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COMPACT
DISCS (MUSIC) COLOR CODES:
Each adult music compact disc is assigned a color code as dictated by the chart below. (Juvenile CDs receive no such code.) Music genre can sometimes be determined from subject tracings. (See information below.) Extremely general subject headings such as “Popular Music” should not influence the selection of a color code. The All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com) can be used to determine musical genre when it is not clear to the cataloguer from other sources. If determining the genre is still a problem, other cataloged items by the artist can be consulted or the cataloger can sample the CD.
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COLOR |
MUSIC GENRE |
EXAMPLES |
Determined by Subject
Tracings? |
|
WHITE |
OPERA (overrides CLASSICAL) |
Pavarotti, Placido Domingo |
Yes and overrides
CLASSICAL |
|
YELLOW |
CLASSICAL (use only when an
item cannot be classified as "white") (Includes non-rock/pop
experimental music) |
Strauss, Beethoven, Wagner,
Mozart, John Cage |
Yes |
|
BROWN |
SOUNDTRACK (takes
precedence over musical genre) |
Any film or television
soundtrack recording. |
Yes, and overrides others. |
|
GREEN |
CHRISTMAS (takes precedence over
musical genre) |
Any special Christmas album
or collection. |
Yes, and overrides others. |
|
|
JAZZ |
John Coltrane, Miles Davis,
Herbie Hancock |
Yes |
|
PURPLE |
COUNTRY (including
bluegrass) |
|
Yes |
|
BLUE |
ROCK (includes blues, folk
and industrial) (overrides POPULAR) |
Led Zeppelin, Elvis
Presley, Nirvana, Beck, Nine Inch Nails, Joan Baez, Dar Williams, B.B. King |
No |
|
RED |
POPULAR (use only when an
item cannot be classified as "blue" or "black") (includes
electronica and techno) |
Britney Spears, Christina Aguilara, Gloria Estefan, Perry
Como, Neil Diamond, Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Chemical Brothers |
No |
|
PINK |
NOSTALGIC COLLECTIONS | Entertainment Greatest Hits of 1972, Billboard Top Hits of 1965 | No |
|
BLACK |
SOUL (To include soul,
R&B, hip-hop, rap, reggae) |
Nelly, TLC, Boys 2 Men, Ray
Charles, Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Lionel Richie,
Luther Vandross, Bob Marley |
Yes |
|
GRAY |
OTHER (use only when an
item does not fall into the above categories) (includes world music) |
|
No |
|
[None] |
JUVENILE CDs (include all
CDs with the JUV “Age”) |
|
No |