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Size | Approximately 4200 items |
Abstract | Merge Records was founded in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1989, by Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance, at the same time that McCaughan and Ballance founded local independent rock band Superchunk. The record label began as a way to release recordings by Superchunk and other "indie rock" bands in the early 1990s. Merge featured bands from the local Chapel Hill music scene and released recordings on 7" records and in audiocassette form. In 1992, Merge released its first full-length release. The label has continued to grow since then and includes a wide range of national and international artists on its roster. The collection consists of audio and video recordings and administrative records and marketing and promotion materials relating to bands represented by Merge Records. Audio formats include multi-track Masters, two-track Masters, lacquer discs, bin loop masters, audiocassettes, 8mm backup tape (Data8), alesis digital audio tape (ADAT), digital audio tape (DAT), U-matic masters, compact disc (CD) masters, commercially released compact discs (CD), and bootlegs. Video formats include digital video disc (DVD), one inch video masters, mini DV masters, U-matic masters, betacam masters, D-2 videotapes, videocassetts, and film. Administrative records and marketing and promotion materials include correspondence between bands and Merge Records staff, financial records, original artwork, news articles, press releases, postcards, photographs and negatives, published and manuscript versions of Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (2008), which documents the business history of Merge Records, and other related materials. |
Creator | Merge Records. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Matt Dailey and Armando Suarez, August 2012
Encoded by: Matt Dailey and Armando Suarez, August 2012
Updated by: Amanda Loeb, May 2014
Updated by: Anne Wells, January 2016
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Merge Records was founded in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1989, by Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance, at the same time that McCaughan and Ballance founded local independent rock band Superchunk. The record label began as a way to release recordings by Superchunk and other "indie rock" bands in the early 1990s. Merge featured bands from the local Chapel Hill music scene, including Polvo, Erectus Monotone, and Portastatic, and released recordings on 7" records and in audiocassette form. In 1992, Merge released its first full-length release, "Tossing Seeds" by Superchunk. Merge continued to release single- and full-length recordings on CD, LP and audiocassette. The label has continued to grow since then and includes a wide range of national and international artists on its roster.
Merge's 2004 release of the Arcade Fire album, "Funeral", reached the USA Billboard 200 chart. Arcade Fire's later release on Merge, "The Suburbs," climbed to number one on the Billboard chart and won a Grammy for Album of the Year in 2011. Merge has claimed other Billboard Top Ten releases from artists such as Spoon and She & Him, as well as notable releases from Dinosaur Jr., Neutral Milk Hotel, The Magnetic Fields, and M. Ward, among many others.
Merge celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009 with a six-day music festival in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, N.C., along with a 17-disc CD box set and a book chronicling the history of the label, Our Noise, published by Algonquin Paperbacks.
Back to TopThe collection consists of audio and video recordings and administrative records and marketing and promotion materials relating to bands represented by Merge Records. Audio formats include multi-track Masters, two-track Masters, lacquer discs, bin loop masters, audiocassettes, 8mm backup tape (Data8), alesis digital audio tape (ADAT), digital audio tape (DAT), U-matic masters, compact disc (CD) masters, commercially released compact discs (CD), and bootlegs. Video formats include digital video disc (DVD), one inch video masters, mini DV masters, U-matic masters, betacam masters, D-2 videotapes, videocassetts, and film. Administrative records and marketing and promotion materials include correspondence between bands and Merge Records staff, financial records, original artwork, news articles, press releases, postcards, photographs and negatives, published and manuscript versions of Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (2008), which documents the business history of Merge Records, and other related materials.
Back to TopArrangement: By format.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band.
