August 17, 2016

Drexel acquires over 6,000 unclaimed tapes from the iconic Sigma Sound Studios, known for producing “The Sound of Philadelphia,” when it is sold in 2003. Drexel then created the Drexel University Audio Archives to store, manage and digitize the reels of artists including Teddy Pendergrass, Patti Labelle, Gladys Knight and even David Bowie, who recorded most of his 1974 album “Young Americans” there.