Flier for Tatiana Record Company Summer Moonlight Cruise: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A flier for "A Summer Moonlight Cruise" printed in red and black ink on white paper with black-and-white photographs and graphics within a red rectangular border. At the top left is an illustration of two hands on turntables, the logo for [SCRATCH ME / COMPANY], in the center is [In / Association / with] and at right in red is [Tatiana Record COMPANY]. Followed by [A Summer Moonlight Cruise] in red and [Up The Hudson River / on / Thursday, August 4th, 1988 / Aborad the Luxurious Dayliner], with the date in red and the rest in black text. At center of the flier are four black-and-white images of the head line performers with their names above: Force M.D.'s, Shinehead, Big Daddy kane, and Jungle Brothers. At bottom right is a black-and-white image of Hardcore next to a black square with text reading [EXTRA ADDED / ATTRACTION / THE 'KOFF' LADY / SHELLY THUNDER / singing her / #1 REGGAE HIT / KOFF]. At bottom left is black text within three red lines reading [Your Host for the Evening is Paradise & "On The Wheels Of Steel" / KISS FM's own Chuck Chillout] followed by event details. Across the bottom is tecket information with prices and contact numbers and [THIS IS PROTECTED BY THE RED, THE BLACK & THE GREEN]. The back of the flier has no printing or inscriptions.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1988
• Distributed by: The Scratch Me Company, American, 1987 - 1988
• Designed by: Unidentified
• Subject of: Big Daddy Kane, American, born 1968
• Subject of: Jungle Brothers, American, founded 1986
• Subject of: The Force M.D.'s, American, founded 1981
• Subject of: MC Paradise, American
• Subject of: DJ Chuck Chillout, American, born 1962
• Subject of: Shelly Thunder, Jamaican American
• Type: fliers (printed matter)
• Medium: ink on paper (fiber product)
• Dimensions: H x W: 5 7/16 × 4 1/16 in. (13.8 × 10.3 cm)
• Place depicted: New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: DJs (Musicians)
• Topic: Hip-hop (Music)
• Topic: Nightlife
• Topic: Radio
• Topic: Rappers (Musicians)
• Topic: Reggae (Music)
• Topic: Urban life
• Object number: 2020.38.2.4
• 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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