Comments on: Wax cylinder xmas music MP3s http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 08:44:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Robotech_Master http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94025 Robotech_Master Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94025 I don't suppose, he said lazily, someone could compile all those mp3s into a zip file so I don't have to right click and save so many times? :) I don’t suppose, he said lazily, someone could compile all those mp3s into a zip file so I don’t have to right click and save so many times? :)

]]> By: Patrick McNamara http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94036 Patrick McNamara Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94036 You should get the recordings onto Archive.org. You should get the recordings onto Archive.org.

]]> By: sabik http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94041 sabik Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94041 #1 - wget? Or some other automatic website downloader? #1 – wget? Or some other automatic website downloader?

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94056 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94056 someone in the comments posted a link to a .zip file he compiled of the complete set: http://rapidshare.com/files/77420864/Vintage_Christmas_Wax.zip.html someone in the comments posted a link to a .zip file he compiled of the complete set:

http://rapidshare.com/files/77420864/Vintage_Christmas_Wax.zip.html

]]> By: Tommy http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94074 Tommy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94074 Franko, you rock. Thanks. But now my wife is really gonna kill me. I've been playing digitized vinyl the past couple weeks and she's already annoyed at the sound quality. What's she gonna say about wax cylinders? Franko, you rock. Thanks.

But now my wife is really gonna kill me. I’ve been playing digitized vinyl the past couple weeks and she’s already annoyed at the sound quality. What’s she gonna say about wax cylinders?

]]> By: jacord http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94088 jacord Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94088 I just downloaded the .zip file, it seems most if not all of the MP3s from collectionscanada.ca are truncated (something like 1/5 of the songs). That site is painfully slow at the moment. <i>What's she gonna say about wax cylinders?</i> She'll brain you with a candy cane in all likelihood. I just downloaded the .zip file, it seems most if not all of the MP3s from collectionscanada.ca are truncated (something like 1/5 of the songs). That site is painfully slow at the moment.

What’s she gonna say about wax cylinders?

She’ll brain you with a candy cane in all likelihood.

]]> By: Sean Blueart http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94161 Sean Blueart Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94161 CORY, I'd like to kindly challenge your editorial use of the phrase "dead recording medium." If it's still in use, no matter how slightly, is it truly dead? sincerely - Sean Culver, artist, daguerreotypist CORY,

I’d like to kindly challenge your editorial use of the phrase “dead recording medium.” If it’s still in use, no matter how slightly, is it truly dead?

sincerely – Sean Culver, artist, daguerreotypist

]]> By: The Unusual Suspect http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94165 The Unusual Suspect Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94165 (Waiting for the RIAA to sue everybody for making .mp3s of wax cylinder recordings without getting explicit approval from Thomas Edison first.) (Waiting for the RIAA to sue everybody for making .mp3s of wax cylinder recordings without getting explicit approval from Thomas Edison first.)

]]> By: Bat Guano http://boingboing.net/2007/12/18/wax-cylinder-xmas-mu.html#comment-94166 Bat Guano Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-94166 The Eddie Cantor is a great track, but it definitely ain't from a wax cylinder. Sound is too clean, and Depression era lyrics and references to the brewing European war put it around 1938. Cylinders then were as cassettes are to now. (I was going to say 8-tracks, but I doubt people had any sort of kitschy affection to cylinders at that time.) The Eddie Cantor is a great track, but it definitely ain’t from a wax cylinder. Sound is too clean, and Depression era lyrics and references to the brewing European war put it around 1938. Cylinders then were as cassettes are to now. (I was going to say 8-tracks, but I doubt people had any sort of kitschy affection to cylinders at that time.)

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