RIP Harry Belafonte
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
An interview with the late Harry Belafonte.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound, Uncategorized
Category: Recorded Sound
Happy 50th: “Dark Side of the Moon”
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
As Pink Floyd's great album celebrates a golden anniversary, professor Daniel J. Levitin looks back at this landmark recording.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
Announcing the Library of Congress Festival of Film & Sound
Posted by: Stacie Seifrit-Griffin
Details and schedule for the Library of Congress' first ever Festival of Film and Sound!
Posted in: Film Festival, Film/Video, Motion Pictures, National Audio-Visual Conservation Center, National Film Registry, Recorded Sound
The Bootleg Ball: A Rare Glimpse of the Black Variety Stage of the 1920s
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The Library's own David Sager takes a look back at two vintage comedy recordings made by African-American entertains FOR African-American listeners.
Posted in: Recorded Sound, Recorded Sound Research Center
Remembering Marianne Mantell and the Birth of the Spoken Word Recording Industry
Posted by: Bryan Cornell
The revolutionary spoken-word record label, Cademon, co-founded by the late Marianne Mantell, is recalled by the Library's own Bryan Cornell.
Posted in: Recorded Sound
Pelé: Athlete and Ambassador, 1940 – 2022
Posted by: Matthew Barton
Matt Barton, via the rich audio history of the radio show "Sports Byline U.S.A.," looks back and the remarkable career of the immortal Pele.
Posted in: Radio, Recorded Sound, Sports
Happy Anniversary “Schoolhouse Rock!”
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
As the beloved ABC interstitials turn 50, in an essay exclusive to the Library of Congress, TV historian Billy Ingram, looks back at the very entertaining and very educational series.
Posted in: National Recording Registry, Recorded Sound
The White House Record Library–in the Library of Congress?
Posted by: Laura Jenemann
In 1969, the Recording Industry Association of America offered to donate a collection of recordings to the White House “reflecting the wide range of American interest in recorded music, as well as drama, prose and poetry” (White House Historical Association, 1973). This donation resulted in the White House Record Library, a collection of approximately 2,000 …
Posted in: Recorded Sound, Recorded Sound Research Center
Exploring African Music Through the Collections of the Library of Congress
Posted by: Cary O’Dell
The following is a guest post by Harrison Behl, Reference Librarian at the Library of Congress’ Recorded Sound Research Room. One of the consistent joys of reference work is fielding a question that opens a new avenue into a subject and then tracing a lead through our collections. The scale of our holdings in the …
Posted in: Recorded Sound, Recorded Sound Research Center