Vinyl Record Returned To Library 47 Years Late
December 18, 2009
Filed under Weird Stuff
“It’s never too late to return an overdue book, magazine or CD. Just ask any librarian.
Such is the case of the recent homecoming of the Julius La Rosa record ‘Candy,’ which was checked out more than 47 years ago – Feb. 12, 1962 – from the Fondulac District Library.
‘A person came into the library, put the record on the desk and said, ‘We don’t know what to do with it. A family member passed away, and we found it in their stuff,’ said Amy Falasz-Peterson, the library’s director, on Wednesday. ‘Before we could get their name, the person left.’”
In 47 years we’ve gone from vinyl records to CDs to digital downloads. If the librarian was in her twenties, that may have been the first vinyl record she’s ever laid eyes on.
Pop culture is my forte, and there’s very few recording artists of the past few decades that I haven’t hear of, but Julius LaRosa was a complete unknown to me. It’s turn out that LaRosa was a major recording star in the 50′s, and a few of his TV appearances can be seen on YouTube.
With the advent of YouTube and similar video sharing sites, nobody completely disappears from the national consciousness anymore. Even minor celebrities and one-hit wonders of past decades still can be seen and enjoyed on YouTube.
The library is displaying the record album as a curiosity, and as a reminder to return your books on time.
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