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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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 - Thieving Blues
Composer(s) : Jack Ranger
2 - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus ((Mama Ain't No Christmas Tree)
Composer(s) : Edwards
3 - Denomination Blues (Part One)
Composer(s) : W. Phillips
4 - Denomination Blues (Part Two)
Composer(s) : W. Phillips
5 - Nobody Knows (What The Good Deacon Does)
Composer(s) : H. Newburn
6 - Roll And Tumble Blues
Composer(s) : H. Newburn
7 - Policy Dream Blues
Composer(s) : Amos Easton
8 - He's In The Ring (Doing That Same Old Thing)
Composer(s) : M. McCoy
9 - Joe Louis Strut
Composer(s) : R. Brown
10 - Sissy Man Blues
Composer(s) : Arnold
11 - Phonograph Blues
Composer(s) : R. Johnson
12 - It's Tight Like That
Composer(s) : C. Smith
13 - Down On Pennsylvania Avenue
Composer(s) : Delaney
14 - Sweet Petunia
Composer(s) : C. Weaver
15 - Shave 'Em Dry
Composer(s) : L. Bogan
16 - Shave 'Em Dry
Composer(s) : L. Bogan