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.

Black, Brown and Beige - A Duke Ellington Tone Parallel to the American Negro


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue NumberSP-9
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label RCA Victor
Record Format78 RPM - 12" Album
Shelf Number1942
Number of Tracks4
Date Recorded1946
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 - Work Song
Composer(s) : N/A
2 - Come Sunday
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - The Blues
Composer(s) : N/A
4 - Three Dances: West Indian Dance; Emancipation Celebration; Sugar Hill Penthouse
Composer(s) : N/A