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Claudine

1974

United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A vinyl record (a) with cardboard jacket (b) and paper sleeve (c).The front of the album jacket features a central color image of three men and one woman, Gladys Knight and the Pips. Knight wears a blue dress and the three men wear matching red shirts with blue vests and ties. The central image is surrounded by seven (7) color images from the film, in oval shaped vignettes. At top is [GLADYS KNIGHT & THE PIPS] in red text followed by [Singing / The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Claudine / Starring / JAMES EARL JONES DIAHANN CARROLL]. Beneath this in blue text is [Score written and produced by / CURTIS MAYFIELD].The back of the record sleeve features large color image of James Earl Jones and Diahann Carroll kissing.

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Catalog reference: 2012.152.152abc

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