Centuries Of Sound - mixes / audio collages for every year of recorded sound, 1860 to the present day.

PART FIVE - MAY

Featuring Jimmy Yancey, Cab Calloway, The Nicholas Brothers, Charlie Parker, Jay McShann, Carroll Gibbons, Freddy Martin, Fats Waller, Ada Brown, "Five Graves to Cairo" and the notorious Axis Sally.

https://centuriesofsound.com/2022/09/09/1943-part-5-may/

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PART SIX - JUNE

Featuring The Andrews Sisters, Oscar Aleman, Carlos Di Sarli, Roberto Rufino, Ameerbai Karnataki, Khan Mastana, Nattiyakkalaye, Django Reinhardt Et Le Quintette Du Hot Club De France and "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"https://t.co/z3mkWqUhhi pic.twitter.com/vgfjwY3jKl

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) September 12, 2022

PART SEVEN - JULY

Featuring Lead Belly, Dorothy Maynor, Frank Sinatra, Carmen Miranda, Edith Piaf, Lord Invader and "For Who The Bell Tolls"https://t.co/OMqxuWyS4q pic.twitter.com/MktCvBqP9X

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) September 14, 2022

PART EIGHT - AUGUST

Featuring Concha Piquer, Duke Ellington, Ray Nance, Benny Carter, Rueben Solomon & His Jive Boys, Jimmy Dorsey, Kitty Kallen, Anne Shelton and "Private SNAFU"https://t.co/9fju1nfiBe pic.twitter.com/r5K1PT3udC

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) September 17, 2022

PART NINE - SEPTEMBER

Featuring a long genuine sequence of a bomber crew flying over Germany, also with Ella May Morse & Freddie Slack, Big Bill Broonzy, The Four Vagabonds, Dicky Wells, Spike Jones, Lum & Abner and Yvonne de Treberthttps://t.co/tq9PuIZsmP pic.twitter.com/JK975pz9yl

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) September 22, 2022

PART TEN - OCTOBER

Featuring "Lassie Come Home", Charlie Parker, Aníbal Troilo, Sekinomu, Django Reinhardt, Lead Belly and The New Mayfair Dance Orchestrahttps://t.co/q49u0U0TI4 pic.twitter.com/dAF97h1qhm

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) September 26, 2022

PART ELEVEN - NOVEMBER

Featuring Wild Bill Davison, Louis Jordan, Yma Sumack, Charles Trenet, Nat King Cole and Fats Wallerhttps://t.co/oB2zshzXfD pic.twitter.com/YMG0oSx3wl

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) September 30, 2022

PART TWELVE - DECEMBER + CLOSING

Featuring Stuff Smith, Dicky Wells, Nat King Cole, Shamshad Begum, Custódio Mesquita, Bing Crosby, The Andrew Sisters, Xavier Cugat, Amos & Andy, Fibber McGee & Molly.

And that's about it! #CenturiesOfSoundhttps://t.co/0cERCcaUxq pic.twitter.com/G49rkDTv0m

— Centuries of Sound (@Centuries_Sound) October 5, 2022

Sorry for laziness re:twitter repostings

Anyway, here is the whole thing, streamable.

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https://centuriesofsound.com/2022/10/06/1943/

https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/centuries-of-sound-1943-single-mix/

As noted before, this is an odd one as the record business was essentially shut down for the duration of the year.

I can't wait :)

Thank you CAL!

Thanks TH (not sure if this is in regard to the mix above or the Halloween mixes I just put out)

Lol all of it!

Progress has been slow this year, but I've put out three compilations this Christmas - first two were out previously, last one is brand new.

Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time

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Christmas 1926-1938: A Holiday Between The Wars

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Christmas 1939-1945: A Wartime Christmas

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Love these, CaAL, thank you for your service

On my podcast app, the earliest file I can access is 1942 (May 13, 2022). Did you switch audio formats then, or is there some kind of hosting limitation, or…?

There has been a problem between WordPress and Google Podcasts somewhere, think it is basically fixed, but the apps will probably take a few days to re-scan the old feeds.

Anyway, new one out today, this is for the first half of 1944. Have decided to start splitting the things up to preserve my sanity.
Full tracklist under the link - scroll down for the mixcloud player, the podcast download is a shorter preview version

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https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/01/10/1944-part-one/

New one out today, but featuring very little in the way of music. I edited down all the original recordings I could find of D-Day (around 60 hours) into this 80-minute soundscape. Put the whole thing up as a download as copyright issues are less of a concern this time, but it's also up at Mixcloud, etc.

https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/02/06/d-day-tuesday-6th-june-1944/

thank you for keeping us posted. i know i'm not the only one here who adores your mixes. keep it up and sorry i don't comment on them as often as i'd like to.

New one out today for patrons and it's brilliant!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/1944-part-three-79707269

Thank you!

