Just in Time for Christmas

December 18th, 2007

Paul Fucito has posted 35 Christmas MP3s on his blog. Did I mention that they are taken from wax cylinders and that a few of them are over 100 years old? It always amazes me that its possible to hear a sound recorded over a century ago. Every now and then I drag out my Victrola and listen to some of my 78s. It’s a bother, at least compared to listening to my iPod, but I do occasionally enjoy the entire process of cranking up the machine, cleaning the record and changing the needle. A friend once compared the complicated ritual of listening to old records to a Japanese tea ceremony, which is not far off. I do know that after going to all of that effort I sure do listen to the music more carefully.-MJS

Entry Filed under: Recordings