Audiodisc D-20473/1 |
Angels of Epistemology7" Metal Stamper MRG-006-A |
Audiodisc D-20473/2 |
Angels of Epistemology7" Metal Stamper MRG-006-B |
Audiodisc D-20473/3 |
Bricks7" Metal Stamper MRG-005-A |
Audiodisc D-20473/4 |
Bricks7" Metal Stamper MRG-005-B |
Audiodisc D-20473/5 |
Erectus Monotone7" Metal Stamper MRG-009-A |
Audiodisc D-20473/6 |
Erectus Monotone7" Metal Stamper MRG-009-B |
Audiodisc D-20473/7 |
Portastatic: (Side A) "Naked Pilsners," 4 January 199410" record Test pressing reference copy made by Trutone Records Disk Mastering Labs for 7" pressing; 5 minutes 13 seconds; OLE 076-7 (Matador Records) |
Audiodisc D-20473/8 |
Portastatic: (Side B) "Feel better," "Josephine," 4 January 199410" record Test pressing reference copy made by Trutone Records Disk Mastering Labs for 7" pressing; 6 minutes 3 seconds; OLE 076-7 (Matador Records) |
Audiodisc D-20473/9 |
Superchunk10" Metal Stamper Etched Picture Disc Stamper for 7" pressing; Master, MRG-060.5-B |
Audiodisc D-20473/10 |
Superchunk, 19 January 199410" Metal Stamper Etched Picture Disc Stamper for 7" pressing; Mother, MRG-060.5-B |
Audiodisc D-20473/11 |
Superchunk7" Metal Stamper MRG-004-A |
Audiodisc D-20473/12 |
Superchunk7" Metal Stamper MRG-004-B |
Audiodisc D-20473/13 |
Superchunk7" Metal Stamper MRG-007-A |
Audiodisc D-20473/14 |
Superchunk7" Metal Stamper MRG-007-B |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/123 |
Superchunk: (Side A) Skip Steps 1 & 3, Seed Toss, Cast Iron, Tower, Punch Me Harder, Sprung a Leak; (Side B) 30 xtra, Tie a Rope, Press, Sidewalk, Creek, Throwing Things, 28 August 19911/4" Open Reel Audio 3.75 ips, OLE-354 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/124 |
Superchunk: (Side A) Precision Auto, From the Curve, For Tension, Mower, Package Thief, Swallow That; (Side B) I Guess I Remembered It Wrong, New Low, Untied, The Question Is How Fast, Trash Heap, Flawless, The Only Piece That You Get, 2 December 19921/4" Open Reel Audio 3.75 ips, OLE-049 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/125 |
American Music Club, 29 June 2004Data8 MRG-252; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/126 |
Arcade Fire (Funeral), 24 May 2004Data8 MRG-255; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/127 |
The Clientele (Suburban Light), 15 January 2001Data8 MRG-187 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/128 |
Crooked Fingers (Reservoir Songs), 20 February 2002Data8 MRG-208 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/129 |
Destroyer (This Night), 12 July 2002Data8 MRG-218 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/130 |
East River Pipe, 10 April 2003Data8 MRG-234 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/131 |
East River Pipe (Shining Hours in a Can), 24 October 2001Data8 MRG-203 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/132 |
Honor Role, 10 December 1996Data8 MRG-041 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/133 |
Lambchop, 14 June 2001Data8 MRG-241 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/134 |
Matt Suggs, 16 May 2003Data8 MRG-226 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/135 |
Pipe (Slowboy), 19 February 1997Data8 MRG-123 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/136 |
Portastatic, 10 October 1996Data8 MRG-120 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/137 |
Portastatic (Looking for Leonard), 9 February 2001Data8 MRG-190 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/138 |
Richard Buckner (Dents and Shells), 25 May 2004Data8 MRG-249; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/139 |
The Rock*A*Teens, 18 December 1997Data8 MRG-140 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/140 |
The Rosebuds, 2 July 2003Data8 MRG-235; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/141 |
Shark Quest, 30 April 2004Data8 MRG-242; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/142 |
Spoon, 29 September 2000Data8 MRG-195; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/143 |
Spoon (Bring It), 8 May 2002Data8 MRG-215; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/144 |
Spoon (Series of Sneaks), 12 March 2002Data8 MRG-211 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/145 |
Superchunk (Indoor Living), 25 June 1997Data8 MRG-129 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/146 |
Superchunk (4 Song CD), 6 June 2001Data8 MRG-198 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/147 |
Superchunk , 1 June 2001Data8 MRG-201; see Folder 92 for tape log. |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/148 |
The Third Eye Foundation (Little Lost Soul), 20 October 1999Data8 MRG-174 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/149 |
The Third Eye Foundation (I Poopoo on Your Juju), 19 January 2001Data8 MRG-199 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/184 |
Superchunk (1-A)Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT) Previously listed as DAT-20473/1 |
SFC Audio Open Reel FT-20473/185 |
Superchunk (1-B)Alesis Digital Audio Tape (ADAT) Previously listed as DAT-20473/2 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Numerically by record release identifier.
