Stream 385,000 Vintage 78 RPM Records at the Internet Archive: Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday & More via Open Culture [Shared]

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Stream 385,000 Vintage 78 RPM Records at the Internet Archive: Louis Armstrong, Glenn Miller, Billie Holiday & More via Open Culture

The image shows a YouTube video thumbnail featuring a vinyl record label. The label is predominantly blue with gold lettering. At the top, the word DECCA is prominently displayed in large, bold letters. Below it, the text reads TRADE MARK REGISTERED and MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A. BY DECCA RECORDS, INC. The catalog number (64823) is visible on the left side. The title of the record, TOODLE LOO ON DOWN, is centered, with the subtitle (Sturgis-Williams) underneath. The artists name, RODNEY STURGIS, is listed, followed by With Lovie Jordons Elks Rendezvous Band. The catalog number 7550 A is at the bottom. The label also indicates Blues Singing with Orchestra. The video thumbnail includes a red play button in the center, and the text Watch on YouTube is visible at the bottom left corner. The top of the image shows the video title Rodney Sturgis With Lovie Jordons Elks Rendezvous Band... along with options to Watch later and Share, and a progress indicator showing 1/95.

We may have yet to develop the technology of time travel, but recorded music comes pretty close. Those who listen to it have experienced how a song or an album can, in some sense, transport them right back to the time they first heard it. But older records also have the much stranger power to conjure up eras we never experienced. You can musically send yourself as far back as the nineteen-twenties with the above Youtube playlist of digitized 78 RPM records from the George Blood collection.

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