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Songs in the Key of Life

1976

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A 3 3/4 IPS reel-to-reel audiotape recording (a) with box (b) of Stevie Wonder's album "Songs in the Key of Life," distributed by Tamla Records, a division of Motown Record Corporation. The audiotape is on a light grey plastic reel with white label printed with black text. The label has the Tamla Records logo, album title, artist, song listings for Track A and Track B, and the copyright notice [1976 Motown Record Corp.]. The reel is packaged in a black, square box. On the front is a graphic label with a red concentric design, a black-and-white illustration of Wonder in the center, with [Songs In The Key of Life] and [Stevie Wonder] printed below. On the back of the box is an off-white label printed with black text with the artist name, title, and track listings for Side One and Side Two.

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Catalog reference: 2013.58.2ab

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