Audiodisc D-20473/15 |
Superchunk: Extra Chunky: Live at the Whiskey a Go Go, (Side A): Cool, (Side B): The Breadman, Los Angeles, Calif., 11 February 19927" vinyl Extra Chunky Records, UK |
Arrangement: Numerically by record release identifier.
Arrangement: Numerically by record release identifier.
Arrangement: By format.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Digital Video Disc DVD-20473/1 |
Arcade Fire (Miroir Noir), 10 March 2009MRG-270 |
Digital Video Disc DVD-20473/2 |
Arcade Fire (Miroir Noir), 10 March 2009MRG-270, with second disc of extras |
Digital Video Disc DVD-20473/3 |
Camera Obscura: Lloyd I'm Ready to be HeartbrokenNTSC, Elefant Records, Spain |
Digital Video Disc DVD-20473/4 |
Superchunk (Crowding Up Your Visual Field): (Videos): Throwing Things, Tie A Rope to the Back of the Bus, Fishing, Mower, Precision Auto, Untied, Package Thief, The First Part, Driveway to Driveway, Hyper Enough, Watery Hands, Art Class, Quest For Sleep (The movie); (Bonus videos): Rainy Streets, Cast Iron, Ribbon, Slack; (Live footage): My Noise, Night Creatures, Swinging, Train From Kansas City, Punch Me Harder, Seed Toss, Ribbon, Phone Sex, Cast Iron, Precision Auto, 20 January 2004MRG-230 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Videotape VT-20473/1 |
Polvo (Tilebreaker)1" Open Reel Video Edited copy, VTR6 |
Videotape VT-20473/2 |
Spent (View from a Staircase): 29 August 19951" Open Reel Video |
Videotape VT-20473/3 |
Superchunk (Driveway to Driveway): 26 April 19941" Open Reel Video Safety copy, Old version not for use |
Videotape VT-20473/4 |
Superchunk (Hyper Enough): 11 September 19951" Open Reel Video |
Videotape VT-20473/5 |
Superchunk (Hyper Enough): 11 September 19951" Open Reel Video Vault copy, MIS57 |
Videotape VT-20473/6 |
Superchunk (Untied)1" Open Reel Video Protection copy |
Videotape VT-20473/7 |
Superchunk (The First Part), The 3Ds (Hey Seuss): 19 April 19941" Open Reel Video |
Videotape VT-20473/8 |
Superchunk (The First Part)1" Open Reel Video Protection copy |
Videotape VT-20473/9 |
Superchunk (The First Part): 21 April 19941" Open Reel Video Vault copy |
Videotape VT-20473/10 |
Superchunk (Driveway to Driveway), Polvo (Tragic Carpet Ride), The Magnetic Fields (Born on a Train), 18 October 19941" Open Reel Video |
Videotape VT-20473/11 |
Superchunk (Fishing): 8 September 19921" Open Reel Video |
Videotape VT-20473/12 |
3ds (Man on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown): 19941" Open Reel Video |
Videotape VT-20473/12a |
The Jesus Lizard (Puss), Superchunk (Mower, Fishing)1" Open Reel Video |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Videotape VT-20473/28 |
Dillon Fence (Sugarcane), Zen Frisbee (Jonesin' (master dub)), J.Q. (10 Million Summers), Superchunk (Mower (master dub))U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/47 |
Imperial Teen (Ivanka)U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/48 |
