Centuries of Sound
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Centuries of Sound
Audio time travel with mixes for every year of recorded sound, starting in the 1850s and working our way through to the present. "Radio podcasts" are bonus commentary with occasional guests. Find out more at centuriesofsound.com
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2000 Part One – Let’s Go Back
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is a placeholder to appear on the podcast feed. For the fu...
1950 Part Two
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is a placeholder to appear on the podcast feed. For the fu...
1950 Part One
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is a placeholder to appear on the podcast feed. For the fu...
2024 (Preview mix)
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is a placeholder to appear on the podcast feed. For the fu...
Radio Podcast #25 – 1917
Audio curator James Errington is joined by jazz historian Joe Moore to discuss the astonishing year of 1917, when a new music called “Jass” or “Jaz” o...
At The Christmas Party Hop – Christmas Records 1955-1961
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. As it’s the festive season I’ve decided to use the new function on Patreon t...
1949 Part Two – The 12″ Mix
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the full 3-hour...
1949 Part One – The 7″ Mix
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the full 3-hour...
Centuries of Sound Presents – Halloween Records from the 50s
This Centuries of Sound mix comes courtesy of my supporters at patreon.com/centuriesofsound – join them for as little as $5 per month and get a full a...
Radio Podcast #24 – 1916
This time James Errington is joined by John Ashlin to explore the music of 1916. While Europe lies devastated in the midst of the darkest year of the...
1948 Part Two – Move
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the full 3-hour...
1948 Part One – Something Big Out Of Something Little
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first half-hour of the mix. For the full 3...
1947 Part Two – Boptamism
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first half-hour of the mix. For the full 3...
1947 Part One – Cubana Bop
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first half-hour of the mix. For the full 3...
Baby It’s Cold War Outside – Christmas Records 1946-1954
Previously at Centuries of Sound:
Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time
A Holiday Between The Wars, Christmas Recor...
1946 Part Two – That’s All Right For You
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first half-hour of the mix. For the full 3...
Radio Podcast Special – Halloween Between The Wars
This Halloween special was first broadcast in 2022 and features music from 1927 to 1938 and also features my son Milan. To get full downloads and a ho...
A 1940s Halloween from Centuries of Sound
This Centuries of Sound mix comes courtesy of my supporters at patreon.com/centuriesofsound – join them for as little as $5 per month and get a full a...
1946 Part One – Things To Come
It seems like an obvious thing to say that the Second World War was A Bad Time, at least it seems obvious to me. Half a decade of some of the most ter...
Centuries of Sound Radiopod Prequel Special #1 – Ancient Sounds, with Simon O’Dwyer of Ancient Music Ireland
In this first of a series of special editions of the Centuries of Sound Radiopod, I’m joined by Simon O’Dwyer of Ancient Music Ireland to talk about m...
Radio Podcast #23 – 1915
James Errington takes you on another journey into the pre-history of recorded sound — this time joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s own Alex Elbro to expl...
1945 Part Two
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the four-hour v...
Radio Podcast #22 – 1914
James Errington takes you on another trip into the ancient history of recorded sound, this time joined by Cambridge native Liam Higgins to review the...
1945 Part One
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the full nearly...
1944 Part Three
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the full nearly...
Radio Podcast #21 – 1913
Another adventure back into the early days of recorded sound with James Errington, this time joined by Cambridge 105 Radio’s Maciek Pawlikowski to lis...
D-Day – Tuesday 6th June 1944
The D-Day landings of the 6th of June 1944 are much too big a story to be covered in the middle of a mix. New recording technology, a wider variety of...
Radio Podcast #20 — 1912
More time-travel to the early days of recorded sound with James Errington. This time we find out about the interminable history of musical snobbery, h...
1944 – Part One
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first hour of the mix. For the full 3-hour...
A Wartime Christmas 1939-1945
Merry Christmas Centuries of Sound Followers!
This is a mix of original Christmas-related records and radio broadcasts from 1939 to 1945. It's a...
A Holiday Between The Wars, Christmas Records 1926-1938 (The Mix)
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This compilation of Christmas recordings spans the early years of elec...
Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time (The Radio Show)
In this festive edition of Centuries of Sound, audio curator James Errington is joined by his son Theo to check out some Christmas records from the ye...
Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time (The Mix)
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. Please come to patreon.com/centuriesofsound for downloads and a host of othe...
Radio Podcast – Halloween Special #1 (1902-1926)
In this very special episode of Centuries of Sound, sound curator James Errington plays a selection of Halloween-themed recordings from the acoustic r...
Halloween Between The Wars – Original Recordings 1927-1938
This mix is also available as a compilation for Patreon supporters here and at Bandcamp here. I make Centuries of Sound on my own in whatever scraps o...
Hallowe’en Dance: Original Recordings 1902-1926
Beginning Halloween Week at Centuries of Sound, here's a mix of Halloween-themed music and spoken word recordings from the pre-electrical era.
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Radio Podcast #19 — 1911
Time travel through audio history with James Errington, this time joined by Cambridge 105’s own Kasia Wozniak to listen to the sounds of 1911, featuri...
1943
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the first half-hour of the mix. For the full 4...
1943 Part 12 — December + Closing
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the twelth section of the mix. For the full 4....
1943 Part 11 – November
At Centuries of Sound I am making mixes for every year of recorded sound. The download here is only for the eleventh section of the mix. For the full...