{"id":169,"date":"2011-11-03T18:07:38","date_gmt":"2011-11-03T18:07:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2026-02-09T16:01:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:01:52","slug":"vinyl-record-give-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/about-the-rsa\/vinyl-record-give-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Vinyl record give-away"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3422\" height=\"2569\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/record-giveaway.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of record albums and record hunters\" class=\"wp-image-170\" title=\"record giveaway\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 FAU students and staff vistied the archives, checked-out the demonstration of obsolete audio equipment and browsed through vinyl LPs as part of the first ever Snap-shot Day at FAU Libraries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Browsing-snap-shot-day.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Students Browsing through Records at record giveaway\" class=\"wp-image-190\" style=\"width:839px;height:auto\" title=\"Browsing snap shot day\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of Students Browsing through Records at record giveaway<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The free record give-away will continue through the month of November on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:30 to 3:30 on Wimberly Library&#8217;s 5th floor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Students also enjoyed demonstrations of the Recorded Sound Archives antique and obsolete equipment. Many had never seen a 78 rpm recording, a Victrola phongraph, an 8-track tape player or a 45 rpm record changer before.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_1748.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"601\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_1748.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-186\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FAU students hear 8-track tapes for the first time and learn about how this technology began and why it died out.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_13333.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_13333.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of RCA Victor 45 rpm record changer circa 1948 - 1955\" class=\"wp-image-187\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of RCA Victor 45 rpm record changer circa 1948 &#8211; 1955<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_1321.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/IMG_1321.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of 1924 RCA Victor Victrola 78 rpm player.\" class=\"wp-image-199\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of 1924 RCA Victor Victrola 78 rpm player.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 FAU students and staff vistied the archives, checked-out the demonstration of obsolete audio equipment and browsed through vinyl LPs as part of the first ever Snap-shot Day at FAU Libraries! 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