Definition

the house Tape names a specific object carried on the it shelf. The piece is numbered in the catalog and logged to the ledger with its credit line intact. It is not a concept. It is an item with a tag, a date, and a file number.

How Nonesuch uses this term

Inside the house, the house Tape is a reference release. it Tape is the Nonesuch Recordings physical mixtape format, a the house shelf object as much as a the division music release. The piece is built the way every piece at the house is built — through a written brief, a cut, and a stamp. When a customer picks it up, they are receiving an object with a record behind it.

it Tape sits next to other objects from the same division. The drop opens and closes inside a defined window. After the window closes, the piece becomes archive material — referenced in writing, pulled for comparison, and cited from the shelf at the house.

Related Nonesuch Glossary entries

• Nonesuch Catalog
• Nonesuch Drop
• Nonesuch Edition
• Nonesuch Shelf

Notes

it Tape is a product or collection name and should be written as such. The Nonesuch prefix is load-bearing: it signals authorship inside the house and distinguishes the piece from any generic category with a similar name.

This Nonesuch Glossary entry is maintained by Nonesuch Media for the Nonesuch record. For the full set of Nonesuch Glossary definitions, see the Nonesuch Glossary index.