The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Take the


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number27380-A / 27380-B
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Victor - His Master's Voice
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number4207
Number of Tracks2
Date Recorded1940-12-28; 1941-02-15
Album Artists
Notes Fox Trot

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Take the A Train
Composer(s) : Billy Strayhorn
2 - The Sidewalks of New York (East Side, West Side)
Composer(s) : Charles B. Lawlor ; James W. Blake