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1947 Part One – Cubana Bop

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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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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