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Library of Congress National Jukebox

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Wow. The Library of Congress has released over 10,000 recordings from the 1st half of the 20th century for free streaming.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/...library-of-congress-launches-national-jukebox

From the article:

The National Jukebox is spinning tunes – and you don't have to drop any coin to get it to play. Today the Library of Congress and Sony Music Entertainment announced the launch of what's being billed as "the largest collection of historical recordings ever made publicly available online."

The new website provides access to more than 10-thousand historical recordings for free on a streaming-only basis – no downloads. It covers the first quarter of the twentieth century and includes music, poetry, political speeches and other spoken word recordings. Right now, it only includes recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company, which Sony controls. The project is also a collaboration with the University of California, Santa Barbara – and its Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Records – which is helping to create a searchable database for every recording in the National Jukebox.
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That already makes for an incredible reference - I love the idea of this. And as other labels join, this could make for access to a phenomenal collection of music. :music:
 
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Neat idea. I will have to check it out.

What I'd like to know is how much of this material is still under copyright...something I'm sure that will become evident when I check it out.
 
Too bad I found this during a workday (week) when I'm completely swamped. I'll have to dig around some more when I've got time.
 
I have only spent a few minutes poking around so far but it sure looks like a great resource. I love listening to those old original recordings.

Thanks!
 
Wow! Chock full of goodies :thmbsp:
The record label photos can be enlarged and the recording info is quite detailed.

Replete with warning:
WARNING: These historical recordings may contain offensive or inappropriate language.

Thanks for the link!
Roger
 
Wow, that's great. I'd love to make a trip there and check out their listening rooms someday, I remember Fremer doing a piece in Stereophile about all the old and rare recordings they have that anyone can just go in and listen to.
 
I've been listening to William Jennings Bryan speak!!! And William Howard Taft!!

This is amazing!:jawdrop:
 
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Looks like it is blocked in Canada. None of the files I tried would open.
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You may have to update Adobe Flash - I sat there waiting for awhile when I first went to the site and the player didn't pop up when I was viewing a specific recording - just a black box. Updated Flash and it worked after that.
 
Yeah, I caught the story this afternoon. But in my case, I have about 200-300 pre 1928 records in my collection, just put Adobe Audition 3.0 software in my laptop, bought a mic, can make labels annnndd was just about to start my own "little" project. Ah well, I'll use them for reference, I guess:D
 
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