April 2009
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DJ Schmolli vs. the Johnny Cash & His All-Star...
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Mike Watt - In The Engine Room
I don’t...
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Leadbelly - Goodnight, Irene
Goodnight, Irene was...
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Gomez - Las Vegas Dealer
Gomez has gotten a fair...
March 2009
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WatchEclectic Method - A Rock Mix
Not just a “mashup”—this is a decade-spanning audio-visual megamashup. Sweet, and I think we can expect to see this all over the Internet for the next 72 hours. Just remember that you saw it here before you were tired of it!
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Death - Freakin’ Out
Since Death was...
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Billy Bragg - Saturday Boy (live)
I do...
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3 Simmons - You Are my Dream (School Time)
This...
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February 2009
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Ornette Coleman - Space Church (continuous...
January 2009
13 posts
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Tom Waits - There’s Only Alice
I’m...
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Ponytail - Beg Waves
When you come down to it,...
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Ruby Isle - Skinny Love (Bon Iver)
Yeah, I know,...
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Blind Willie Johnson - Dark Was The Night, Cold...
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Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project →
Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century.
On this site you will have the opportunity to find out more about the cylinder format, listen to thousands of musical and spoken selections from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and...
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78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings →
Like our latest theme?
Then you’ll love this directory on the Internet Archive, featuring a catalog of recordings from the turn of the last century, transferred from old 78s and cylinders.
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The Carter Family - Wildwood Flower
This...
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New Theme: A Hit Before Your Mother Was Born
Let’s all get up and dance to a song That was a hit before your mother was born Though she was born a long, long time ago
Popular music tends to have a pretty short memory, and a lot of incredible music gets forgotten. Let’s bring some of it back…as an arbitrary cut off point, no songs written since your mother was born are eligible.
To open up some options, we’ll...
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David Crosby - Wooden Ships (rehearsal tape)
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Tom Waits - Fish and Bird (instrumental demo)
Tom...
December 2008
6 posts
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Sufjan Stevens - Sister
From Seven Swans, an...
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Neil Young - A Man Needs A Maid/Heart Of Gold
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The Mountain Goats - The Best Ever Death Metal...
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Tom Waits - Jersey Girl
Has there ever been a...
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Frank Sinatra - One For My Baby (And One More For...
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R.E.M. - Gardening At Night (acoustic)
I’m...
November 2008
13 posts
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Chaba Fadela & Cheb Sahraoui - N’Sel...
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REM - King of the Road (Roger Miller cover)
I...
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The Clash - King of the Road (Roger Miller cover)
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Sixto Rodriguez - Only Good For Conversation
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John Prine & Bonnie Raitt - Angel from...
Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.S.A. (demo)
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Bob Dylan - Mississippi
Dylan fans rejoice! From...
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New Theme: Inchoate
Pronunciation: \in-ˈkō-ət, ˈin-kə-ˌwāt\ Function:adjective Etymology:Latin inchoatus, past participle of inchoare to start work on, perhaps from in- + cohum part of a yoke to which the beam of a plow is fittedDate:1534: being only partly in existence or operation : incipient ; especially : imperfectly formed or formulated : formless , incoherent <misty, inchoate suspicions that all is not...
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Larkin Grimm - Dominican Rum The delirious, manic...
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Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (Acoustic)
This...
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Sparks - Good Morning
Whimsical tune, tragic...
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Elton John - Bad Side of the Moon
Opener from...
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Dirty Projectors - Rise Above
One of the things I...
October 2008
24 posts
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Gary Jules - Mad World (Tears for Fears Cover)
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Betty Davis - Nasty Gal
Funky as it gets.
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Gavin Bryars - Incipit Vita Nova (David James,...
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Blondie - Fade Away And Radiate
When you get past...
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Antony - The Lake
I could listen to Antony all...