8.4 SOUND RECORDINGS, DATE(S) OF CREATION, INCLUDING BROADCAST, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC., AREA

8.4A. Preliminary rule

8.4A1. Scope

8.4A2. Punctuation

For instructions on the use of spaces before and after prescribed punctuation, see 1.0C.
Precede this area by a full stop, space, dash, space.
Precede a second or subsequently named place of broadcast, publication, distribution, etc., by a semicolon.
Precede the name of a broadcastor, publisher, distributor, etc., by a colon.
Enclose a supplied statement of function of a broadcastor, publisher, distributor, etc., in square brackets.
Precede the date of broadcast, publication, distribution, etc., by a comma.
Enclose the details of manufacture (place, name, dates) in parentheses.
Precede the name of a manufacturer by a colon.
Precede the date of manufacture by a comma.

8.4A3.

In presenting information in the dates of creation, including broadcast, publication, distribution, etc., area, follow the instructions set out in 1.4A3-1.4A4.

8.4B. Date(s) of creation

8.4B1.

At all levels of description, give the date(s) of creation (i.e., the date(s) of recording) of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4B. Do not give date(s) of creation for sound recordings that are broadcast, published or distributed. See rule 8.4F.

12 January 1954

8.4C. Place of broadcast ¹, publication, distribution, etc.

8.4C1.

Transcribe the place of publication, distribution, etc., of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4C.

Vancouver, B.C.

8.4D. Name of broadcaster, publisher, distributor, etc.

8.4D1.

Give the name of the publisher, distributor, etc., of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4D.

Toronto : A & M Records of Canada

8.4D2.

If the unit being described bears both the name of the publishing company and the name of a sub-division of that company or a trade name or brand name used by that company, record the name of the sub-division, trade name, or brand name as the name of the publisher.

London : Ace of Clubs
(Audio disc label reads: Decca Record Company / Ace of Clubs)

If, however, a trade name appears to be the name of a publisher’s series rather than of a publishing sub-division, record it as a publisher’s series see 8.6). In case of doubt, treat the name as a publisher’s series title.

London : Disney Productions … – (Disney storyteller)
(Audio disc label reads: Disney storyteller. Walt Disney Productions)

8.4E. Optional addition. Statement of function of broadcaster, publisher, distributor, etc.

8.4E1.

Add to the name of a publisher, distributor, etc., a statement of function as instructed in 1.4E.

Toronto : A & M Records of Canada [distributor]

8.4F. Date of broadcast, publication, distribution, etc. ²

8.4F1.

Give the date of publication, distribution, etc., of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4F.

11 Nov. 1948
Note: Disc label indicates that this program was recorded on Nov. 3, 1948, for delayed broadcast via CKFI (Fort Francis, Ont.)

[ca. 1980]

8.4F2.

If the date(s) of the original recording of a broadcast or published sound recording(s) is known give it in a note (see 8.8B7).

Note: Recorded at Studio 3, Toronto, 1964 09 26
(Date of publication, etc., is 1965)

8.4G. Place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, date of manufacture

8.4G1.

Give the place of manufacture, name of manufacturer, and/or date of manufacture of the unit being described as instructed in 1.4G.

A broadcast sound recording is 1) a sound recording that has been prepared as the source for a broadcast; 2) a recording made by a radio station at the time of transmission; 3) a recording of a received radio transmission. A sound recording that has been used as an “insert” during a radio programme (e.g., a published sound recording) is not a broadcast sound recording unless it was specifically prepared as the source for a broadcast. However, a recording that was made by a radio station at the time of broadcast and that includes such inserts is a broadcast sound recording. Likewise, a recording of a received broadcast which includes inserts is also a broadcast sound recording. ↩
For broadcast sound recordings, record the date of the initial broadcast as the date of broadcast. If considered important, record other dates (e.g., date(s) of original recording, production date(s), or rebroadcast date(s)) in the Note area. If a date of broadcast is recorded, do not record the date of publication, distribution, etc., nor any information about publishers, distributors or manufacturers. ↩