#78rpm — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #78rpm, aggregated by home.social.
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Blind Skeleton is celebrating #CincoDeMayo today with our appropriately named "Cinco de Mayo" episode of #threetunetuesday. Viva Mexico!
https://blindskeleton.one/
https://castopod.blindskeleton.one/Or wherever your favorite podcasts are aggregated.
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Before 33rpm #vinyl and #vinylrecords there was #78rpm #shellac. Before those shellac records were #waxcylinders. We discuss - and play! - a few of those wax cylinders on this week's Three Tune Tuesday.
https://blindskeleton.one/
https://castopod.blindskeleton.one/
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just one Turkish track by Isaac ben Solomon Algazi (1882–1964), a Sephardic chazzan born in Izmir who later lived in France and Uruguay. recorded in Istanbul in 1909.
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this one is beautiful too, if google is being accurate it's "The song of the crane" by Macedonian-born composer Dramalı Hasan Hasgüler, recorded in #Istanbul in 1931
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for example these two tracks by unidentified Greek orchestras in Germany, recorded before WWI, not sure if they're both the same musicians or not. very prominent #accordion with a sound you'd never hear today
https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000747381
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There's some cool stuff in this new batch. Nothing klezmer, but a good amount of Greek/Turkish/Ottoman music mixed in with the thousands of American discs.
As someone interested in early recording industry history, I love this project. still holding out hope that they eventually release klezmer test pressings that no one has ever heard in 100 years
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this kind of thing is so cool. we know from listings that there are a fair number of klezmer test pressings from the 1910s/1920s that never saw a commercial release. none in this set yet, but I hope some surface eventually. In some cases they were done by people with no other recordings, in other cases a large catalogue but they had some that were deemed not commercially viable and never released.
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Our most recent Three Tune Tuesday podcast is uploaded! We finish up our four week mini-series on Resistance this week. We might have gotten sweary.
(This is also our first episode on our self-hosted #castopod instance!)
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#FortnightFridayMusic
Feb 6 2026
This week is all about the color #Purple (really it was although I can't find the post to prove it.)Screamin’ Jay Hawkins - “Deep Purple” from "At Home With Screamin' Jay Hawkins" (1958)
When I think “Screamin’ Jay Hawkins” I don’t think “ballad,” nor does music of the 40s and 50s spring to mind when I hear the name "Deep Purple.” Nevertheless, here we have our high-strung friend singing a ballad of that name penned by Mitchell Parish and Peter de Rose, first recorded in 1946 by an outfit known as Paul Weston and His Orchestra on their four [shellac 10” 78rpm] disc album “Music For Memories.” (Sets like this were the origin of the term “album” for records, because each release was issued in a bound book with multiple pages of sleeves to store its multiple platters, similar to a photo album.) It appeared on Hawkins’ first release noted above; I have it via his “The Singles Collection” compilation.
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niche post incoming, but I was thinking of 2026 and one thing I'd love to do with is to come up with a concert of old Romanian and klezmer music from WWI-era NYC that I come across in my research. anyhow it got me thinking of this weird song that comes up in a few contexts, Hai la Raci, recorded here by Simon Paskal, a NY Yiddish recording artist who also recorded some Romanian discs.
https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYFY2TNJKIXCYL8X/AFGOSOT6S24WBX9C -
Moving 700+ shellac records from one house to another, then another house a week later was pretty much as tough as I expected. I didn't weigh them, but I'd guess around 100kg and bulky.
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Moving 700+ shellac records from one house to another, then another house a week later was pretty much as tough as I expected. I didn't weigh them, but I'd guess around 100kg and bulky.
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Moving 700+ shellac records from one house to another, then another house a week later was pretty much as tough as I expected. I didn't weigh them, but I'd guess around 100kg and bulky.
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Moving 700+ shellac records from one house to another, then another house a week later was pretty much as tough as I expected. I didn't weigh them, but I'd guess around 100kg and bulky.
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Moving 700+ shellac records from one house to another, then another house a week later was pretty much as tough as I expected. I didn't weigh them, but I'd guess around 100kg and bulky.
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Can you play a (very) old 78rpm record with the claw of you fursuit?
Yes, you can: IT WORKS!
Done it on my last furry video XD
#furry #furryFandom #furryCommunity #furriesOfMastodon #furryFediverse #fursuit #fursuiter #fursuiters #78rpm #retro #retroTech #vintage #vintageTech #oldTech
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#Music #Vintage #AlBowlly #78RPM #BlueMoon #PopularMusic #WorldWarII #WW2 #History #record
Some sentimental self indulgence, as I’ve always loved Al Bowlly’s version of “Blue Moon”. We own an original 78, recorded in New York on January 12th, 1935.
