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FAU students Allyson and Alexander browse through vinyl LPs.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Over 300 FAU students and invited guests participated in the Recorded Sound Archives Vinyl Record Give-away<\/strong> event on October 20 and 21, 2014 at the Wimberly Library’s fifth floor on FAU’s Boca Raton campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 1,500 vinyl LP records were distributed as well as cassette tapes, and 45 rpm records (singles).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 2002 to collect, organize and protect vintage audio recordings, the RSA houses more than 250,000 classical, jazz, Judaic and other vintage recordings, making FAU Libraries one of the top academic libraries in the nation for sound recordings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Happy students,Kelly and Sydney, are looking forward to sharing their vinyl finds with their families.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

All the recordings in the archives were donated to the university by collectors and institutions. Recent efforts to organize and inventory the back-log of thousands of donated recordings resulted in the identification of duplicate and excess records that were not needed for the RSA collection. The RSA regularly receives about 10,000 donated recordings each year.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Marianna<\/a>
Marianna never heard of Jack Benny but she was interested to find out.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Some students expressed disappointment when they learned that classic rock icons such as the Grateful Dead, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen and Alice Cooper were not among the recordings being offered. One student commented, \u201cMan, these are really, really old<\/em> records.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet, they were scooping up albums by Frank Sinatra, Petula Clark, Jack Benny and Robert Goulet. \u201cWhy did you choose this record I asked?\u201d Very often the answer was something like, \u201cI\u2019m not sure but I think I remember my grandmother mentioning that she liked this singer.\u201d For many adults of my age these recordings represented a \u201cwalk down memory lane\u201d, but for these students it was a treasure trove of discovery. They asked for historical information about shows like \u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d and \u201cOklahoma.\u201d They showed me recordings of operas and wanted to know if Leontyne Price or Robert Merrill were good singers.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"William<\/a>
William was happy to find this classic Simon and Garfunkle album.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A group of young men scooped up a bunch of 45 rpm records and were surprised when I mentioned to them that they would need a special insert to fit in the large hole in order to play them on a standard phonograph. Many students said they had phonograph players and some said that they would go out and buy one just so they could listen to the music they had collected. A few lucky students were able to find used turntables at the give-away which also included several pieces of used equipment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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