Early Recording Collections

Here are some collections of early recordings for your listening pleasure.

Various - Under The Ukulele Moon	Victor Herbert Orchestra - Edison Cylinders	Various - Antique Phonograph Show [35+ comps]
Collected Works of Peerless Quartet with Henry Burr	Various - Canoodle	Various - Edison Amberol 3
Various - Excavated Shellac Favorites	Sophie Tucker - Singles	Various - Frog Legs: Ragtime Era Favorites
Marika Papagika - ... Greek Folk Music, 1919-1928	Nat M. Wills - Singles	Arthur Collins - Singles

For more recordings like these, check out these great sources

• Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project (FMA, Facebook)
• The Cylinder Archive (Internet Archive)
• Excavated Shellac (at FMA, Facebook)
• Internet Archive 78 RPMs and Cylinder Recordings
• Antique Phonograph Music Program (MAC's homepage)
• Thomas Edison's Attic Archives

license: mostly public domain, see individual tracks for full license information

Edison blue amberol cylinder photo by Galessa

Ringing in the New Year

Happy New Year, music friends!

As of January 1, 2011, Oddio Overplay has made 1,452 contributions to the Free Music Archive. That is the number to beat for activity in 2011. How about fulfilling a resolution right now to be a part of that most excellent free music community? As the byline reads, "It's not just free music; it's good music!"

Later this month, Oddio's netlabel for children, Kazoomzoom will relaunch with a new look and a larger catalog. This is a very exciting time for us, as I have wanted to really kickstart that slowly developing project. I'm full of enthusiasm, hope, and big plans for 2011. I hope you and your family will be a part of an exciting new year at Kazoomzoom!

Here are a quick five from the most recent additions Oddio has made to the FMA that you may have missed. Happy New Year and Happy Listening!

TAGGED AS: hard rock, spanish, metal, spain, los cuatrocientos golpes, rock, hardcore


TAGGED AS: old-time historic, cylinder, stage music, victor herbert orchestra, operetta, classical, instrumental rock, light orchestral, orchestral


TAGGED AS: latin america, pop, spanish, lido pimienta, columbia


TAGGED AS: classical, francesco lettera, instrumental, italy


TAGGED AS: modern composition, 20th Century Classical, toy instruments, ireland, aestrid byrne, toy piano

photo credit: FREE PAPERCRAFT 2011 CALENDAR by Nadja, owner of smil in Berlin
license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic