My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It): Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An audio cassette of EnVogue, "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)" b/w "Part of Me" (1992).

2015.263.12a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is black plastic with white type on each side. Both sides have headers reading: [EN VOGUE/MY LOVIN' (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT)] on both Side 1 and Side 2.The East West Record logo, copyright information, and the cassette number [4-98586] are featured on both sides.

2015.263.12b: An audio cassette paper case. The case is portrait orientation and has a sepia colored image of En Vogue (four ladies dressed in black dresses wearing berets), with [EN VOGUE / MY LOVIN' / (YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET IT) in white and yellow type at the top. The back of the case has a yellow background with blue and black type that has a list of songs, production information, and a barcode.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1992
• Recorded by: En Vogue, American, founded 1989
• Published by: East West Records, American
• Produced by: Denzil Delano Foster, American
• Produced by: Thomas McElroy, American
• Produced by: David Lombard Music management and production
• 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)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.263.12ab
• 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: © 1992 Atlantic Recording Corporation Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.