Philly company digitizes 25,000 old records and they're free to download

[mikeweil]

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/arts-culture/106319-philly-company-digitizes-collection-of-25000-old-records-and-growing-free-to-download

[Hardbopjazz]

Wow. There is so much music of all styles on this page.

 

[medjuck]

I was about to post this story too. But is everything really free to download and how do we search it?  I wonder if there are any jazz tracks never released on Lp or cd. 

[Hardbopjazz]

On the left hand side is a search field. See the below URL.

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood

Edited August 12, 2017 by Hardbopjazz

[Dan Gould]

I used the filters to find jazz, blues and R&B discs:

https://archive.org/details/georgeblood?and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Jazz%22&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Blues%22&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22Rhythm+%26+Blues%22&sort=&page=2

Click on the image of the record and it brings up mucho detail, including notes on which transfer was considered "best". On the right of screen is a box with links to downloads and the "best" transfer is named in a simpler way to make it easy to grab that one if you want.

(Wow, these are huge files. FLAC for Eddie Taylor's Bad Boy is 74 MB!)

 

[Ken Dryden]

There are also some radio broadcasts on that website. I've recorded a solo concert by Roland Hanna and a performance of the music of Edgard Varese, emceed by Frank Zappa.

 

[JSngry]

I see some sources listed as Internet Archives, which if it's what i think it is, has been a fascinating site for years, just go blind, stumble through, and see where you land.  Is this a new iteration of that, or just what?

[Adam]

archive.org = the Internet Archive, always has.  Not a new iteration. 

https://archive.org/

Huge Grateful Dead collection on there too.

[mikeweil]

The article and link were posted by a friend on facebook, just wanted to share it, just in case ...

Edited August 13, 2017 by mikeweil