It's out for everyone else too -

https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/03/07/1944-part-three/

(look for the Mixcloud player if you want the whole thing)

SO anyway here it is

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https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/03/07/1944-part-three

Features a good deal of original radio recordings, as discussed upthread I had WAY too many for 1944 and that's why everything has taken so long.

Aside from radio, film clips, speeches, etc, you can hear:

Louis Jordan, Boyd Raeburn, Dinah Washington, Wally Bastiansz, J.J. Johnson, Illinois Jacquet, Jack Mcvea, Nat King Cole, Les Paul, Johnny Miller, Lee Young, Stan Kenton, Phil Harris, Arsenio Rodríguez, Woody Guthrie, Tino Rossi, Sergei Provokiev, Duke Ellington, Mary Lou Williams, Lead Belly, Lucky Millinder, Wynonie Harris, Cecil Gant, Coleman Hawkins, Tampa Red, Charles Wolcott, Nestor Amaral, Bing Crosby, Walter Houston, Artie Shaw, Spike Jones, Julia Lee, The Andrews Sisters, Rev Utah Smith, Harry James, Josh White, Ernest Tubb, Sarah Vaughan, Dizzy Gillespie, Edmond Hall, Carmen Miranda, Ink Spots, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland, Meade Lux Lewis, Zohrabai Ambalewali, Sons Of The Pioneers, Wee Bea Booze, Kansas City Five, Cootie Williams, Orquesta Casino De La Playa, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, Ángel D'Agostino and Ángel Vargas.

I love all of this and one reason why is the absence these mixes evoke - absence of the audience that was listening at the time, when this stuff was floating through the air, part of the mix of popular culture. You can imagine its contours, its reactions, its absent-mindedness, but the audio only partially helps you do that, the rest is a void, unknown apart from whatever knowledge you have to bear about 1944 (probably very little). But the audio remains, as vivid and true to itself as it was back then - probably truer, because of the incredible fidelity of today's equipment. Like touching the side of a cathedral.

Centuries of Sound is great! I’m sure that mix is amazing but I’m currently at 1917 (how have I never heard the incredible “Livery Stable Blues” before?) and I want to go in chronological order, not gonna skip any years. I’ll get to 1944 eventually. All in good time. I also love the Centuries of Sound radio podcast on Cambridge 105 radio. Great stuff!

Thanks both - yes TH, I do think about the lives of people at this time, have been researching my grandparents' wartime experiences for my other project and wonder what the world sounded like to them - this is why I have a doodlebug at the start of 1944 part 1. I do also wonder about how much restoration work I should do, it's a complicated question because if the quality is better than would have been experienced at the time then that doesn't feel right. I've used some of the worse quality radio recordings to add tuning-in effects, but this kind of pseudo-authenticity just reminds me that everything is constructed, and everything is a decision I've made rather than an untouched artefact.

Mr Snrub, yes Livery Stable Blues is a great record, it is a shame that the novelty jazz of 1917-1922 is so completely disregarded, though I can well understand the reasons.

New mix up, 1945 Part One

https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/04/10/1945-part-one/ - mixcloud player has the whole mix, dl is just the first hour.

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The second world war has been a bit of a cursed time for this project, there is just too much history and not enough music going on, so let's view this one as a last grand flourish for the era, the mix is at least 50% speech radio recordings of various sorts, covering the first 4.5 months of 1945, a time when a lot of history went down. This is not what I had planned for the project, but I'm happy with how it turned out, and even happier that the next phase (and the foreseeable future) is music-centred. Though of course the war is not quite finished yet, so next time will be bebop, jump blues and Hiroshima.

1945 Part Two is up!

https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/05/23/1945-part-two/

Such a relief to finally get to the end if WWII and stop downloading those radio archives.

This one features -

Dizzy Gillespie
Xavier Cugat
Big Maceo
Mary Lou Williams
Bidu Sayao
Louis Jordan
Erskine Hawkins
Abbott & Costello
Stan Kenton
Roy Milton
Don Byas
Duke Ellington
The Les Paul Trio
Frank Sinatra
Ray McKinley Trio
Harry James
Illinois Jacquet
Trummy Young
Wynonie Harris
Miguel Caró
Spike Jones
Bob Wills
Nat King Cole
Lester Young
Luis Vola
Cecil Gant
Woody Herman
Dorothy Squires
Artie Shaw
Mukesh
Slim Gaillard Quartette
Lenny Tristano
Bing Crosby and Judy Garland
Benny Goodman
Jo Stafford
Billie Holiday
Charlie Parker
Charles Trenet
Django Reinhardt
Bill Stegmeyer
Eddy Arnold
Bill Monroe
Merle Travis
Jack Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Arthur ‘Big Boy’ Crudup
Roosevelt Sykes
Joe Liggins
Rubberlegs Williams
Julia Lee
The Duriyapranit Piphat Ensemble & Chorus
Betty Hutton
Edmond Hall
Carmen Miranda
Hadda Brooks
Coleman Hawkins
Dexter Gordon
Alfredo De Angelis
Carlos Dante
Julio Martel
Johnny Moore
Gene Kelly
Kay Starr

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FOUR BLOODY MONTHS, SORRY EVERYONE!

