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The Legacy Collection or Legacy Series was a series of releases by Columbia Records (later, following a reorganization, called CBS Records) that combined LP records with books.

The Legacy Collection began in September 1960 with The American Revolution, which contained an LP and 62-page book about the American Revolutionary War. Items in the series were generally on historical subjects. The series was produced by Goddard Lieberson, who started it as a way to "document important periods and events in the history of our continent". When Columbia was reorganized in 1966, Legacy remained within Lieberson's remit when he took over as head of what was now called CBS Records, a division of CBS-Columbia Group.

The Badmen (1963), a collection for children about outlaws on the American frontier, combines recordings of American folk music and spoken word performance with a 70-page book. In 1965, Stanton Catlin and Carleton Beals shared the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes for Mexico. Mexico's book is in Spanish and English. The record has music by Carlos Chávez; some compositions are based on Spanish songs and others attempt to reconstruct Aztec music. The Irish Uprising (1966), about the Easter Rising, has a book with a foreword by Éamon de Valera and recordings of Irish ballads. John Fitzgerald Kennedy ... As We Remember Him includes a book reproducing photographs from John F. Kennedy's childhood and a recording of his mother Rose Kennedy. The Russian Revolution has a recording of Vladimir Lenin's voice.

Releases

Notes

1. "Columbia Sets 'Legacy' Series Line". Billboard. September 5, 1960. p. 11.
2. ^ Roach 1970, p. 261.
3. Roach 1970, p. 109.
4. ^ "ABC Announces 7 New Appointments". Cash Box. 37 (1): 7, 29. May 24, 1975.
5. "Lieberson to Helm Group; Other Changes Made in the CBS Guard". Billboard. June 18, 1966. pp. 1, 10.
6. ^ Shelton, Robert (October 27, 1963). "Fused Folk Arts". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
7. Franks, Don (1986). Tony, Grammy, Emmy, Country: A Broadway, Television, and Records Awards Reference. McFarland & Company. p. 27. ISBN 0-89950-204-0. OCLC 13396140.
8. "Magnificent 'Mexico' Leads World Tour". The Wichita Eagle. January 10, 1965. p. 18 – via newspapers.com.
9. Conroy, Michael J. (October 23, 1966). "Who Fears to Speak of Easter Week?". The Pittsburgh Press – via newspapers.com.
10. ^ "The JFK Diary". Photoplay. 71 (4): 46. April 1967.
11. ^ Limbacher, James L. (February 15, 1967). "Recordings for Young People: The Legacy Series: A Retrospective Review". Library Journal. 92 (4): 867–869. ProQuest 1948966327.
12. "The Badmen". Annals of Wyoming. 36 (1): 122. April 1964.
13. "Books and the Arts". Mexico This Month. 12 (10): 18. 1967.
14. Freed, Richard (April 10, 1965). "Mexico in Sight and Sound". Saturday Review. 48 (15): 92.
15. ^ "All CBS Disk Units Contributed to Record Sales Year in 1966". Cash Box. 28 (32): 7, 44. February 25, 1967.
16. "The Mormon Pioneers". Cash Box. 27 (16): 32. November 6, 1965.
17. Roach 1970, p. 125.

Sources

• Roach, Helen (1970). Spoken Records (3d ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-0301-5. OCLC 65513.
• Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (1997). Country Music: The Encyclopedia. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-15121-7. OCLC 35331403.

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