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Simple Pleasures

1988

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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

An audio cassette of Bobby McFerrin "Simple Pleasures" (1988). 2015.263.8a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is clear plastic with white type on each side. Both sides have headers reading: [BOBBY McFERRIN SIMPLE PLEASURES / DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPY • ALL I WANT • DRIVE MY CAR • / SIMPLE PLEASURES • GOOD LOVIN •] on Side 1, and [BOBBY McFERRIN SIMPLE PLEASURES / COME TO ME • SUZIE Q • DRIVE • THEM CHANGES • SUNSHINE / OF YOUR LOVE•] on Side 2. The EMI Record logo, copyright information, and the cassette number [E4-48059] are featured on both sides. 2015.263.8b: An audio cassette paper jacket. The jacket is portrait orientation, is a color image of Bobby McFerrin in a black shirt posing behind something red. Vertical gray text down the side of the front of the jacket reads: [BOBBY McFERRIN] and red text along the bottom reads: [SIMPLE PLEASURES].

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Catalog reference: 2015.263.8abc

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