Cooley High: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Various Artists (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack). Cooley High (Motown M7-840R2). 33-1/3 rpm.

This sound recording features music from the 1975 American International Pictures coming-of-age-comedy-drama film, Cooley High, directed by Michael Schultz and starred Glynn Turman, Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, Garrett Morris, and Cynthia Davis. Cooley High was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant," in 2021.

Materials, dates and provenance

• release date: 1975
• manufacturer: Motown
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: vinyl (overall material)
• Physical Description: paper (overall material)
• Physical Description: ink (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 12 in; x 30.48 cm
• place made: United States
• ID Number: 1996.3034.10046
• catalog number: 1996.3034.10046
• label number: M7-840R2
• nonaccession number: 1996.3034
• Credit Line: Gift of Robert B. Campbell in memory of Dorothy and William Campbell
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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