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Shout! Black Gospel Music Moments: Vinyl

KWBU | By Robert Darden

Published November 21, 2016 at 2:51 PM CST

On this episode of Shout! host Robert Darden talks about vinyl. Most every audiophile knows the two most common sizes were the seven-inch 35 rpm and the 12-inch 45 rpm. But there's another, lesser-know size: the 16 inch.

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Robert Darden

Robert F. Darden is the author of two dozen books, most recently: Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volume II: Black Sacred Music from Sit-In to Resurrection City (Penn State University Press, 2016); Nothing But Love in God’s Water, Volume I: Black Sacred Music from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement(Penn State University Press, 2014); Jesus Laughed: The Redemptive Power of Humor(Abingdon Press, 2008), Reluctant Prophets and Clueless Disciples: Understanding the Bible by Telling Its Stories(Abingdon Press, 2006); and People Get Ready! A New History of Black Gospel Music(Continuum/Bloomsbury, 2004).

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