Linking pages
towards 78 RPM on mp3
at
Home2b.nl
One of my
favorites!
Link page to early recorded music on MP3
78 rpm 1896-1957
wax cylinders 1890-1928
This link page is just for the
fun of old recordings.
We like to link to free MP3
downloads
of these ancient recordings.
Be aware that MP3 downloads
many times
are coded with a security
against burning on an audio CD.
With the free Winamp player
it is always possible to play
these MP3 versions. Also protected
MP3's do fine with Winamp.
The Winamp Player also plays
many other formats!
The main
copyright rules for free use:
Rule of thumb,
check always your own situation!
performers and
composers dead for 70 years
the record more
then 50 years old.
External links checked July
19, 2011
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Robert and Susan like to share
some links
to webpages and ideas of
special interest.
The music of a 100 years ago
gives an insight in a vanished
world.
We are listening to another
parallel universe.
We wish you a lot of fun with
listening
to this ancient music.
The list of links will grow
regularly.
Remember: only
private use.
Most Recommended!!
The very best of all 78 RPM
websites:
http://www.jazz-on-line.com/lastacquired.htm
33759 titles in MP3
Jazz old time on
line
This website has aWonderful
collection of 78rpm on MP3
There is a small
subscription fee of a few dollars/euro,
but also many free downloads
are possible.
We are
enthousiastic about this collection!!
This is
the best 78rpm website we know!
Every
day new records are added, all of high quality.
Absolutely
recommended!!
A donation is
asked of e few dollars for three months
to have the
right for unlimited downloading.
Absolutely worth
the few euros/dollars!!!
A lovely collection
of 78 rpm records.
http://www.archive.org/details/78rpm
The Internet Archive
has many more interesting items,
but this is a
wonderful collection of 78rpm records in MP3.
Many of them of
surprisingly high quality!
Thank
you Internet Archive.
For example: Old Dam
Tucker on the banjo from 1925
or: the Hawaiian
Quintet with Aiaihea from 1913
The Cylinder
Preservation and Digitization Project
has over 6000 of MP3 wax
cylinders for download available.
This is a
remarkable and exciting project!
These old wax recordings are
so rich of musical experiences.
http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php
The quality is very
acceptable.
For the real freaks the
unedited wav files are online!
University of California,
Santa Barbara
Great project!
It is also possible to
download the raw data.
So you can make your own reconstructions
of the cylinders.
A private collection of 78's:
http://groups.csail.mit.edu/mac/users/hal/misc/78s/
High and low quality, but nice
to look into.
The web resources for the
Comedian Harmonists in midi.
http://www.comedian-harmonists.com/?lang=en&open=midis
This is a
wonderful collection of Comedian Harmonists!
We loved very much the MP3
download possibility, which has been taken off.
Absolutely top.
On the website Theatre Organ
Replay are
four beautiful tracks of high quality of
theatre organs!
Dated 1938, 1941 and 1947
The website promises to bring more downloadable
MP3
of the theatre organ.
http://theatreorgans.com/theatreorganreplay/78.htm
These records are beautifully reconstructed.
http://www.meloware.com/records.html
As a special gift from
Meloware:
A small collection of free MP'3 of 78rpm
records.
These records are from 1900-1910
They also have a download subscription at a
reasonable price.
These are really four nice rare records
from the 1890's in MP3
http://home.clara.net/rfwilmut/19thcent/19th.html
Archive of all
78 rpm records of Canadian artists
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/m2-9000-e.html
Excellent reconstructions.
The webaddress has changed
recently,
but the link still works.
Also much religious music.
A great archive!
Bryan Wright has a few nice
jazzy MP3's on his website
taken from 78 RPM.
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/otr-wright/nostalgia/shellaclisten.html
Thank you Bryan
On the website Theatre Organ
Replay are
four beautifull tracks of high quality of
theatre organs!
Dated 1938, 1941 and 1947
They promise to bring more downloadable MP3
of the theatre organ.
http://theatreorgans.com/theatreorganreplay/78.htm
These records are beautifully reconstructed,
unbelievable.
78musik.de
From Germany comes a nice little collection of
78 rpm music.
I liked the Tango Orchester Berlin with
Annabella
and Dajos Bela Orchestra with Aint she sweet.
http://78musik.de/78musik/Mp3.pl
Die
Schellack-Seite
A very nice little collection of 78rpm from
Germany
http://musik.freepage.de/schellack/
Next to every mp3 also a picture of the label.
Lovely records.
I liked "In Honolulu" by an unknown
orchestra on WUBA label
Every six months a new choice of
MP3
Very thoughtful design, great!
The Alabama 78rpm website of
A. Johns
gives one nice old record:
Weeping Willow Lane and a picture of the label.
http://home.hiwaay.net/~ajohns/retro/78rpm.htm
Nice. Also an interesting free MP3 player.
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