Museum object · Photographs and Still Images
Keith Shocklee on his Magnificent Music Machine, Hofstra U.
1980s
Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, United States, North and Central America
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 metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13
Catalog reference: 2015.132.40
