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Keith Shocklee on his Magnificent Music Machine, Hofstra U.

1980s

Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A black and white photograph of Keith Shocklee at Hofstra University. Shocklee is pictured in the center of the image, leaning over a record on a turntable. He is wearing headphones and a dark t-shirt with a necklace and has a mustache. To his proper right is a mixer. Crates of record are visible behind him, with one record sleeve pulled up and out an angle. A handwritten label on the record reads [DAVY X (FRESH)]. Several pieces of equipment are stacked behind him to the other side. Next to the turntable is a sign with the [SHURE] logo and the text [World's best pickup].

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Catalog reference: 2015.132.40

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