The International Association of Jazz Record Collectors (IAJRC) is an international, non-profit organization devoted to the appreciation and preservation of recorded

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. IAJRC has its own label, IAJRC Records.

History

IAJRC was founded years ago (1964) in

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by William C. Love. The organization incorporated in 1975 in

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as a non-profit entity,"A Survey of Record Collectors' Societies,"
by Tim Brooks, '' Association for Recorded Sound Collections Journal'', Vol. 16, No. 3, 1983, pps. 17–37;
Goldmine Jazz: Album Price Guide
' by Tim Neely,

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(2004), pg. 10;
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound
'' (vol. 1 of 2; A–L), Frank Hoffman (ed.),

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(2005), pg. 422; classified by the

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as a

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. The incorporators were James H. Beauchamp, Edward L. Shank, and Leo F. Krebs (born 1937), all of

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. The organization has published the '' IAJRC Journal'' four times a year for the past years (since 1968), and has produced over 77 titles for IAJRC Records. Many peers, including TV and radio historian Tim Brooks, regard the IAJRC as a scholarly organization."Only in America: The Unique Status of Sound Recordings under U.S. Copyright Law and How It Threatens Our Audio Heritage,"
by Tim Brooks, ''American Music'',

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, Vol. 27, No. 2, Summer 2009, pg. 134;

References

External links

Official site
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