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Title: Massive Collection of 78s
Post by: phred on April 04, 2019, 03:28:03 AM

I know there are a few users out there that enjoy listening to the old 78s (Bee-liever are you listening?)

The Boston Public Library just released more than 48,000 sides to the Internet Archive. These can be streamed or downloaded.

Article about the release: https://www.techsupportalert.com/content/download-or-listen-boston-public-librarys-48000-78rpm-collection.htm

The archive: https://archive.org/details/78rpm_bostonpubliclibrary

Title: Re: Massive Collection of 78s
Post by: psychoadept on April 04, 2019, 03:35:58 AM

 :-*  :-*  :-*

That's fantastic!

Title: Re: Massive Collection of 78s
Post by: sveakul on April 04, 2019, 07:30:25 PM

Wow, these are available as 24-bit FLAC downloads if you want..  thanks phred for this info!

Title: Re: Massive Collection of 78s
Post by: Bee-liever on April 05, 2019, 03:36:15 AM

Thanks phred  :)

I was already using some of their 24/96 FLAC files, but I didn't know the entire Boston Public Library collection had been released.
So glad my service provider just bumped up my download limit for free!

Title: Re: Massive Collection of 78s
Post by: phred on April 05, 2019, 04:08:42 AM

Quote from: Bee-liever on April 05, 2019, 03:36:15 AM

So glad my service provider just bumped up my download limit for free!

Fortunately I don't have a download limit, but my ISP may implement one once they see how much I'm downloading. It's quite an impressive collection. I feel like a little kid in a toy store - I don't know what to grab first.

I'm glad everyone is enjoying this.

Title: Re: Massive Collection of 78s
Post by: Bee-liever on April 05, 2019, 05:46:37 AM

Quote from: phred on April 05, 2019, 04:08:42 AM

Fortunately I don't have a download limit

Technically mine is unlimited.... until you read the fine print and find there's a cap for peak times and not at others  :-X