Spoon (Everything Hits At Once)U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/49 |
Spoon (Everything Hits At Once)U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/29 |
Superchunk (Mower)U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/30 |
Superchunk (Tie a Rope to the Back of the Bus), Superchunk (Tie a Rope to the Back of the Bus (with bars and countdown)), Hop Flop Fly (Steady Thing (master dub)), Nikki Meets the Hibachi (Love (master dub))U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/50 |
Superchunk (Hyper Enough)U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/51 |
Superchunk (Watery Hands)U-Matic |
Videotape VT-20473/52 |
Superchunk (Art Class)U-Matic |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Videotape VT-20473/53 |
Guv'ner (Break a Promise)D-2 Clone from master |
Videotape VT-20473/54 |
Spoon (Everything Hits at Once)D-2 Peter Simonite and Divya Srinivasan (Directors) |
Videotape VT-20473/55 |
Spoon (Everything Hits at Once)D-2 Duplicate, Peter Simonite and Divya Srinivasan (Directors) |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Film F-20473/1 |
Superchunk, Bonfire Films, 28 August 199516mm motion picture film roll 1-8, negative, color |
Film F-20473/2 |
Superchunk, Bonfire Films, 28 August 199516mm motion picture film roll 9-11, negative, color |
Film F-20473/3 |
Superchunk, Moxie Music, post production reel, 10 March 199416mm motion picture film roll 1-3, negative, color |
Film F-20473/4 |
Superchunk, Moxie Music, post production reel, 10 March 199416mm motion picture film roll 4-6, negative, color |
Film F-20473/5 |
Superchunk, Moxie Music, post production reel, 10 March 199416mm motion picture film roll 7-9, negative, color |
Film F-20473/6 |
Superchunk, Moxie Music, post production reel, 10 March 199416mm motion picture film roll 10-12, negative, color |
Arrangement: Alphabetical.
Chiefly administrative records and marketing and promotion materials relating to bands represented by Merge Records. Materials include correspondence between bands and Merge Records staff, financial records, original artwork, news articles, press releases, postcards, photographs and negatives, published and manuscript versions of Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (2008), which documents the business history of Merge Records, and other related materials. Photographs and negatives are filed in Subseries 3.1, along with smaller pieces of artwork. Oversized artwork, proofs and posters are filed in Subseries 3.3. Artwork.
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Administrative correspondence and marketing and promotion materials relating to bands represented by Merge Records. Materials include correspondence between bands and Merge Records staff, biographies, tour information, original artwork, lyric sheets, news articles, press releases, postcards, photographs and negatives, and other similar materials.
