false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255570245m/3095399.jpg 3095399 1 What started out as a mutual affinity for kitschy Jewish album covers–think Neil Diamond baring his chest hair on the cover of <i>Hot August Night </i>or Barbra Streisand in hot pants on the cover of <i>Streisand Superman</i>–soon became a quest for identity, history, and culture between the grooves of LPs.<br><br>Together, Roger Bennett and Josh Kun embarked on a thrilling journey, scouring the world to collect thousands of vinyl LPs from attics, garage sales, and dusty archives. Pieced together, these scratched, once-loved and now-forgotten audio gems tell a vibrant tale: the story of Jews in America. <i>And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl</i> spans the history of Jewish recorded music from the 1940s to the 1980s, weaving an account that begins with sacred songs and ends with the holy trinity of Neil, Barbra, and Barry. The LPs found here are also a love letter to forgotten moments in Jewish American pop history, celebrating well-dressed cantors singing Christmas tunes, Long Island suburbanites dancing the mambo, and Chassidic prog-rockers. <br><br>The music, much of which is no longer available in any format, is brought to life through commentary from writers Aimee Bender, Etgar Keret, Michael Wex, and Shalom Auslander; performers Sandra Bernhard and Motown legend Lamont Dozier; music critics Oliver Wang and Anne Powers; and TV pioneer Norman Lear. A gateway to a forgotten kingdom of sound, the good, the bad, and the ugly of Jewish vinyl gives this aspect of Jewish culture the attention it so richly deserves. 3126543 18 11 2008 And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl: Jewish History as Told by the Records We Have Loved and Lost total:10|5:5|4:2|3:3| 10 42 28 3 3 0 false false Sun Apr 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 07:07:49 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 15:16:51 -0700 2009 I do indeed remember many of the records talked ab...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:22:27 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 17:23:33 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Nov 18 14:29:02 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 14:30:14 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Oct 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:31:16 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 14:31:22 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 15 05:11:25 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 05:11:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Aug 05 12:53:07 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 12:53:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jul 26 18:53:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 18:56:09 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Jun 18 19:25:32 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 19:25:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jun 14 19:42:01 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 19:42:01 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 25 15:18:41 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 25 15:18:41 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 17 16:53:41 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 16:53:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 28 20:04:07 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:04:07 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 26 15:03:10 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 19:29:12 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 26 15:03:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 08 08:24:08 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 08:24:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Feb 07 09:55:15 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 09:55:15 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jan 15 12:02:28 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 12:02:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Jan 03 16:27:35 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 16:27:35 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 29 08:34:13 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 08:34:13 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Dec 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 12:00:20 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 12:17:07 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Dec 24 20:42:12 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 05 13:00:59 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3095399