I have neglected my website for quite some time now. But I'm back and over the coming weeks I will refresh many of the sound files and add new ones! In the meantime, you can play the ones that are still working!
November 2019
Many of the sound files here were done years ago and only feature a clip of the record rather than the full 78. I will try and put complete versions up over the coming months but if you want me to do one a little more urgently, please contact me!
I've created this website to bring to life voices from long ago. There are plenty of well-known singers here but my aim is to seek out the ones I have never heard - or never heard of!
All records are original 78 rpm in my own collection unless marked as "transfer". I judge the speed by ear, so could get it completely wrong! If you think that any of the sound files are too fast or too slow, let me know!
Click here to read how and why I became a collector of 78s.
All records are original 78 rpm in my own collection unless marked as "transfer". I judge the speed by ear, so could get it completely wrong! If you think that any of the sound files are too fast or too slow, let me know!
Click here to read how and why I became a collector of 78s.
"The turning point came for me one night when the speaker played Chaliapin singing the ‘Death of Don Quichotte’ by Ibert. The sorrow and anguish in his voice held me spellbound and his final note was so exquisite I felt like sobbing! Silly? Not at all! I had just discovered a medium that could move me as much or more than anything I had ever heard. I had to have that song - not on LP or CD, but on 78!".
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It took me a while to find the original Chaliapin 78 but here it is! See if it moves you too! |
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Florence Foster Jenkins
The famous Queen of the Night aria from an original Melotone 78! Brace yourself and click below to listen to it! There's also a ringtone of her if you want to entertain your friends! |
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The singer on the video is Eugène Bisantz. Can anybody tell me anything about him?
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One of the greatest records of all time! The French baritone Lucien Fugere singing "Légende de la sauge" from Massenet's Jongleur de Notre Dame. This was recorded in 1928 when Fugere was 80! |
Free Ringtones!
Click on the clef to go to my free ringtones page.
If you would like me to create a tone from any of the singers on this site, let me know! Try the Madame Clara Cluck below! 
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For my mam, Millie.
Louis Cazette "Je suis l'oiseau" from Grisélidis by Massenet.
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SPOTLIGHT ON SARA SCUDERI
Audio files, film clip, personal letter and biography.
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