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Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992

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Catalogue notice

“Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992” is catalogued in Crown Archives’ open-reference index. The complete reference text is available from the original source linked below.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992” as open encyclopedia entry. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hitsville, Motown and Singles.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1972, 1992—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hitsville, Motown and Singles providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992”, the useful work is to connect “open encyclopedia entry” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The first chronological checks are 1972 and 1992.

Critical limits

The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  • Subject orientation
  • Search vocabulary
  • Locating named sources
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The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992 primary sources, Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992 archive and Hitsville research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992”?
  2. Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
  3. Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
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Source & attribution

This catalogue route points to “Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection Volume 2 1972–1992” on English Wikipedia. The source page should be consulted before relying on this record. When present, Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.