A Sound Salvation (Retrocast) (#233) (842)
Using some documentaries, music about radio, and a pile of Edison Cylinder recordings, we take you to the beginning of recorded sound, to the early days of Radio Broadcasting, in this two-hour Audio Essay that you will have to hear to believe.
Enjoy!
Artist |
Track |
Album |
Label |
Mini-Mutations |
Opening Music |
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Jowi Taylor, Paoblo Pietropaolo & Chris Brookes |
Hallo, Hallo! [Excerpt] |
The Wire |
CBC Radio (2005) |
Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band |
Electricity |
Safe As Milk |
Buddah Records (1967) |
Music behind DJ: Sonic Youth |
Tremens [Excerpt] |
SYR 1: Anagrama |
SYR (1997) |
Jowi Taylor, Paoblo Pietropaolo & Chris Brookes |
Hallo, Hallo! [Excerpt] |
The Wire |
CBC Radio (2005) |
Nurse With Wound |
Two Golden Microphones [Excerpt] |
Second Pirate Session |
United Diaries (1998) |
Bing Crosby & George Stoll Orchestra |
The Very Thought Of You |
Forever Bing |
UCJ Music (2003) |
Jowi Taylor, Paoblo Pietropaolo & Chris Brookes |
Hallo, Hallo! [Excerpt] |
The Wire |
CBC Radio (2005) |
Beethoven (Kathllen Parlow – violin; George Falkensten – piano) |
Menuett G flat major & Valse bleat |
Menuett G flat major & Valse bleat |
Edison Amberol 4M-28026 (1912) |
Enrico Caruso |
Aria from Massanet’s “Le Cid”: O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere |
O Souverain, O Juge, O Pere |
Victor Talking Machine Company (1916) |
Arthur Sullivan |
After Dinner Toast at Little Menlo |
ENHS E-2439-7 |
Edison Records (5 October 1888) |
(performers unknown) / composted by Arthur Sulivan |
The Lost Chord |
ENHS E-2440-3 |
Edison Records (August 1888) |
Music behind DJ: Heinrich Tellam (composer) and Quinteto Instrumental Jordá-Rocabruna |
En sourdine |
Edison Gold Moulded Record: 18779. |
Edison Records (1905) |
Jowi Taylor, Paoblo Pietropaolo & Chris Brookes |
Hallo, Hallo! [Excerpt] |
The Wire |
CBC Radio (2005) |
Edison Grand Concert Band |
Mr. Thomas Cat |
EDIS-SRP-0204-09 |
Edison Records (1900) |
Harry Lauder |
Stop Yer Tickling Jock |
Edison Gold Moulded Records – 19179 |
Edison Records (1908) |
Billy Murray |
Alexander’s Ragtime Band |
EDIS 36065 |
Edison Records (1911) |
Jowi Taylor, Paoblo Pietropaolo & Chris Brookes |
Hallo, Hallo! [Excerpt] |
The Wire |
CBC Radio (2005) |
Bing Crosby |
Paradise |
The Bing Crosby Story Volume I: The Early Jazz Years (1928 – 1932) |
Columbia Special Products (1967) |
Rudy Vallee |
You Outta Be In Pictures |
You Outta Be In Pictures |
Victor Talking Machine (1934) |
Music behind DJ: Nurse With Wound |
Two Golden Microphones [Excerpt] |
Second Pirate Session |
United Diaries (1998) |
Ken Burns |
Empire Of The Air [Excerpt] |
Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
PBS (1992) |
Jimmy Vigtone |
When The Radio’s On |
Teen Line No. 5: Powerpop & Pop-Rock 45s V-Z |
Hyped To Death Records (2004) |
Ken Burns |
Empire Of The Air [Excerpt] |
Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
PBS (1992) |
CAN |
Shikaku Maru Ten (Radio Waves) |
Cannibalism 2 |
Spoon Records (1992) |
Ken Burns |
Empire Of The Air [Excerpt] |
Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
PBS (1992) |
Rush |
Spirit Of The Radio |
Permanent Waves |
Anthem Records (1980) |
Ken Burns |
Empire Of The Air [Excerpt] |
Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
PBS (1992) |
Music behind DJ: Nurse With Wound |
Two Golden Microphones [Excerpt] |
Second Pirate Session |
United Diaries (1998) |
Ben Brooks |
[Excerpt] |
The First 50 Years of Radio Part One |
KDKA Radio (1970) |
The Flaming Lips |
Turn It On (2009 Austin Rich Edit) |
Transmissions From The Satellite Heart |
Warner Bros. (1993) |
Mike Staff |
The Mindset of Successful DJs |
How To Become A Radio DJ |
Self-Released (1998) |
Alvin Lucier |
Music On A Long Thin Wire (1979) |
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) |
Ellipsis Arts (2000) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
Don Woody |
Morse Code |
MCA Rockabillies |
Big Tone Records (1993) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
Music behind DJ: Alvin Lucier |
Music On A Long Thin Wire (1979) |
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) |
Ellipsis Arts (2000) |
Crime |
Hot Wire My Heart |
“Hot Wire My Heart” b/w “Baby You’re So Repulsive” |
Crime Music (1976) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
Little Harvey Hull / Long “Cleve” Reed |
The Down Home Boys / Original Stack O’ Lee Blues |
The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of |
Yazoo Records (2006) |
Ken Burns |
Empire Of The Air [Excerpt] |
Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
PBS (1992) |
Buddy Rich / Charlie Parker / Curley Russell / Dizzy Gillespie / Thelonious Monk |
Relaxing With Lee |
Bird: Complete Charlie Parker |
Verve Records (1990) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
Ken Burns |
Empire Of The Air [Excerpt] |
Empire Of The Air: The Men Who Made Radio |
PBS (1992) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
Music behind DJ: Vladimir Vussachevsky |
Wireless Fantasy (1960) [Excerpt] |
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) |
Ellipsis Arts (2000) |
X |
Blue Spark |
Beyond & Back: The X Anthology |
Elektra Records (1997) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
Leb Laze |
Static Radiates (Underwater Meditation) |
Music For Troubled Machinery |
Library Catalog Music Series (2011) |
Don Joyce |
How Radio Was Done Part I (Excerpt) |
Over The Edge Radio (27 April 2006) |
KPFA Radio (2006) |
The Estranged |
The Message |
Static Thoughts |
Dirtnap Records (2008) |
We The People |
In The Past |
“In The Past” b/w “St. John’s Shop” |
Challenge Records (1966) |
Music behind DJ: Vladimir Vussachevsky |
Wireless Fantasy (1960) [Excerpt] |
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (1948-1980) |
Ellipsis Arts (2000) |
Elvis Costello |
Radio Radio |
This Year’s Model |