Music Classification: Jazz and Popular

First element: format

Phon	= phonorecord (LP)
PhonCD	= compact disc
Vcas	= videocassette
Vdis	= videodisc

Second element: the letter J or P

Third and fourth elements: main entry and title

1. Main entry is principal performer.
Third element is Cutter-Sanborn cutter to principal performer; fourth element is first three or more letters of title, or any other abbreviation of significant words in the title.

EXAMPLES:

PhonCD J H717 leg	The legacy (1933-1958)
PhonCD J H717 sgbk	The Billie Holiday songbook

2. Title main entry.
Third element is Cutter-Sanborn cutter to first word of title; fourth element is first three or more letters of second word of title.

EXAMPLES:

PhonCD J Sw64 tim	Swing time
PhonCD J V619 sto	The Verve story 1944-1994

As in classical videorecordings, jazz and popular videos would generally be cataloged as title main entry, but call numbers would be according to whatever the main entry would be for an analogous sound recording.

EXAMPLE:

Main entry: Berry, Chuck
Title: The Great twenty-eight [sound recording]
Call number: Phon P B459 grea

Title: Hail! hail! rock 'n' roll [videorecording]
Added entry:Berry, Chuck.
Call number: Vcas P B459 hai