Folder 1 |
The 3Ds |
Image Folder PF-20473/1 |
The 3Ds |
Folder 2 |
The 6ths (Hyacinths and thistles; Rot in the sun)Album artwork proofs, MRG-185, MRG-039 |
Folder 3 |
American Music Club (Love songs for patriots)Album artwork proofs, MRG-252 |
Folder 4 |
Angels of EpistemologyMRG-006 |
Folder 5 |
Annie Hayden (The enemy of love)Album artwork proofs, MRG-266 |
Folder 6 |
Arcade FireSee also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/3) |
Image Folder PF-20473/2 |
Arcade Fire |
Folder 7 |
Archers of LoafHand-drawn artwork |
Folder 8 |
Ashley Stove (New scars)Album artwork proofs, MRG-153 |
Folder 9 |
Beatnik Filmstars |
Image Folder PF-20473/3 |
Beatnik Filmstars |
Folder 10 |
Big Dipper (Supercluster: The Big Dipper anthology)Album artwork proofs, MRG-303 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/6) |
Folder 11 |
BreadwinnerIncludes concert poster (Coral/Erectus Monotone/Breadwinner: Merge Records presents an ugly, tangled mess at the New Music Seminar with live rock) |
Folder 12 |
Bricks |
Image Folder PF-20473/4 |
Bricks |
Folder 13 |
ButtergloryAlbum artwork proofs and other items |
Image Folder PF-20473/5 |
Butterglory |
Folder 14 |
Buzzcocks (Buzzcocks)Album artwork proofs, MRG-227 |
Folder 15 |
The Cakekitchen |
Image Folder PF-20473/6 |
The Cakekitchen |
Folder 16 |
Camera Obscura (Underachievers Please Try Harder; Biggest Bluest Hi-Fi)Album artwork proofs, MRG-239, MRG-256 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/8) |
Folder 17 |
The Clean (Mister Pop)Album artwork proofs, MRG-397 |
Folder 18 |
The Clientele (Suburban Light; A Fading Summer; Haunted Melody b/w Fear of Falling; The Violet Hour)Album artwork proofs, MRG-187, MRG-202, MRG-214, MRG-217 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/9) |
Folder 19 |
Conor Oberst (Outer South)Album artwork proofs, MRG-349 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/10; XOPF-20473/1) |
Folder 20 |
Cornershop |
Image Folder PF-20473/7 |
Cornershop |
Folder 21 |
Crooked Fingers (Reservoir songs; Red devil dawn; Dignity and shame)Album artwork proofs, MRG-208, MRG-222, MRG-248 |
Folder 22 |
David Kilgour (A feather in the engine; Frozen orange)Album artwork proofs, MRG-197, MRG-233 |
Folder 23 |
Destroyer (This night; Your blues; Notorious lightning and other works)Album artwork proofs, MRG-218, MRG-238, MRG-258 |
Folder 24 |
Dinosaur Jr. |
Folder 25 |
Drive Like JehuMRG-023 |
Folder 26 |
East River PipeIncludes album artwork proofs, MRG-164, MRG-203, MRG-234 |
Image Folder PF-20473/8 |
East River Pipe |
Folder 27 |
Erectus Monotone |
Folder 28 |
Eric Bachmann (Short careers: Original score for the film Ball of Wax)Album artwork proofs, MRG-212 |
Folder 29 |
Future Bible Heroes (I'm lonely, and I love it)Album artwork proofs, MRG-178 |
Folder 30 |
Gothic Archies (The new despair)Album artwork proofs, MRG-127 |
Folder 31 |
Guv'ner |
Image Folder PF-20473/9 |
Guv'ner |
Folder 32 |
Honor Role |
Folder 33 |
Imperial TeenIncludes album artwork proofs, MRG-306 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/14) |
Folder 34 |
The Karl Hendricks Trio |
Image Folder PF-20473/10 |
The Karl Hendricks Trio |
Folder 35 |
The Ladybug TransistorAlbum artwork proofs (Today knows/Massachusetts 7"; Argyle heir; The ladybug transistor), MRG-121, MRG-141, MRG-189, MRG-229 |
Image Folder PF-20473/11 |
The Ladybug Transistor |
Folder 36 |
LambchopAlbum artwork proofs (Nixon; Tools in the dryer; Is a woman; Aw cmon; No you cmon; Live at XX Merge), MRG-175, MRG-200, MRG-204, MRG-240, MRG-241, MRG-375 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/15) |
Folder 37 |
Lou Barlow (Goodnight unknown)Album artwork proofs, MRG-332, MRG-254 |
