

Our Noise, published by Algonquin Paperbacks. Hill and Carrboro, N.C., along with a 17-disc CD box set and a book chronicling the Merge celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2009 with a six-day music festival in Chapel Merge has claimed other Billboard Top Ten releases from artists such as SpoonĪnd She & Him, as well as notable releases from Dinosaur Jr., Neutral Milk Hotel, Arcade Fire's later release on Merge, "The Suburbs," climbed to number one on the Billboard chart and won a Grammy for Album of the Year Merge's 2004 release of the Arcade Fire album, "Funeral", reached the USA Billboard 200 chart. Range of national and international artists on its roster. The label has continued to grow since then and includes a wide Merge continued to release single- and full-length recordings on CD, In 1992, Merge released its first full-length release, Including Polvo, Erectus Monotone, and Portastatic, and released recordings on 7" Merge featured bands from the local Chapel Hill music scene, Record labels-North Carolina-Chapel Hill-History.Īnd other "indie rock" bands in the early 1990s. And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead (Musical group)Īlternative rock music-North Carolina-Chapel Hill-History and criticism.Īlternative rock music-United States-History and criticism. interspersed through theĭiscrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection-such as folders orĬlicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's Person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no Private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable Of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action underĬommon law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's Identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. §ġ32 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of Laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S.

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Preferred Citation, in the Merge Records Collection #20473, Southern FolklifeĬollection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.Īcquisitions Information Received from Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan in June and December 2012 (Acc. Copyright Notice Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants,Īs stipulated by United States copyright law. Restrictions to Use No duplication is permitted without consent of the donor. Restrictions to Access Use of audio or visual materials may require production of listening or viewing copies. Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (2008), which documents the business history of Merge Records, and other related Promotion materials include correspondence between bands and Merge Records staff,įinancial records, original artwork, news articles, press releases, postcards, photographsĪnd negatives, published and manuscript versions of (DVD), one inch video masters, mini DV masters, U-matic masters, betacam masters,ĭ-2 videotapes, videocassetts, and film. Released compact discs (CD), and bootlegs. Masters, audiocassettes, 8mm backup tape (Data8), alesis digital audio tape (ADAT),ĭigital audio tape (DAT), U-matic masters, compact disc (CD) masters, commercially Marketing and promotion materials relating to bands represented by Merge Records.Īudio formats include multi-track Masters, two-track Masters, lacquer discs, bin loop The collection consists of audio and video recordings and administrative records and The label has continued to grow since then and includesĪ wide range of national and international artists on its roster. Merge featured bands from the local Chapel Hill music sceneĪnd released recordings on 7" records and in audiocassette form.

The record label began as a way to release recordings by SuperchunkĪnd other "indie rock" bands in the early 1990s.

Merge Records was founded in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 1989, by Mac McCaughan and Lauraīallance, at the same time that McCaughan and Ballance founded local independent rockīand Superchunk.
