    Collection consists of production materials for the EMI Angel Records label, primarily research for the album liner notes and artwork for album covers. The collection is separated into five series: Liner files, Business files, Image files, Scores, and Album layout drafts. See individual series for scope and content notes.

    Conditions Governing Access

    Advance notice required for access.

    Rights Statement for Archival Description

    Finding aid description and metadata are licensed under an Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Music Library at music@usc.edu. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Penny and Doug Dutton, 2018.

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder no. or item name], EMI Angel Records collection, Collection no. 1017, Music Library, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Processing Information

    Collection is unprocessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    layouts (printed matter)
    Business records
    Scores
    Art
    Photographs
    Liner notes
    Angel Records (Firm) -- Archives