China Record Corporation
China Record Corporation (CRC) is the Chinese government's oldest and largest record company. CRC's catalog of traditional Chinese ethnic, classical and folk music features over 60,000 releases spanning over 1,000 years of Chinese musical history, and includes the Peking operas and a large collection of children's tunes and pop music. Many of the recordings, which date back to the 1920s and 1930s, are the oldest known recordings in China.
China Record Corporation
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- China Record Corporation
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China Record Corporation (CRC) is the Chinese government's oldest and largest record company. CRC's catalog of traditional Chinese ethnic, classical and folk music features over 60,000 releases spanning over 1,000 years of Chinese musical history, and includes the Peking operas and a large collection of children's tunes and pop music. Many of the recordings, which date back to the 1920s and 1930s, are the oldest known recordings in China.
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During the Cultural Revolution, production of records was the sole purview of the China Record Corporation.
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• Name — China Record Corporation • Founded — 1949 • Distributor — IODA (USA) • Genre — Folk music, Guoyue, Chinese opera, Mandopop • Country — China • Location — Beijing (main) Chengdu Shanghai Shenzhen • Url — www.China-CRC.com.cn
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- 1.http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-4736240/IODA-Inks-Worldwide-Digital-Distribution.html#abstract IODA Inks Worldwide Digital Distribution Deal with China Record Corporation; First Time Music from Oldest and Largest Record Company of Chinese Government Will Be Available Commercially Outside of China.
- 2.Coderre, Laurence. Newborn socialist things : materiality in Maoist China. Duke University Press. 44. 2021. 978-1-4780-2161-2.
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