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Naxos Music Library This link opens in a new windowStreaming audio recordings of mostly classical music from Naxos, Marco Polo, Da Capo, and several other major labels.
CDs @ the Music Library
Use the UCLA Library Catalog to find CDs of Motown, R&B (Soul), Funk, Rap, and Hip-Hop.
To find CDs (or LPs) limit your keyword, author or title search to "sound recordings."
Films
These are examples of films (e.g., documentaries, performances, dramas) about Motown, R&B (Soul), Funk, Rap, and Hip-Hop owned by the UCLA Library.
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Motown: The Early Years
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Location: Music Library
Originally broadcast on PBS as a segment of the television program My music in 2005.
Features live performances of the current Motown touring groups, including Martha Reeves, the Velvelettes, Joe Billingslea's Contours, the Temptations Review featuring Dennis Edwards and the Four Tops.
Call Number: DVD 1351ISBN: 0738936839Date: 2007 -
Motown, the DVD
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Location: Music Library
Special features include: Berry Gordy Teen town interview; Motown picnic special; review of the year 1959; liner notes by Stu Hackel.
DVD; soundtracks in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, remastered stereo., mono.; all regions; NTSC.
Soundtrack in English, with English, French, German, Portuguese, or Spanish subtitles.
Call Number: DVD 1346Date: 2009 -
Lyricist Lounge. Hip Hop Video Classics
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Location: Music Library
A continous mix of classic rap vidoes. Includes: Run DMC's Walk This Way, Roxanne, Roxanne by UTFO, Shook Ones Pt. 2 by Mobb Deep, Just A Friend by Biz Markie and many more.
Call Number: DVD 231Date: 2003 -
Cuban hiphop [videorecording] : desde el principio = from the beginning
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Location: Instructional Media Library (Powell)
This documentary is a visual adaptation of the senior honors thesis by Vanessa Díaz entitled, 'Cuban hiphop : by any means necessary' (NYU, 2005). It is intended for educational purposes only and has not been authorized for any commercial use
Call Number: ID 7372Date: 2005
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Standing in the shadows of Motown
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Call Number: DVD 1375Date: 2002Location: Music Library
(Also available in Instructional Media Library [Powell] and Center for African American Studies Library under different call numbers; see linked description).
The story of the Funk Brothers, the group of musicians that played on every single hit Motown record from the label's beginnings to 1972. Inspired by the book "Standing in the shadows of Motown" by Allan "Dr. Licks" Slutsky.
