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Journal Article
Recovering Sound from Metal Discs: Reconstructing the Production Process of Taiwan Columbia's Popular Songs Using Unreleased Recordings
2026
Overview
Taiwan Columbia Sales Company was founded in 1930, and was upgraded to a stock company in 1933. Its parent company was Nipponophone Co. (Nippon Chikuonki ShĿkai or Nitchiku). Taiwan Columbia was a pioneer in producing Taiwanese popular songs, releasing the highest number of such songs during the Japanese colonial era. Therefore, reconstructing the production process of its popular music is crucial for understanding the history of that period's popular songs in Taiwan. Building upon my previous research on the recording processes of Nichiku's Taiwanese records, this article utilizes Nitchiku's unreleased metal discs that I discovered at the National Museum of Ethnology in Osaka, Japan, to reconstruct the trajectory of Taiwan Columbia's popular songs. The article first clarifies the definition of popular song as a music genre. It then reconstructs the production trajectory of Taiwan Columbia's popular song recordings from their initial stages batch by batch, summarizes the characteristics of each batch, outline
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Shih Ho-cheng Folk Culture Foundation
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