liner notes
plural noun
: comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert
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The box set also comes with an extensive 12-page booklet with rare images and informative liner notes from Travers alongside a detailed and heartfelt remembrance from musician Ruth Komanoff Underwood who performed percussion that evening.
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Zappa’s Mothers at the time of the performance included drummer Chester Thompson, keyboardist George Duke, guitarist Jeff Simmons, saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, bassist Tom Fowler, and percussionist Ruth Underwood, who also contributed her memories of the June 1974 show to the liner notes.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
As with most recent Rundgren reissues, this one has excellent liner notes from Todd expert Paul Myers, who interviewed the man himself as well as players on the album.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
Especially in the liner notes, Los Angeles is almost presented less as a setting and more as a character, a protagonist.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
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Thania Garcia, Variety, 25 Apr. 2025
Zappa’s Mothers at the time of the performance included drummer Chester Thompson, keyboardist George Duke, guitarist Jeff Simmons, saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, bassist Tom Fowler, and percussionist Ruth Underwood, who also contributed her memories of the June 1974 show to the liner notes.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
As with most recent Rundgren reissues, this one has excellent liner notes from Todd expert Paul Myers, who interviewed the man himself as well as players on the album.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025
Especially in the liner notes, Los Angeles is almost presented less as a setting and more as a character, a protagonist.
—Jim Ryan, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for liner notes
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“Liner notes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liner%20notes. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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