Folder 38 |
M. Ward (Transfiguration of Vincent; Transistor Radio; Hold Time)Album artwork proofs, MRG-223, MRG-260, MRG-323 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/16) |
Folder 39 |
The Mad SceneIncludes hand-drawn album artwork (Chinese Honey) |
Image Folder PF-20473/12 |
The Mad Scene |
Folder 40-41
Folder 40Folder 41 |
The Magnetic FieldsIncludes album artwork proofs (I don't believe you; Holiday; House of tomorrow), MRG-143, MRG-151, MRG-152 |
Image Folder PF-20473/13 |
The Magnetic Fields |
Floppy Disc FLD-20473/4 |
The Magnetic FieldsMerge 075CD The Magnetic Fields cd: text, copperplate |
Floppy Disc FLD-20473/5 |
The Magnetic FieldsThe Magnetic Fields: Get Lost text |
Floppy Disc FLD-20473/6 |
The Magnetic FieldsMagnetic Fields UPC's: 3617-29375-2, 3617-29375-4 |
Folder 42 |
Matt Elliott (The mess we made)Album artwork proofs, MRG-232 |
Folder 43 |
Matt Suggs (Amigo row)Album artwork proofs, MRG-226 |
Folder 44 |
The MeaniesIncludes album artwork proofs (Rhyming logic b/w Operator and Darkside of my mind), MRG-042 |
Image Folder PF-20473/14 |
The Meanies |
Folder 45 |
MRG-100Various Artists: Superchunk, Spent, Butterglory, Guv'ner, The Magnetic Fields, Lambchop |
Folder 46 |
The Music Tapes (1st imaginary symphony for nomad; The Music Tapes for clouds and tornadoes)Album artwork proofs, MRG-158, MRG-338. For MRG-338, see also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/17) |
Folder 47 |
Neutral Milk Hotel |
Image Folder PF-20473/15 |
Odes |
Folder 48 |
Paul Burch & the WPA Ballclub (Blue notes; Last of my kind)Album artwork proofs, MRG-182, MRG-196 |
Folder 49 |
PipeIncludes artwork |
Image Folder PF-20473/16 |
Pipe |
Folder 50 |
Polvo |
Image Folder PF-20473/17 |
Polvo |
Folder 51-52
Folder 51Folder 52 |
PortastaticIncludes album artwork proofs, MRG-333, MRG-190, MRG-180, MRG-236, MRG-225, MRG-263, and a promotional postcard for the film Looking for Leonard in which the original score was written by Portastatic. For MRGs-333 and 263, see also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/18) |
Image Folder PF-20473/18 |
Portastatic |
Folder 53 |
Pram (The museum of imaginary animals)Album artwork proofs, MRG-184 |
Folder 54 |
Radar Bros. (And the surrounding mountains)Album artwork proofs, MRG-209 |
Folder 55 |
Richard Buckner (Dents and shells; Meadow)Album artwork proofs, MRG-249, MRG-279 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/19) |
Folder 56 |
Rocket From the CryptMRG-035 |
Folder 57 |
The Rosebuds (Night of the furies; Birds make good neighbors)Album artwork proofs, MRG-294, MRG-264 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/20) |
Folder 58 |
Shark Quest (Blontzo's revenge; Man on stilts; Gods and devils)Album artwork proofs, MRG-131, MRG-179, MRG-242 |
Folder 59 |
She & Him (Volume One and Two)Album artwork proofs, MRG-324, MRG-354 See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/20) |
Folder 60 |
Spaceheads (Angel station; Low pressure)Album artwork proofs, MRG-157, MRG-183 |
Folder 61 |
Spent |
Image Folder PF-20473/19 |
Spent |
Folder 62 |
The Spinanes (Imp years)Album artwork proofs, MRG-160 |
Folder 63 |
SpoonAlbum artwork proofs, MRG-295, MRG-265, MRG-195, MRG-211, MRG-213. Includes C-print by Kristin Oppenheim See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/22) |
Image Folder PF-20473/20 |
Spoon |
Folder 64 |
Superchunk |
Image Folder PF-20473/21 |
Superchunk |
Image Folder PF-20473/22 |
Teen Beat |
Folder 65 |
Telekinesis!, 2009Album artwork proofs, MRG-344 |
Folder 66 |
Tenement Halls (Knitting needles & bicycle bells)Album artwork proofs, MRG-261 |
Folder 67 |
