by ericdano
January 23, 2012 in Videos
*sigh* I feel old. I still think that going to old record stores is a great thing. You can still walk out with hours of music for $10 or less. And perhaps find an artist who’s works never made it to the digital era. Plus, I refuse to buy new or used CDs. They are STILL the same price they were in the 80s if not more. Pure greed on the RIAA’s part.
by ericdano
by ericdano
June 26, 2010 in Articles
I’m not exactly sure what this site is, but they have up some interesting photos of old saxes and stuff. http://www.aerophone.de/
by ericdano
July 5, 2008 in Articles, News
CNN has an interesting article:
“The more than 200,000 records represented the entire inventory of “Records Revisited,” a landmark Manhattan store owned by Morton Savada, who died in February of lung cancer at age 85.
The collection, valued at $1 million, weighs 50 tons and represents more than a half-century of American music history.”
Wonder what gems one would find in there. Albums that aren’t produced anymore. That is one of the great things about going to an old used record store, finding that album that was only done on LP…….
by ericdano
August 11, 2005 in Articles
The Department of Special Collections at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Davidson Library recently placed online, with free access, over 5000 sound recordings as part of its Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project. These recordings date from the 1890′s to the 1920′s, all transfered from Edison cylinders using state-of-the-art equipment. The restorations are first-class, using CEDAR tools. Besides MP3 and streaming audio, the raw transfers are also available for diy’ers to try their own hand at audio restoration. For those who like their music ‘hot’, there’s not much there since most of the cylinders predate the start of the Jazz Era (ca. 1917), but there is some early ‘mouldy fygge’ dance-type jazz, like 1920′s ‘Peggy’ by Lopez and Hamilton’s Kings of Harmony Orchestra. Plus a whole lot more. Great stuff, and free!
by ericdano
March 7, 2001 in Articles
Sandy Stoddard writes “Anyone know what mouthpieces were stock with King Super 20 Alto or King Marigaux soprano?”
by ericdano
February 8, 2001 in Articles
Tinfoil.com, run by Glenn Sage of Portland, Oregon, takes old wax cylinders from collectors, records them digitally, then sends them out into the modern world as CDs and MP3s. We’re talking music from 1890-1915 or so — everything from great marches to embarrassing minstrel acts.
Sound interesting, I wonder why Ken Burns didn’t look to see if he could have included some of the recordings in his Jazz series. No no, I know why, Wynton wouldn’t have liked it……..
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