Linda Z Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 (edited) I know there are several musicians and lots of music lovers hanging out here. I've stumbled across a Web site that some of you might enjoy, if you're into old recordings. The University of California at Santa Barbara has a collection of early 20th-century cylinder recordings that it has put on the Web to download for free or listen to online. You can seaarch the collection or browse the entire list, which is broken down in several different ways (instrument, topic, type of music, etc.) DMiller, there's a section with 18 fiddle tunes from 1908-13. There are also sermons and other nonmusic recordings. From the site: Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for playback and preservation by archives and collectors alike.With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the UCSB Libraries have created a digital collection of over 6,000 cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. In an effort to bring these recordings to a wider audience, they can be freely downloaded or streamed online. Check it out HERE I can't get the link to work, so in case no one else can either, I'll do it the old-fashioned way: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/index.php Edited February 24, 2007 by Linda Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstar1 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Wow! I dont know whether to say thanks or to complain I am gonna be stuck in front of my computer for another eon now.... This is an amazing treasure trove, I am listening to Stephen Foster songs recorded on banjo in 1906 right now dang...and I though I was going to have a productive day ....well so much for that idea! This is great--Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polar bear Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Linda-thanks I'll have fun here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Z Posted February 24, 2007 Author Share Posted February 24, 2007 You're welcome. I think it's fascinating stuff. MStar, I hear ya. I was innocently cleaning out my e-mail box, which led to an e-genealogy newsletter I get, which led to a blog, which led to that site. No wonder I never finish half of what I want to get done on weekends! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstar1 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 just weekends? I never get half of anything done -- ever Thanks again I have some great old gospel songs going now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Sober Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Linda, Nice. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 OMG!! Linda, I'm in totally unproductive Heaven!! THANK YOU!! :love3: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linda Z Posted February 25, 2007 Author Share Posted February 25, 2007 I'm so glad I could help eveyrone else have an unproductive Saturday. I'm shocked DMiller hasn't commented on this thread, especially with all the fiddlin' going on at that site! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 (edited) I'm so glad I could help eveyrone else have an unproductive Saturday. I'm shocked DMiller hasn't commented on this thread, especially with all the fiddlin' going on at that site! Hi Linda. Great site! Thankee kindly! Edited February 25, 2007 by dmiller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller Posted February 25, 2007 Share Posted February 25, 2007 J. Scott Skinner (some fine fiddling). :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle Posted June 13, 2007 Share Posted June 13, 2007 FYI - They've added more to the collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mstar1
Wow! I dont know whether to say thanks or to complain
I am gonna be stuck in front of my computer for another eon now....
This is an amazing treasure trove, I am listening to Stephen Foster songs recorded on banjo in 1906 right now
dang...and I though I was going to have a productive day ....well so much for that idea!
This is great--Thanks!!
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polar bear
Linda-thanks I'll have fun here too.
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Linda Z
You're welcome. I think it's fascinating stuff.
MStar, I hear ya. I was innocently cleaning out my e-mail box, which led to an e-genealogy newsletter I get, which led to a blog, which led to that site. No wonder I never finish half of what I want to get done on weekends!
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just weekends?
I never get half of anything done -- ever
Thanks again I have some great old gospel songs going now
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Kit Sober
Linda,
Nice. Thank you very much.
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Belle
OMG!! Linda, I'm in totally unproductive Heaven!!
THANK YOU!!
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Linda Z
I'm so glad I could help eveyrone else have an unproductive Saturday.
I'm shocked DMiller hasn't commented on this thread, especially with all the fiddlin' going on at that site!
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Hi Linda.
Great site! Thankee kindly!
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FYI - They've added more to the collection.
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