지직거리는 원판 레코드 음악이 25천곡이나...그것도 공짜로 25,000+ Songs From the Early 20th Century Music Now Streaming Online for Free

25,000+ Songs From the Early 20th Century Music Now Streaming Online for Free

By Sara Barnes on August 21, 2017

Gramophone playing a record. (Photo: R. Halfpaap)

20세기 초 음악 25천곡을 레코드 원판 음으로 들을 수 있는 기회

독일의 그라모폰하면 축음기의 대명사다.

진정한 음악 팬이라면 원판 레코드에 나오는

지직거리는 다소 거친 소리에 향수를 느낄 것이다.

음악이 있는 홈페이지는 맨 아래에 

황기철 콘페이퍼 에디터

Ki Chul Hwang, conpaper editor

As technology continues to advance, there are many forms of music playback that we will never experience. If you’re of a certain age, for instance, you probably haven't touched a CD. Going back even further, there’s one device that even fewer people alive today would’ve listened to—the gramophone. This invention was the preferred way to play tunes in the early 20th century; through 78rpm records, people of this era enjoyed listening to genres like bluegrass, swing, gospel, and ragtime. But just because the technology is obsolete doesn't mean it's gone forever. Through the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, you can now listen to the same music for free.

The Wayback Machine calls their endeavor The Great 78 Project, and it features a staggering collection of more than 25,000 digitized 78rpm recordings. They prove a great way to experience history. With every click, crackle, or hiss—the fragile discs were made of shellac—you can picture yourself listening to it hundreds of years ago on a large gramophone player.

Preserving our analog history in a digital format is of great importance to the Wayback Machine. Though they're known for cataloging websites of yesteryear, the site is also a non profit digital library. “We’re trying to make sure the physical object is saved, as well as the digital, because we don’t know which will last longer,” explained sound collections curator B. George. “When information disappears digitally, it’s gone forever.”

The Great 78 Project makes it easy to peruse their collection. Use filters like style, year of recording, and language to get you started listening to a song you'll love.

The Great 78 Project is making it possible for us to listen to vintage gramophone recordings.

Emile Berliner, inventor of the gramophone machine, with its premiere model (taken between 1910 and 1929). (Photo: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/LC-USZ62-124124)

Many of them first existed in the early 20th century, giving us an ear to history.

Originally issued in 1928, this is a 78 of “In Dreams I Kiss Your Hand, Madame.” (Photo: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)

Now, more than 25,000 tunes have been digitized and are searchable online.

Screenshot of The Great 78 Project.

The Great 78 Project: Website
h/t: [Open Culture]

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