Sadly, Al was killed during a German air raid on London in 1941, but left behind a great musical legacy. If you ever see a 78 of “Midnight, The Stars And You” lying around, take good care of it. You may be £700 to £800 richer!
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#Music #Vintage #AlBowlly #78RPM #BlueMoon #PopularMusic #WorldWarII #WW2 #History #record
Some sentimental self indulgence, as I’ve always loved Al Bowlly’s version of “Blue Moon”. We own an original 78, recorded in New York on January 12th, 1935.
Sadly, Al was killed during a German air raid on London in 1941, but left behind a great musical legacy. If you ever see a 78 of “Midnight, The Stars And You” lying around, take good care of it. You may be £700 to £800 richer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PatxcB3lk -
#Music #Vintage #AlBowlly #78RPM #BlueMoon #PopularMusic #WorldWarII #WW2 #History #record
Some sentimental self indulgence, as I’ve always loved Al Bowlly’s version of “Blue Moon”. We own an original 78, recorded in New York on January 12th, 1935.
Sadly, Al was killed during a German air raid on London in 1941, but left behind a great musical legacy. If you ever see a 78 of “Midnight, The Stars And You” lying around, take good care of it. You may be £700 to £800 richer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PatxcB3lk -
#Music #Vintage #AlBowlly #78RPM #BlueMoon #PopularMusic #WorldWarII #WW2 #History #record
Some sentimental self indulgence, as I’ve always loved Al Bowlly’s version of “Blue Moon”. We own an original 78, recorded in New York on January 12th, 1935.
Sadly, Al was killed during a German air raid on London in 1941, but left behind a great musical legacy. If you ever see a 78 of “Midnight, The Stars And You” lying around, take good care of it. You may be £700 to £800 richer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PatxcB3lk -
#Music #Vintage #AlBowlly #78RPM #BlueMoon #PopularMusic #WorldWarII #WW2 #History #record
Some sentimental self indulgence, as I’ve always loved Al Bowlly’s version of “Blue Moon”. We own an original 78, recorded in New York on January 12th, 1935.
Sadly, Al was killed during a German air raid on London in 1941, but left behind a great musical legacy. If you ever see a 78 of “Midnight, The Stars And You” lying around, take good care of it. You may be £700 to £800 richer!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6PatxcB3lk -
Deviant Legacies: Voices with Bodies in the Eastern Mediterranean
#eume #early_recording #78rpm #shellac #eastern_mediterranean
This presentation draws on Yektan Türkyılmaz’s new project that explores the impact of early recording technologies and the politics of music production across the broader Ottoman world, with particular emphasis on the post-imperial contest over the heritage of early music repertoires.
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"(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?" is a #popular #noveltySong written by #BobMerrill and first registered on September 25, 1952, as "The Doggie in the Window". On January 27, 1953, its sheet music was published in #NewYork as "(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window". The best-known version of the song was #theOriginal, #recorded by #PattiPage on December 18, 1952, and released in January 1953 by #MercuryRecords as catalog numbers 70070 (#78Rpm).
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Rolling Stone: Internet Archive and Major Labels Settle $621 Million Copyright Lawsuit . “Several major record labels and rights holders have settled their $621 million copyright infringement suit against the Internet Archive over its efforts to digitize, preserve, and share 78 rpm records.”
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I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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I trust #InternetArchive with government documents more than I do the government! (Or #AI for that matter...)
Internet Archive is now an official #USGovernment document #library
by Steve Dent
Fri, July 25, 2025"The US Senate has granted the Internet Archive federal depository status, making it officially part of an 1,100-library network that gives the public access to government documents, #KQED reported. The designation was made official in a letter from California Senator Alex Padilla to the Government Publishing Office that oversees the network. 'The Archive's digital-first approach makes it the perfect fit for a modern #FederalDepositoryLibrary, expanding access to federal government publications amid an increasingly digital landscape,' he wrote.
"Established by Congress in 1813, the Federal Depository Library Program is designed to help the public access government records. Each congressional member can designate up to two libraries, which include government information like budgets, a code of federal regulations, presidential documents, economic reports and census data.
"With its new status, the Internet Archive will be gain improved access to government materials, founder Brewster Kahle said in a statement. 'By being part of the program itself, it just gets us closer to the source of where the materials are coming from, so that it’s more reliably delivered to the Internet Archive, to then be made available to the patrons of the Internet Archive or partner libraries.' The Archive could also help other #libraries move toward #DigitalPreservation, given its experience in that area.
