liner notes

plural noun

: comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert

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The accompanying booklet includes the original liner notes by jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern and an insightful new essay by the award-winning Davis author Ashley Kahn. George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024 Any director would have fun making sense of Dylan’s attempt at a druggy non-musical narrative, where the hero turns into a literal tarantula attempting to write the liner notes to Highway 61 Revisited. Brady Gerber, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024 However, the only real omission here is the old school liner notes from the DVD and previous Blu-ray releases. Ollie Barder, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024 The collection also comes with a coffee-table sized book of liner notes by Vivien Goldman, a foreword by Elton John and remembrances from Calello, Jackson Browne, Clive Davis, Lou Adler, John Sebastian and others. Gary Graff, Billboard, 9 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for liner notes 

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of liner notes was in 1955

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“Liner notes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liner%20notes. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

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