Boston public library 78rpm collection

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#1

Wow!

From: https://blog.archive.org/2019/03/29/boston-public-librarys-78rpm-records-come-to-the-internet-reformatting-the-boston-public-library-sound-archives/

“Following eighteen months of work, more than 50,000 78rpm record “sides” from the Boston Public Library’s sound archives have now been digitized and made freely available online by the Internet Archive.”

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#2

There are real gems in there for sure, loads of Jazz too. There is something totally enriching, humbling, and life affirming hearing the work of people no longer on this earth. What makes it so special is the entire process.

From the musicianship to the recording engineers through to the vinyl process and even the care of some of the people digitising.

Unrestored Crackles in all their glory!

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#3

Those warm lovely crackles and pops sound so dang good…! mmmm

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#4

this is wonderful! thank you for sharing

#5

Wow… four different stylii versions! Not something you see every day…

#6

There are recordings all the way back to 1901 in the index. And you can filter by language, too.

archive.org are amazing…

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#7

I worked at the BPL in college, great institution, I love libraries!!!

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#8

Pural of stylus… Not something you see every day :heart_eyes:

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