Early sound recordings played at Smithsonian

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Early sound recordings played at Smithsonian

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Fun article about digitized early (1880s) sound recordings being played back.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/201 ... ayed-again

There's a link to some of the recordings too.
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Re: Early sound recordings played at Smithsonian

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Thanks!

I've been following developments in this story over the past few days.
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Re: Early sound recordings played at Smithsonian

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Over the last several years I've heard more about the potential of IRENE than I have heard actual audio restorations by IRENE of acoustic recordings. The best thing I've heard so far has been an excerpt of "Just Before the Battle, Mother", performed by Will Oakland and Chorus (1912), issued on an Edison Blue Amberol 4 minute celluloid cylinder.

Does anyone know of any quantity of recordings, more than just a few snippets, that have been restored by IRENE and are readily available?
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