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Inside the Vault

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Seeing Knoxville History Through VHS

In Inside the Vault, Movies & TV by Eric DawsonAugust 4, 2016leave a COMMENT

You may have read recently that Funai Electric, the only company still manufacturing VCRs, will soon stop production of the machines. The fact that they were still being made might …

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Sing Out! Some Surprising Performances From UT’s Mid-’60s Choral Contest

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonJuly 21, 2016leave a COMMENT

I am often amazed at the coincidences, synchronicities, and plain luck that happen around here at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. This is a minor instance, maybe, but …

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A Pair of Rare Vinyl Discoveries Reveals Treasures of Old-Time East Tennessee Music

In Inside the Vault, Music Stories by Eric DawsonJuly 7, 2016leave a COMMENT

Jim Cooley of Rockwood called up and said he had a record I might find interesting. It was a 1960s recording of a 90-year-old Rockwood woman playing banjo and telling …

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Rhythm & Blues Revue: Rick Lomax and TAMIS Preserve a Night With Knoxville’s ’80s R&B Stars

In Inside the Vault, Music, Music Stories by Eric DawsonJune 23, 2016leave a COMMENT

The veteran Knoxville R&B musician Rick Lomax visited the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound recently. He brought with him a few records, a video, and a lot of …

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Single Minded: Digging Through the TAMIS Crates for Rare 45s

In Inside the Vault by Eric DawsonJune 2, 2016leave a COMMENT

There are thousands of records at the Tennessee Archive of Moving Image and Sound. We acquire them in a variety of ways: Many are donated in bulk as collections; some …

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