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.

Just Before the Battle Mother


Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number1746
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Columbia Phonograph Co.
Record Format78 RPM - 10" single-sided
Shelf Number16843
Number of Tracks1
Date Recorded1904
Album Artists
Notes On display in room 510. Used to demonstrate 1907 Victrola.

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 - Just Before the Battle Mother
Composer(s) : Root