2023

Baby It’s Cold War Outside – Christmas Records 1946-1954

Previously at Centuries of Sound: Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time A Holiday Between The Wars, Christmas Records 1926-1938 A Wartime Christmas 1939-1945 If you enjoy my mixes, please consider supporting the show on Patreon for $5 per month – as well as helping me keep going, you will get access …

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1946 Part Two – That’s All Right For You

At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first half-hour of the mix. For the full 3-hour version either see below for the Mixcloud player, or come to patreon.com/centuriesofsound for the podcast version and a host of other bonus materials for just …

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Radio Podcast Special – Halloween Between The Wars

This Halloween special was first broadcast in 2022 and features music from 1927 to 1938 and also features my son Milan. To get full downloads and a host of extras, and help the show survive, come to http://patreon.com/centuriesofsound When we think of the great depression of the 1930s, the images which may spring to mind …

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A 1940s Halloween from Centuries of Sound

This Centuries of Sound mix comes courtesy of my supporters at patreon.com/centuriesofsound – join them for as little as $5 per month and get a full archive and a host of bonus material.     The 1940s was a scary time, but not really in a way that we can comfortably celebrate at Halloween. Nevertheless there …

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Centuries of Sound Radiopod Prequel Special #1 – Ancient Sounds, with Simon O’Dwyer of Ancient Music Ireland

In this first of a series of special editions of the Centuries of Sound Radiopod, I’m joined by Simon O’Dwyer of Ancient Music Ireland to talk about music from a time before we had recordings, or even music notation, and hear some reconstructed prehistoric music from his own collection and others. Simon and Maria’s website …

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Radio Podcast #23 – 1915

  James Errington takes you on another journey into the pre-history of recorded sound — this time joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s own Alex Elbro to explore the music of 1915, from hot dance ragtime to South-American proto-tango, English music hall comedy and some surprising responses to the first world war. Centuries of Sound is …

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Radio Podcast #22 – 1914

James Errington takes you on another trip into the ancient history of recorded sound, this time joined by Cambridge native Liam Higgins to review the music scene on both sides of the Atlantic in 1914, the year the lights famously went out all over Europe. This episode includes for the first (and hopefully the last) …

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