Smithsonian Folkways acquires Stinson Records, home to recordings by WoodyGuthrie & LeadBelly
. While Stinson hasn’t issued a release since the 1990s, the label’s deep catalog and resulting masters have been split up over the intervening decades. But in May, after a process that’s taken approximately 30 years, Smithsonian Folkways -- the nonprofit record label owned by the Smithsonian Institute -- announced it had acquired the entire Stinson catalog with an eye towards preserving it in perpetuity.
“When I first came to the Smithsonian, I heard all this talk about ‘perpetuity’ and I thought, ‘Yeah, sure,” says Schippers, who’s been the director of Smithsonian Folkways for the past three years. “But it’s true. We like to say we’re in the forever business. We have the equipment to do that and have an expertise that very few other people have when it comes to keeping material safe so it will never disappear.
While the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. might be the first thing that comes to mind from the famous Smithsonian moniker, the Smithsonian Institution is actually an expansive, government-funded research and educational organization that is comprised of nearly 20 museums and dozens of research centers across the nation.
“When you’re talking about masters, they need to be in a controlled environment with a certain temperature and humidity that doesn’t vary,” says Folkways archivistof the delicate dance that surrounds music preservation. “You need to do everything you can to protect old tapes. In some instances the audio can just disappear if it’s not stored properly.”
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