Advertisement for the record album Hot On the One: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A hanging advertisement for the record album "hot on the one” by James Brown. The advertisement is made up of two record sleeves with a white card with yellow text attached between them. The two sleeves and card are attached with a black strip of fabric. The two sleeves are for the album being advertised. They both feature a color picture of James Brown in profile and have “JAMES BROWN…LIVE” in white text across the top. Below this text is smaller, red text is “HOT ON THE ONE.” The white card hanging between them features a yellow image of James Brown on the right side. Written in yellow and black text is “LE RETOUR DE / ‘JAMES BROWN’ / UNE SERiE DE CONCERTS PRESTiGiEUX.” At the bottom of the card written in black text is “double album live/ HOT ON THE ONE.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1980
• Printed by: Unidentified
• Distributed by: Polydor Records, German, founded 1924
• Owned by: James Brown, American, 1933 - 2006
• Type: portraits
• Type: posters
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W: 40 x 12 1/4 in. (101.6 x 31.1 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Funk (Music)
• Topic: Soul (Music)
• Object number: 2008.7.11
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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