"It's some good news for the site which has faced legal battles of late. It was sued by major #publishers over loans of #DigitalBooks during the #Coronavirus epidemic and was forced by a federal court in 2023 to remove more than half a million titles. And more recently, major music labels filed lawsuits over its #Great78Project that strove to preserve #78RPM records. If it loses that case it could owe more than $700 million damages and possibly be forced to shut down.
"The new designation likely won't aid its legal problems, but it does affirm the site's importance to the public. 'In October, the Internet Archive will hit a milestone of 1 trillion pages,' Kahle wrote. 'And that 1 trillion is not just a testament to what libraries are able to do, but actually the sharing that people and governments have to try and create an #EducatedPopulace.' "
https://tech.yahoo.com/general/articles/internet-archive-now-official-us-123036550.html
#BigPublishing #Archives #BigMusic #CulturalPreservation #DigitalPreservation #WaybackMachine #Archiving #FairUse #Archives #Capitalism #Corporatism #FightForTheFuture #EmpoweringLibraries
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This week's Three Tune Tuesday podcast, "Rebellious Laughter," is now live.
https://blindskeleton.one/rebellious-laughter/
Come have a listen to me and my cohost as we go off script and ramble, occasionally swerving back on topic.
#threetunetuesday #78rpm #music #socialjustice
(Truth be told, we're never scripted)
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🇫🇷 Une Marseillaise à l'ancienne
Un disque 78 tours en bakélite trouvé en vide grenier, pas cassé et encore bien lisible !
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8TiBvXQF_Cs
#musique #78rpm #78tours #vintagetech #parlophone #gramophone
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The other side of the disc is quite similar 🤓🎶
https://archive.org/details/78_egy-kis-leny-van-a-vilgon-nnken-one-little-girl-in-the-world-for-me_gbia0289421b -
reading up about the #78rpm phonograph era again for an article I'm trying to write and decided to see what new discs had been posted to @internetarchive since last time I looked. Here's an interesting Hungarian-style #cimbalom and #tarogato piece by anonymous artists, recorded in NYC around 1910. The tarogato player may have been called A. Selzer.
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Got to love the old school website too 😂
Good to see they are still going strong after 28 years!
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If anybody is interested in the EV-1 there is a video demo here.
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Stream 385,000 Vintage 78 RPM Records at the Internet Archive: Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday & More via Open Culture[Shared]
We may have yet to develop the technology of time travel, but recorded music comes pretty close. Those who listen to it have experienced how a song or an album can, in some sense, transport them right back to the time they first heard it. But older records also have the much stranger power to conjure up eras we never experienced. You can musically send yourself as far back as the nineteen-twenties with the above Youtube playlist of digitized 78 RPM records from the George Blood collection.
#music #sound #soundrecording #archive #internetarchive #free #stream #78rpm #records #shared
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Blind Skeleton's #threetunetuesday for today is live!
Marcus Aurelius turns 1,904 this week, and we’re celebrating with three pre‑1925 #78rpm shellac gems that trace a Stoic hero’s journey—from public revolt, through reflective calm, to unbreakable inner resolve.
Come have a listen! Let me know your thoughts. I do love feedback.
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TorrentFreak: Internet Archive vs. Music Labels: $600m+ Copyright Rift Edges Toward Settlement. “The Internet Archive’s ‘Great 78 Project’ digitizes historical recordings to preserve musical heritage, but in 2023 the initiative led to major record labels filing a copyright lawsuit. The financial stakes soared last month when the labels proposed to update their claim to $693 million in […]
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This week's Three Tune Tuesday podcast is now live! Come listen as Yulia and Boneapart discuss the time honoured American tradition of defiance! Of course, we're also sharing three classic 78rpm tunes as well.
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This week's Three Tune Tuesday podcast is now live! Come listen as Yulia and Boneapart discuss the time honoured American tradition of defiance! Of course, we're also sharing three classic 78rpm tunes as well.
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This week's Three Tune Tuesday podcast is now live! Come listen as Yulia and Boneapart discuss the time honoured American tradition of defiance! Of course, we're also sharing three classic 78rpm tunes as well.
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This week's Three Tune Tuesday podcast is now live! Come listen as Yulia and Boneapart discuss the time honoured American tradition of defiance! Of course, we're also sharing three classic 78rpm tunes as well.
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Internet Archive Blog: Internet Archive Responds to Record Labels: Stop Playing “Hide-The-Ball”. “Yesterday, the Internet Archive submitted its response to the record labels’ recent motion, which seeks to add an additional 493 sound recordings to their lawsuit against the Internet Archive for preserving 78rpm sound recordings.”
