{"id":3288,"date":"2009-10-07T10:27:43","date_gmt":"2009-10-07T10:27:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faujsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=208"},"modified":"2026-02-10T16:42:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T16:42:52","slug":"does-this-man-look-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/does-this-man-look-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Does this man look happy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-209\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Nat-opening-boxes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Nat-opening-boxes.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Nathan Tinanoff with Reel-to-reel tapes from the Jack Saul Collection\" class=\"wp-image-291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Nat-opening-boxes.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Nat-opening-boxes-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of Nathan Tinanoff with Reel-to-reel tapes from the Jack Saul Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like my birthday and Channukah all rolled into one,&#8221;&nbsp; says an excited Nathan Tinanoff as he begins upacking some of the 730 boxes of recordings that arrived at FAU Libraries from Cleveland on Sept. 11, 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After one week, the JSA team had unpacked and fully processed over <strong>eight hundred 78rpm recordings<\/strong>. The information on each record label is carefully checked against the JSA database to ascertain if a copy of the recording is already in the JSA collection. Out of the 800 recordings, <strong>69 are new to the collection <\/strong>and <strong>47 are in better condition<\/strong> that what we previously had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About <strong>815 LPs have been processed<\/strong>. It has been determined that <strong>132 of these are new to the collection<\/strong>. We have also unpacked another <strong>120 LPs which are unopened and sealed in the original plastic wrappers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nat is a happy man. \u201cWhat is really exciting is that this is just the tip of the iceberg!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-237\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/album-of-45-rpms.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/album-of-45-rpms.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of different media from Jack Saul's Collection\" class=\"wp-image-292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/album-of-45-rpms.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/album-of-45-rpms-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of different media from Jack Saul&#8217;s Collection<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-image-239\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Unpacking-LPs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Unpacking-LPs.jpg\" alt=\"Nathan Tinanoff Unpacking LPs\" class=\"wp-image-293\" style=\"width:858px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Unpacking-LPs.jpg 450w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Unpacking-LPs-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nathan Tinanoff Unpacking LPs<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although he admits that it is a little overwhelming Nathan Tinanoff could not hide his amazement when the Saul family found two floors of a warehouse packed with recordings floor to ceiling that they previously knew nothing about. \u201cI think this might mean another tractor-trailer loaded with recordings,\u201d Nat says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Discover more recordings from Jack Saul&#8217;s Collection on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/\">Recorded Sound Archives website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s like my birthday and Channukah all rolled into one,&#8221;&nbsp; says an excited Nathan Tinanoff as he begins upacking some of the 730 boxes of recordings that arrived at FAU Libraries from Cleveland on Sept. 11, 2009. 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