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.

Lonnie Johnson, The Originator of Modern Guitar Blues


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station

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 - In Love Again
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
2 - Rambler's Blues
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
3 - When You Feel Low Down
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
4 - Watch Shorty
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
5 - My Last Love
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
6 - Keep What you Got
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
7 - Love Is The Answer
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
8 - I Know It's Love
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
9 - She's So Sweet
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
10 - You Take Romance
Composer(s) : L. Lohnson
11 - Happy New Year, Darling
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
12 - Little Rocking Chair
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
13 - Nothin' Clicken' Chicken
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
14 - Nothing But Trouble
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
15 - My Mother's Eyes
Composer(s) : L. Johnson
16 - I Can't Sleep Anymore
Composer(s) : L. Johnson