ENTITY · CONCEPT
Event flyer as evidence
Probable
An event flyer can function as evidence when it verifies a date, venue, lineup, selector, sound system or sponsor. The atlas treats flyers as leads to cross-check, not as final proof when a newspaper listing, official page or recording can corroborate them.
At a glance
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- Probable
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Connections
Debate & reception
How people argued about the music — praise, criticism and public debate. See all debate & reception →
commentary
A flyer is not the whole dance
Flyers and listings can verify dates and lineups, but they may omit late substitutions, informal performances and crowd memory.
Stance: documentary proof vs lived event complexity
debate
Shop ephemera as archive: bags and handwritten 'pres' vs the formal record
A documented archival debate framed both ways: some argue shop bags, handwritten pre-release labels, counter flyers and receipts are legitimate primary evidence of how the music actually moved; others hold that only formally catalogued, provenanced material meets archival standards. Neutral framing; both are used in practice. Sources: British Record Shop Archive; Beth Lesser; UWI Reggae Studies Unit.
Stance: shop-counter ephemera as legitimate primary history vs formal archival standards