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Series III: No Alternative, 1993

Scope and Content

No Alternative was released in 1993 by Arista Records. An MTV special and home video featuring live performances, music videos, and information about AIDS was released by PolyGram Video in 1993. (Reference: http://www.redhot.org)

Subseries A: Production Files

"Trout" - Neneh Cherry re: "Athens, Georgia 1993", 1994

Box: 4, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Agreements (including draft), 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

All of No Alt, 1996

Box: 4, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Format

SyQuest 88 MB 5.25" Removable Cartridge

Separated Materials

The removable hard drive has been moved to Series XXIV: Organizational Digital Data Storage.

American Music Club / Warner Bros. Records Inc., 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Araki, Gregg, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Arista Records contacts, [n.d.]

Box: 4, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Arista Records correspondence, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Audio tracking log, [n.d.]

Box: 4, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Audit, 1996

Box: 4, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Audit - Arista Records, 1997-1999, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bad Moon, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Beastie Boys, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Breeders, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Brockum Group (Merchandising), 1994

Box: 4, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget & billing status, 1992-1993, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Budget/Expenses, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Buffalo Tom / Beggars Banquet Records, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

BUREAU, 1994

Box: 4, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Channel Four Television, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clearances, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Contact information, [n.d.]

Box: 4, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Davis, Tamra, 1993-1995, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Gold Mountain Entertainment, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Goo Goo Dolls, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

In a New Light '94 - Permission to use, 1994

Box: 4, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Intra-organization correspondence, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

IRS Records, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Liner notes draft, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Livingston, Jenny, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

McKay, Jim / Stipe, Michael (R.E.M) short film: "Athens, Georgia 1993", 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

McLachlan, Sarah's "Hold On" re: inclusion in 4-song cassette sampler (Restricted), 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Manning, Barbara (Restricted), 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Mould, Bob, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MTV, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

MTV / TV show, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nirvana, 1993 - 1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Notes and drafts, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pavement, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Pirner, Dave (Soul Asylum), 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

PolyGram, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Programme outlines, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Richman, Jonathan, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Royalties, 2000

Box: 4, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Royalties audit, 1993-1999, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Royalty statement - Australia, 1995-1996, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sales breakdown: International, 1994-1997, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Smashing Pumpkins, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Smith, Patti, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sonic Youth, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soul Asylum, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Soundgarden, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Straitjacket Fits, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Suede, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sweet, Matthew, 1993-2001, inclusive

Box: 4, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Sweet, Matthew: video, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 65 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Test audio CD, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 66 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

General

Black and white xerox-ed cover and track listing; blank CD labled "NO ALTERNATIVE" in sharpie.

True Fiction Pictures - Video, 1993

Box: 4, Folder: 67 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Uncle Tupelo / Warner, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Urge Overkill, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Verlaines, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Video tracking log, c.a. 1995

Box: 5, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries B: Promotional Material

Cap - No Alternative, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Information sheets - No Alternative, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Invitations to premiere screening of No Alternative, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Red ribbon buttons - No Alternative, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Postcard fliers - No Alternative, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Press clippings, 1993-1994, inclusive

Box: 5, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Stickers - No Alternative, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Table tent - No Alternative, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries C: Photographic Material

Photograph: American Music Club, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Beastie Boys, 1992

Box: 5, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Breeders, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Buffalo Tom, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Goo Goo Dolls, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Mould, Bob, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Pavement, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Smashing Pumpkins, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Sonic Youth, 1992

Box: 5, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Soul Asylum, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Soundgarden, 1992

Box: 5, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Straitjacket Fits, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Sweet, Matthew, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: Urge Overkill, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Photograph: The Verlaines, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Slides (color): Album covers, [n.d.]

Box: 5, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries D: Merchandise

No Alternative, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Format

Audio cassette

No Alternative CD sleeves autographed by Billy Corgan, James Iha and D'arcy of The Smashing Pumpkins, 1993

Box: 5, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

No Alternative sampler, 1993 - 1994

Box: 5, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Format

Audio cassette

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