{"id":3290,"date":"2009-10-21T13:36:20","date_gmt":"2009-10-21T13:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faujsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=267"},"modified":"2026-02-13T19:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T19:54:14","slug":"unique-judaica-recordings-found-among-thousands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/unique-judaica-recordings-found-among-thousands\/","title":{"rendered":"Unique Judaica recordings found among thousands"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/46640\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"542\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Golden-Slumbers.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of record album Golden Slumbers\" class=\"wp-image-300\" style=\"width:321px;height:auto\" title=\"Golden-Slumbers\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Golden-Slumbers.jpg 540w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Golden-Slumbers-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Golden-Slumbers-298x300.jpg 298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo of record album Golden Slumbers <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Have you ever opened a surprise box not knowing what you might find? That is what has been going on at the JSA since the truckload of recordings from Jack Saul\u2019s collection arrived on September 11, 2009. So you might be wondering, \u201cDid you find anything interesting or unusual?\u201d Of course we did!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>JSA volunteers and staff have been busy for the past three weeks unpacking recordings, sorting them, and entering information into the JSA database. After three weeks this is what has been accomplished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1)&nbsp; <strong>Total progress:<\/strong> About 20 % of the Jack Saul donation of recordings to the JSA has been processed so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(2)&nbsp; <strong>Processing of 78rpm recordings: <\/strong>926 recordings were completely processed.&nbsp; This means they have been unpacked and checked against the database. Of these,&nbsp;213 recordings were found to be new to the collection. Information about each of these recordings has been entered into the JSA database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(3)&nbsp; <strong>Processing of albums:<\/strong> 2096 recordings (LPs, CDs, and tapes) were completely processed (unpacked and checked against the database). Of these,&nbsp;366 recordings were found to be new to the collection. Information about each of these recordings has been entered into the JSA database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">(4)&nbsp; <strong>Unusual or interesting items of note:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/46640\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Raisin-Almonds.jpg\" alt=\"Raisin-&amp;-Almonds\" class=\"wp-image-274\" style=\"width:808px;height:auto\" title=\"Raisin-&amp;-Almonds\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/46640\">Click here<\/a><\/strong> to listen to Golden Slumbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/46640\">Golden Slumbers<\/a><\/strong><\/em> is\u00a0a book of lullabies from around the world published in 1956 by Book-Records. This \u201c<strong>Soundbook<\/strong>\u201d contains 16 lullabies, 8 on each side of a 10 inch LP phonograph record\u00a0, including the beautiful Yiddish song <em>Rojinkes mit Mandlen. <\/em>The book describes the history of lullabies and provides sheet music and lyrics as well as a High Fidelity sound recordings of all the songs. The book\u2019s editor, Sidney Reisberg writes, \u201cAlthough \u201cRaisins and Almonds\u201d was originally composed for an opera, it appears to be based on some older folk-tunes.\u00a0 In any event, it has since become absorbed into the folk tradition and idiom.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/artist\/190\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Sophie-Tucker.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie-Tucker\" class=\"wp-image-279\" title=\"Sophie-Tucker\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The JSA has many recordings by the amazing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/artist\/190\">Sophie Tucker<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 But this one is special indeed! This Decca album, recorded in 1945, contains three 78 rpm recordings (six songs) and was personally autographed by Sophie Tucker in November 1948 at the Latin Quarter in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Tucker-autograph.jpg\" alt=\"Tucker-autograph\" class=\"wp-image-282\" style=\"width:834px;height:auto\" title=\"Tucker-autograph\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>PLEASE NOTE:<\/strong> <\/span>In accordance with US Copyright&nbsp;Laws these recordings are&nbsp;<em>NOT <\/em>featured on the JSA website (<a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/judaic\">rsa.fau.edu\/judaic<\/a>). For further information about these or other recordings in the Jack Saul Collection, please contact the Judaica Sound Archives at Florida Atlantic University Libraries (561-297-0080).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever opened a surprise box not knowing what you might find? That is what has been going on at the JSA since the truckload of recordings from Jack Saul\u2019s collection arrived on September 11, 2009. So you might be wondering, \u201cDid you find anything interesting or unusual?\u201d Of course we did! 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