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.

The Southernaires In a Recital of Spirituals


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Vintage
Catalogue Number2855 A / 2855 B / 2856 A / 2856 B / 2857 A / 2857 B / 2858 A / 2858 B / 2859 A / 2859 B
Matrix Number 65785
Record Label Decca
Record Format78 RPM - 10"
Shelf Number198
Number of Tracks10
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Negro Spiritual

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 - Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Composer(s) : N/A
2 - Go Down Moses
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray
Composer(s) : N/A
4 - Steal Away to Jesus
Composer(s) : N/A
5 - Little David Play on Your Harp
Composer(s) : N/A
6 - Roll Jordan Roll
Composer(s) : N/A
7 - Ezekiel Saw de Wheel
Composer(s) : N/A
8 - Joshua Fit de Battle of Jericho
Composer(s) : N/A
9 - Gonna Shout All Over God's Heaven
Composer(s) : N/A
10 - Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Seen
Composer(s) : N/A