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In the Land of Hi-Fi (Patti Page album)

album by Patti Page

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ2541900 ↗
Source-derived summary

In the Land of Hi-Fi was a Patti Page album issued by Mercury Records on its EmArcy label. Musical accompaniment was by Pete Rugolo and his Orchestra.

The album was originally issued in November 1956 as a vinyl LP.

The album was Page's first release on the EmArcy label, generally used by Mercury as a label for jazz albums.

There are time differences between the mono and stereo editions of the album, with several of the tracks edited for space in the stereo version.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “In the Land of Hi-Fi (Patti Page album)” as album by Patti Page. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewBest approached as a cultural-object dossier: authorship and date matter, but circulation and reception often explain the wider significance. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1956—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1956. The account is most persuasive where Land, Hi-Fi and Patti can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as album by Patti Page. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q2541900. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1956.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. 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

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  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “In the Land of Hi-Fi (Patti Page album)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. 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.