Who We Are: Rob Cristarella, Audio Preservation Specialist
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Meet Rob Cristarella, Audio Preservation Specialist at the Library of Congress
Posted in: American Folklife Center, Recorded Sound, Staff Profile
Category: Recorded Sound
The Library Announces the Newest Titles to its National Recording Registry!
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library announces its newest inductees to the National Recording Registry! It will be music to your ears!
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
Sound Effects on Record
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
A collection of sounds effects from the California Radio Historical Society provides a glimpse into the the “golden age of radio” in the 1930’s and 1940’s.
Posted in: Radio, Recorded Sound
Chick and Satchmo on the Air
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Learn about Chick Webb's appearances on NBC Radio, with notes of Ella Fitzgerald and Rudy Vallée.
Posted in: Jazz, NBC Radio Collection, Radio, Recorded Sound
Wyllis Cooper and His Three Men
Posted by: Matthew Barton
A chance meeting of three World War I veterans on Christmas Eve, 1918 leads them to a shared dream and an ancient quest.
Posted in: NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound
New Year’s Eve with NBC (repost)
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
Revisit New Year's Eve celebrations of the past through the Library's NBC Radio Index Cards.
Posted in: NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound
NBC’s “Ubiquitous” Max Jordan – Reporter and Priest
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Max Jordan was an NBC reporter who left the microphone for priesthood.
Posted in: NBC Radio Collection, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
The Many Lives (and After Lives) of Suzanne Vega’s “Tom’s Diner”
Posted by: Library of Congress
On Nov. 22, 2023, the Now See Hear! blog published a post on Suzanne Vega’s song “Tom’s Diner” and its use as in the development of the MP3 standard for digitized audio. This post was published prematurely and has been removed.
Posted in: Recorded Sound
Hard to Answer: Tallying up the Talent Totals on the National Recording Registry….
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