Elsewhere in 1931
A photo journal of the events of 1931
2019
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only the first 55 minutes. For the full 170-minute version please come to centuriesofsound.com to stream, or patreon.com/centuriesofsound for downloads and a host of other bonus materials for just $5 per month. This show would not be …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 31 (1923)
Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 2nd December 2021Place: Cambridge 105 Radio James Errington once again takes you back to the early days of recorded music with original recordings, this time to 1923, which saw the debuts of Louis Armstrong, Bessie Smith and King Oliver and plenty of other pioneering jazz, blues and country records. You can …
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That was 2020 at Centuries of Sound
So that wasn’t the best year, was it? Fortunately I won’t need to think about it again much until 2027. The coronavirus has been bad news everywhere – on a personal level it has meant that I am now unemployed (CoS doesn’t really count as a job right now) – so before I get into …
Centuries of Sound Presents – Deep Magic: Christmas Recordings 1902-1924
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher | Radiopublic | RSS This compilation of Christmas recordings spans an era which includes the entirety of WW1 and the influenza pandemic of 1918/1919, but of course you wouldn’t guess it from the contents. The only reminder perhaps is the two …
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1931
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only the first 45 minutes. For the full 160-minute version please come to centuriesofsound.com to stream, or patreon.com/centuriesofsound for downloads and a host of other bonus materials for just $5 per month. This show would not be …
Centuries of Sound on Cambridge 105 Radio — Episode 30 (1922)
Time: 8pm GMT, Saturday 5th December 2020Place: Cambridge 105 Radio Another trip back into the past with audio archivist James Errington, this time joined by folk musician Mark Bilyeu from Springfield, Missouri to delve into the music of 1922, the year of the first country music recordings, stride piano from Fats Waller and James P …
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1930 in Film
All Quiet on the Western Front The Blue Angel L’Age D’Or Earth Hell’s Angels Under the Roofs of Paris Animal Crackers Anna Christie People on Sunday Morocco The Big Trail City Girl Little Caesar The Big House
Centuries of Sound
I’ve put together a promotional clip, or if you prefer “advert” for Centuries of Sound, just as a simple thing to share with people to introduce the project. It includes quotes from the media and samples from the mixes so far, along with some bits of film. If you would like to share it with …