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.

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On The Waterfront with Burt Bales


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Jazz
Catalogue NumberR-2008
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Arhoolie
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number001335
Number of Tracks12
Date Recorded1954-1956
Album Artists
Notes N/A

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 - I Cover The Waterfront
Composer(s) : Heyman; Green
2 - Careless Love
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - King Porter Stomp
Composer(s) : F. Morton
4 - Original Rags
Composer(s) : Scott Joplin
5 - Sweet Savanah Sue
Composer(s) : Fats Waller
6 - Birmingham Blues
Composer(s) : Fats Waller
7 - I've Got A Feeling I'm Falling
Composer(s) : Rose; Link; Waller
8 - Darkness On The Delta
Composer(s) : Symes; Neiburg; Livingston
9 - Freckles
Composer(s) : Hess; Johnson; Ager
10 - Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi
Composer(s) : Stokes; Vernor
11 - Mr. Jellylord
Composer(s) : F. Morton
12 - Limousine Blues
Composer(s) : Spinosa; G. Lewis