Let Love Rule: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

2015.263.11a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is clear plastic with white type on each side. Both sides have headers reading: [LENNY KRAVITZ • LET LOVE RULE / Sitting On Top Of The World • Let Love Rule • Freedom Train • / My Precious Love • I Build This Garden For Us • Empty Hands] on Side 1, and [LENNY KRAVITZ • LET LOVE RULE / Fear • Does Anybody Out There Even Care • Mr. Cab Driver • Rosemary • / Be • Blues For Sister Someone • Flower Child] on Side 2. The Virgin Record logo, copyright information, and the cassette number [V4-86128] are featured on both sides.

2015.263.11b: An audio cassette paper jacket. The jacket is portrait orientation and has a close-up, color image Lenny Kravitz's face, with: [LET / LOVE / RULE / LENNY / KRAVITZ] in red type, in the top right corner. The back of the jacket has a black background with white type that has a list of songs, production information, and a barcode. A blue sticker with white type reads: [THE WALL / Lifetime / Music / Guarantee].

2015.263.11c: An audio cassette tape case made of clear plastic on the front and clear plastic on the back. The case has interior holders to insert an audio cassette jacket.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1989
• Recorded by: Lenny Kravitz, American, born 1964
• Published by: Virgin Records America, Inc., founded 1986
• Type: audio cassettes
• Medium: plastic , magnetic tape , ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (cassette): 2 1/2 × 4 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (jacket): 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (case): 2 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 11/16 in. (7 × 11 × 1.7 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Composers (Musicians)
• Topic: Popular music
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.263.11abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Timothy Anne Burnside
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1989 Virgin Records America, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.