Are the popular music records of 19001912 available online as mp3 recordings

[Tarn Stephanos]

I am a huge fan of 1930s,40s and 50s radio drama, and downloaded a library of mp3 recordings of my favorites shows....
I would love to build a library of music that was popular music from the time of the advent of the phonograph up until about 1920. Rather than track down the actual discs- does anyone know if recordings of these songs are available anywhere online as mp3 recordings?
I'm not referring to modern re-recordings of these sings (Like the 'Jack Binns' song), but rather recordings of the ORIGINAL records, hisses and all ...

 

[George L. Lorton]

Tarn-

I'm not referring to modern re-recordings of these sings (Like the 'Jack Binns' song), but rather recordings of the ORIGINAL records, hisses and all

Check out all the antique stores near you. I always finding records. No any old one but you might get lucky. I found some from the early 50's I think one time.

 

[Tarn Stephanos]

Hi George..
Im not after the original record discs- I'm just after the audio recordings of what is on those discs, preferably in mp3 file format...

 

[George L. Lorton]

Good Luck. You could search the Internet Tarn and see what you can find. EBay might have something. Check some online companies. Napster might have something.