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Straight Lines (EP)

extended play by Junip

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 20, 2024
Entity authorityQ16951469 ↗
Source-derived summary

Straight Lines is an EP by the Swedish band Junip. It was originally released on 7" vinyl in 2000 in a limited edition of 500 copies. The sleeve includes the message: "This is kakafoni 1, the beginning of a musical chaos with no end in sight. Please write to us". The album was recorded and mixed by Don Alsterberg and mastered by Don Alsterberg and Andreas Stridh.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Straight Lines (EP)” is extended play by Junip. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Straight, Lines and extended, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2000. For this dossier, Straight, Lines and extended is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “extended play by Junip” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 20, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q16951469. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000.

Critical limits

Rights, attribution and provenance may remain disputed even when a general reference summary presents a stable account. 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

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Straight Lines (EP)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Straight Lines (EP) primary sources, Straight Lines (EP) archive and Straight 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 “Straight Lines (EP)”?
  2. How did later circulation or interpretation alter the work’s reception?
  3. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Straight Lines (EP)” 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.