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Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The world of the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry--and, indeed, our wide, wide world of recorded sound history is so vast, the even what seems like the most simple about the NRR's 600 titles/works are not easy to answer....
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
In this interview from last year, Linda Ronstadt recounts the making of her album "Canciones de Mi Padre"
Posted in: National Recording Registry
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
We close out our month of biopics with Barbra Steisand’s tour de force and a silent classic starring Norma Talmadge. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 @ 7:30 p.m. Funny Girl (Columbia, 1968) – Fanny Brice Teenager Fanny Brice started in burlesque than graduated to Flo Ziegfeld’s Follies. Soon she was also a recording star and a radio personality. …
Posted in: National Film Registry, National Recording Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
The National Audio-Visual Conservation recently restored and displayed its “Sounds of Earth” disc. This disc, also known as the “Voyager Golden Record,” was presented by NASA to the Library of Congress in 1978.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
More movies telling the stories of magnificent musicians! Come and see–and hear–us! THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 @ 7:30 p.m. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Warner Bros, 1942) – George M. Cohan For the first two decades of the 20th Century, no one was bigger on Broadway than George M. Cohan. Performer, songwriter, producer, and theater owner, Cohan did it …
Posted in: National Film Registry, National Recording Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
This coming Thursday and Friday at the Packard Campus Theater.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
Like the rest of the world, the Library of Congress was very saddened to hear of the passing of Jimmy Buffett this past weekend. His passing was, to us, all the more poignant as Mr. Buffett’s iconic recording, “Margaritaville,” was added the the Library’s National Recording Registry just earlier this year. At the time, Mr. …
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
What's playing this coming Thursday and Friday at the Packard Campus.
Posted in: National Film Registry, National Recording Registry, Packard Campus Theater
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
"Be My Baby" is 60 years old this month and the Library looks back at this timeless recording.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound