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We have over 5,300 LP records at the Lilly Music Library. The records are located in the Music Stacks and can be used in the library or borrowed for use at home. This collection spans approximately 80 years of recorded music from the 1940s to the present and includes recordings from a variety of record labels, including: RCA Victor, Decca, Vanguard, Columbia, Folkway Records, Vox, Nonesuch Records, the University of California Institute of Ethnomusicology, Bärenreiter Musicaphon, the Smithsonian Collection, and many more.
How to find LP records
- You can use JumboSearch to search for records by title, artist, or keyword
- For better results use the Advanced Search and limit the "material type" to "audio"
- You can browse through a generated list of the entire LP record collection in this sheet
Below is only a very small sample of what we have available in the LP record collection.
Songs of earth, water, fire, and sky: [music of the American Indian]Call Number: MLP1923Publication Date: 1976
Root hog or die: 100 songs, 100 years: an Alan Lomax centennial tributeCall Number: MLP5011Publication Date: 2016
The polyphony of South-East Asia; Bali: court music and banjar musicCall Number: MLP2229Publication Date: 1971
Musique mnong gar du Vietnam: Anthologie de musique Proto-Indochinoise, Vol. 1Call Number: MLP2656Publication Date: 1970
Iranian Dastgah
Also available on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/lp_iranian-dastgah_various
Call Number: MLP2288Publication Date: 1971
Sissle & Blake's Shuffle along: [an archival re-creation of the 1921 production, featuring members of the original cast] by Call Number: MLP2001Publication Date: 1976
King Kong: all African jazz opera: original African cast by Call Number: MLP5620Publication Date: 1961
The in sound from way out: electronic pop music of the future by Call Number: MLP5207Publication Date: 1966
Akwan: for piano, electronic piano, amplified strings and orchestra by Call Number: MLP1294Publication Date: 1975
Music of the Maya-Quiches of Guatamala: the Rabinal achi and Baile de la canastas by Call Number: MLP3295Publication Date: 1978