The Third Eye Foundation |
Image Folder PF-20473/23 |
The Third Eye Foundation |
Folder 68 |
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (Madonna)Album artwork proofs, MRG-171 |
Folder 69 |
VariousMiscellaneous items include 20th Anniversary Music Festival passes, drawings, lyric sheets, a set list, track sheets, a holiday greeting photocard from the staff of Merge Records, and album artwork proofs for MRG-219, MRG-250, Score!: 20 years of Merge Records, and other items See also Subseries 3.3 Artwork (OPF-20473/27-28) |
Folder 70 |
Various artwork guidelines |
Folder 71 |
Various band and album advertisements |
Folder 72 |
Various Merge Records catalogs |
Folder 73 |
Various Merge Records original promotional documents |
Folder 74 |
Verbena |
Image Folder PF-20473/24 |
Verbena |
Folder 75 |
The Wedding Present |
Floppy Disc FLD-20473/1 |
The Wedding PresentQuark Files: Wedding Present Sucker + Labels Both Sides |
Floppy Disc FLD-20473/2 |
The Wedding PresentWedding Present Fowis |
Floppy Disc FLD-20473/3 |
The Wedding PresentEPS's Wedding Present |
Folder 76 |
Wwax |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by document type.
Financial records, correspondence, photographs, and other items, including Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (2008), documenting the business history of Merge Records. Some materials relate to specific bands, such as account books, invoices, and receipts for concert tours and record production.
Folder 77 |
Account booksTwo account books with weekly entries of income and expenses. |
Folder 78 |
Account book: Erectus Monotone, 1988-1990s |
Folder 79 |
Account book: The Third Eye Foundation, June-July 1997Entries relating to expenses incurred by The Third Eye Foundation in the United States tour. |
Folder 80 |
Correspondence, 1989-1997Includes photographs, greeting cards, and correspondence with other record labels and producers. |
Folder 81 |
Invoices and receipts, 1989 |
Folder 82 |
Invoices and receipts: Angels of Epistemology, 1990Receipts relating to record issue MRG-006. |
Folder 83 |
Invoices and receipts: Bricks, 1990Receipts relating to record issue MRG-005. |
Folder 84 |
Invoices and receipts: The Magnetic Fields (Charm of the Highway Strip), 1994Chiefly receipts relating to the "Charm of the Highway Strip" tour; includes receipts of other production costs related to The Magnetic Fields. |
Folder 85 |
Invoices and receipts: Superchunk, 1990Receipts relating to record issue MRG-007. |
Folder 86 |
Miscellaneous financial documents, 1995-2000 |
Folder 87 |
Royalty statements, 1992 |
Folder 88 |
Royalty statements, 1995 |
Folder 89-91
Folder 89Folder 90Folder 91 |
Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, 2008Includes published version, manuscript and related correspondence. |
Folder 92 |
Tape logs |
Folder 93 |
Program guide: 45th San Francisco International Film Festival, 2002Program guide sent to Superchunk band members for their participation in the festival. |
Folder 94 |
Discography, April 1992-March 2012 |
Arrangement: Alphabetical by band name.
Album artwork proofs, record release posters, concert posters, and other artwork used in record production and promotion for various bands represented by Merge Records.
The official website of Merge Records. The site includes an alphabetical directory of current and past artists signed to the record label; updated lists of new album releases; tour and performance information and schedules for signed artists; videos and recordings; and news stories and events.
Digital Item DI-20473/1 |
Website (mergerecords.com)Harvested using Archive-It, beginning in October 2013. |