Over 50,000 digitized 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recording available on the Internet Archive

[Kablooie]

New York’s ARChive of Contemporary Music (ARC) has been preserving audiovisual materials since 1985, and a little over a year ago, it partnered with the Internet Archive to bring its Great 78 Project to the public. Along with audiovisual digitization vendor George Blood L.P. and additional volunteers, the Great 78 Project to date has put over 50,000 digitized 78rpm discs and cylinder recordings on the Internet Archive, which can be listened to in all their crackling glory.

More about the archive:
https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/12/16126346/50000-digitized-vinyl-internet-archive-great-78-project

Link to the recordings:
The Great 78 Project

[PoliticAverse]

1. archive.org - perhaps the most underappreciated major Internet resource. n/t

[Leghorn21]

2. Coolest thing EVER!! Many thanks, Kablooie!!!! nt

[PufPuf23]

3. Cool! Bookmarked. kr

[Kablooie]

4. The recordings go back to 1895. Whew!

[Binkie The Clown]

5. Fabulous. I have personally preserved over 600 78s into MP3 files

for my own personal collection. I didn't realize this project existed.

On edit: Correction: slightly more than 300 records, for 600+ sides. (Some of the records are one-sided)

[Binkie The Clown]

6. Oh WOW! This one's a hoot, and I'm sure you've heard it before.

https://archive.org/details/HarryChampion

[hibbing]

7. Looks incredible, thanks n/t

[LeftInTX]

8. Just listened to the original Rhapsody in Blue from 1924

This piece has changed so much over the years. It was originally jazz-like

https://archive.org/details/rhapblue11924

part 2:

https://archive.org/details/rhapblue21924

[Kablooie]

9. Oh yeah. Paul Whiteman's version.

I've always been impressed with this version.
Haven't heard it for decades.

I think this was Whitman's personal touch.
I've listened to piano rolls of Gershwin playing it himself and it's closer to the way we hear it today.

[yonder]

10. Holy Cow!

What a find, I had no idea. Legendary Irish fiddlers and pipers from the 20's and 30's, a bunch of old swing bands, Bob Wills, Blues, the Great Caruso.....the list goes on. There's nothing like a Saturday morning, second cup of coffee in hand, listening to famous old musicians on scratchy, beat-up recordings while putzing about the house. My band-mates will be a-digging this as well. Many thanks and a tip of the hat, Kablooie!!

[Kablooie]

11. Bumping this for people who missed it last night.