{"product_id":"folkways-records-tony-olmsted-9780415937085","title":"Folkways Records: Moses Asch and His Encyclopedia of Sound","description":"In 1949, immigrant recording engineer Moses Asch embarked on a lifelong project: documenting the world of sound produced by mankind, via a small record label called Folkways Records. By the time of his death in 1986, he had amassed an archive of over 2,200 LPs and thousands of hours of tapes; so valuable was this collection that it was purchased by the Smithsonian Institute. \u003cem\u003eFolkways\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eRecords\u003c\/em\u003e is an account of how he built this business, working against all odds, to create a landmark in the history of American music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Olmsted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415937086\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415937085\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.38w x 0.88d","brand":"Tony Olmsted","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48457682878719,"sku":"9780415937085","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cd9eab2c-a5e5-4e04-9974-33b124e02d8e.jpg?v=1777400452","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/folkways-records-tony-olmsted-9780415937085","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}