Record Album "Alex Haley Tells The Story of His Search For Roots," 1977
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Artifact Overview
Artifact Details
Artifact
Phonograph record
Date Made
1977
Place of Creation
Creator Notes
Spoken-work album by Alex Haley. Produced by Louis C. Blau and Alex Haley Productions. Issued by Warner Bros. Records.
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2024.94.3
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Amber N. Mitchell.
Material
Vinyl
Cardboard
Plastic
Color
Multicolored
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 12.375 in
Width: 12.125 in
Length: 0.125 in
Inscriptions
on Record 1, Side One:
BURBANK, HOME OF WARNER BROS. RECORDS / WB / ALEX HALEY TELLS THE STORY / OF HIS SEARCH FOR ROOTS / ALEX HALEY / AN ALEX HALEY PRODUCTION / PRODUCED BY LOUIS C. BLAU / 2BS 3036 RECORD 1 / SIDE ONE 28:17 / (R)1977 Warner Bros. / Records Inc. / [...]
on Record 2, Side Two:
BURBANK, HOME OF WARNER BROS. RECORDS / WB / ALEX HALEY TELLS THE STORY / OF HIS SEARCH FOR ROOTS / ALEX HALEY / AN ALEX HALEY PRODUCTION / PRODUCED BY LOUIS C. BLAU / 2BS 3036 RECORD 2 / SIDE TWO 28:28 / (R)1977 Warner Bros. / Records Inc. / [...]
on Record 2, Side Three:
BURBANK, HOME OF WARNER BROS. RECORDS / WB / ALEX HALEY TELLS THE STORY / OF HIS SEARCH FOR ROOTS / ALEX HALEY / AN ALEX HALEY PRODUCTION / PRODUCED BY LOUIS C. BLAU / 2BS 3036 RECORD 2 / SIDE THREE 29:51 / (R)1977 Warner Bros. / Records Inc. / [...]
on Record 1, Side Four:
BURBANK, HOME OF WARNER BROS. RECORDS / WB / ALEX HALEY TELLS THE STORY / OF HIS SEARCH FOR ROOTS / ALEX HALEY / AN ALEX HALEY PRODUCTION / PRODUCED BY LOUIS C. BLAU / 2BS 3036 RECORD 1 / SIDE FOUR 29:24 / (R)1977 Warner Bros. / Records Inc. / [...]
on front of record cover:
ALEX / HALEY / TELLS THE STORY OF / HIS SEARCH FOR / ROOTS
on inside front of record cover:
My family's seven generations that my / Grandma and great aunts told me about, dur- / ing my boyhood, have been grasped as the / symbol history of all black Americans. Kunta / Kinte and his bell; their Kizzy, her "Chicken / George" and his Matilda, their Tom and his / Irene (who were the parents of my Grandma) / have become, almost overnight, as indelibly a / part of the American story as Daniel Boone or / Harriet Beecher Stowe. [...] / Alex Haley / (GREAT-GREAT-GREAT / GRANDSON OF KUNTA KINTE) / AN ALEX HALEY PRODUCTION / PRODUCED BY: LOUIS C. BLAU / [...]
on back of record cover:
On this album, I try / to share my adventure / of the past 12 years. It / began as only a per- / sonal family search. It / grew into a published / book - ROOTS - with / results that are hard / for me to comprehend. / Continued Inside / A DOUBLE RECORD PACKAGE / [...]
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