Interview: Kris P. Taylor by Kris P. Taylor

“…After successfully working together on fourteen videos over two years Kris moved briefly to work at MCA Records in Los Angeles and then in 1988 became Director of Music Video Production at Columbia Records (West Coast), working with artists such as Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Michael Bolton, The Bangles, Alice In Chains, Billy Joel, Carlos Santana and Mariah Carey. …”
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Las dos voces de Porfirio Díaz. Estado, ficciones audibles y una carta para Edison (México-Estados Unidos, 1907-1910) by Jaddiel Diaz Frene

“…En un disco incluido en un catálogo de Columbia Records publicado en 1907, por ejemplo, circularon las enérgicas órdenes del caudillo durante la batalla librada el 2 de abril de 1867 en Puebla, entre las tropas interventoras y el ejército juarista. …”
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“¿Cuánto por una máquina parlante?”: estrategias cotidianas para acceder al mágico mundo de los sonidos grabados (México, 1903-1910) by Jaddiel Díaz Frene

“…This story develops in a specific context of the social uses of talking machines in Mexico, marked by the interest of several American companies in the country’s sound market, such as Victor Talking Machine Company, National Phonograph and Columbia Record, whose directors sent technicians to record hundreds of records and cylinders with pieces performed by cultured and popular artists. …”
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