Fans may have difficulty imagining Little Richard, the self-professed “King of Rock and Roll” as a struggling newcomer, but in a recording acquired last year Richard registers his surprise at first hearing his hit “Tutti Frutti” on the radio while lying in bed one night, (at about 8 minutes 50 seconds into the interview). …
Even during the coldest and darkest days of winter, baseball fans look forward to February, when a glimmer of hope appears as pitchers and catchers report to Spring training. Baseball fans throughout the world start dreaming of a World Series championship and everyone knows The Void will soon be over. The Recorded Sound Section’s collection …
This post was co-written with Karen Fishman. Welcome to the Vaults! Welcome to the Recorded Sound Section and our portion of the Now See Hear blog. Each week we will share alternate posts with the Moving Image Section and hightlight the wonderful world of audio-visual collections at the Library. The Recorded Sound Section Posts …
This post was co-written with Bryan Cornell and Karen Fishman. We hope we can be forgiven the stern tone of this blog’s name, but we couldn’t resist the pun. Welcome to the inaugural post of Now See Hear!, a blog devoted to sharing information about and content from the collections of the National Audio-Visual Conservation …