When I was twelve years old, my history teacher set me an unusual detention. I was to write down on a piece of lined paper the reasons that I hadn’t done any of the homework she had set – and no excuses were allowed, she wanted the real reason. I wrote the most honest answer …
Texture & Artefact launches on January 9th. This is a five-minute trailer featuring clips from the first season. There will be one episode per month from January to September.
Merry Christmas Centuries of Sound Followers! This is a mix of original Christmas-related records and radio broadcasts from 1939 to 1945. It’s also available as a compilation CD for supporters on Patreon here – https://www.patreon.com/posts/76151409 0:00:00 Bernard Herrmann – Snow Ride (1942)0:00:41 Bing Crosby – White Christmas (1942)0:03:48 Jimmy Durante – Clip from Christmas Show …
MP3 download | Patreon | Apple | Mixcloud | Spotify | Castbox | Stitcher This compilation of Christmas recordings spans the early years of electronic recording, the explosion of radio, sound films and newsreel, the end of the roaring thirties and the great depression. I’m presenting this in two formats — a mix, which is …
A Holiday Between The Wars, Christmas Records 1926-1938 (The Mix) Read More »
In this festive edition of Centuries of Sound, audio curator James Errington is joined by his son Theo to check out some Christmas records from the years 1902 to 1924. We have choirs, carols, brass bands, and of course a selection of bizarre novelty Christmas wax cylinders for your Christmas evening listening. MP3 download | …
Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time (The Radio Show) Read More »
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. Please come to patreon.com/centuriesofsound for downloads and a host of other bonus materials for just $5 per month. This show would not be possible without my supporters on there, so please consider signing up or sharing this with someone who …
Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time (The Mix) Read More »
In this very special episode of Centuries of Sound, sound curator James Errington plays a selection of Halloween-themed recordings from the acoustic recording era, prior to 1927. Be ready for ghosts, skeletons, vampires, Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, “The Goose Bone Man” and Mr Halloween himself, Aleister Crowley Centuries of Sound is an independent podcast …
Radio Podcast – Halloween Special #1 (1902-1926) Read More »
This mix is also available as a compilation for Patreon supporters here and at Bandcamp here. I make Centuries of Sound on my own in whatever scraps of time I can find. Please help me find more scraps by supporting the project (and get a load of extra content too!) When we think of the …
Halloween Between The Wars – Original Recordings 1927-1938 Read More »
Beginning Halloween Week at Centuries of Sound, here’s a mix of Halloween-themed music and spoken word recordings from the pre-electrical era. This mix is also available in compilation format – to supporters on Patreon, and on the Centuries of Sound Bandcamp page 00:00 Aleister Crowley- The Call Of The First And Second Aethyr (Ca. 1920)01:21 …
Time travel through audio history with James Errington, this time joined by Cambridge 105’s own Kasia Wozniak to listen to the sounds of 1911, featuring Eastern European émigrés Al Jolson, Irving Berlin and Sophie Tucker; the future president of Poland playing some Chopin; scat singing 15 years before it was supposedly invented; a story about …