Here is the new mix, 1946 Part One - Things To Come

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Main blog post with preview podcast, embedded Mixcloud player - https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/10/13/1946-part-one-things-to-come/
Mixcloud - https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/1946-part-one-things-to-come/
Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/posts/1946-part-one-to-90857599

Might post the tracklist, as usual it is quite long.

Ok, tracklisting. Get ready for some scrolling.

0:00:00 Miguelito Valdes With Noro Morales' Orchestra - Rumba Rhapsody
(Clip from BBC war reporters visit to the Netherlands)
(Clip from The Big Sleep)
0:02:56 BBC - Television Is Here Again
0:03:33 Dizzy Gillespie Big Band - Things to Come
(Clip from BBC - Television Is Here Again)
0:06:51 Henry Red Allen - Count Me Out
(Clip from It's A Wonderful Life)
0:09:34 Amos Milburn - My Baby's Booging
0:11:47 Charlie Parker Septet - A Night In Tunisia (Two Versions)
0:15:08 Lennie Tristano Trio - Interlude [aka A Night In Tunisia]
(Clip from World News In Review)
0:18:19 Woody Herman Orchestra (cond. by Igor Stravinsky) - Ebony Concerto Part 1
(Clip from War Victims Find Haven In America)
0:21:16 Harry James - You'll Never Know
0:24:20 Don Byas - Gloria
(Philip Larkin - Going)
0:27:18 Coleman Hawkins And Orchestra - You Go To My Head
(Alan Lomax - Calypso After Midnight Introduction)
0:31:13 Ella Fitzgerald feat. Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five - Stone Cold Dead In The Market
0:33:50 Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - Bob Wills Boogie
0:36:52 Nat King Cole Trio - Route 66
(Clip from Truman Speaks To Pathe News)
0:39:48 Baron Mingus & His Octet - This Subdues My Passion
(Clip from World News In Review)
0:42:41 Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Laura
(Clip from World News In Review)
0:45:50 Duke Ellington & His Orchestra - Happy-Go-Lucky Local
0:48:43 Duke Ellington - Bond Promo 4
0:49:52 Kenny Clarke and his 52nd Street Boys - Epistrophy
(Clip from The Big Sleep)
0:52:59 Manik Verma - Charkhi Vale O
0:55:49 Hermanos Huesca - La Bamba
(Clip from BBC - Television Is Here Again)
0:59:00 Boyd Raeburn - Body And Soul
1:01:59 Chanteurs A La Croix De Cuivre - Batata Dia Bwanga
1:04:46 Sister Ernestine Washington - God's Amazing Grace
1:07:32 Billie Holiday - Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans?
(Winston Churchill - Iron Curtain Speech)
1:09:40 Woody Herman Orchestra (cond. by Igor Stravinsky) - Ebony Concerto Part 1
(Clip from World News In Review)
1:11:36 Tabata Yoshiro - Kaeribune
(Clip from Inner Sanctum)
1:13:07 Charles Mingus Sextette (Vocal by Claude Trinier) - Weird Nightmare
1:16:06 Duke Of Iron - Introduction To Ugly Woman / Ugly Woman
1:19:17 Hoagy Carmichael - Huggin' And Chalkin'
(Clip from Casey Crime Photographer)
1:21:53 Benny Bell & Paul Wynn - Shaving Cream
1:23:13 Clyde Mccoy - Mr Wah Wah
1:25:27 Jimmy Mundy - Bumble Boogie
(Clip from Notorious)
1:27:05 Dexter Gordon Quintette - Dexter Digs In
1:29:22 Sacasas - Rumba Negra
(Clip from Inauguration of Cannes Film Festival)
1:32:04 El Marios All Girl Rumba Band - Babalu
1:34:27 Xavier Cugat With Miguelito Valdes - Babalu
(Clip from World News In Review)
1:37:16 Dizzy Gillespie - Convulsion
(Clip from Despotism)
1:39:46 Shalom Katz - Eil Malei Rachmim
(Clip from Despotism)
1:42:05 Charles Brown With Johnny Moore's Three Blazers - You Won't Let Me Go
(Clip from Despotism)
1:45:12 Woody Guthrie - Pastures Of Plenty
(Clip from Despotism)
1:47:40 James Baskett - Zip A Dee Doo Dah
(Clip from Despotism)
1:49:59 Spike Jones & His City Slickers - Jones Polka
1:52:34 Boyd Raeburn and his Orchestra - Boyd Meets Stravinsky
1:55:23 Dizzy Gillespie - Shaw 'nuff
1:58:25 Dinah Washington & Gerald Wilson & His Orchestra - Oo Wee Walkie Talkie
2:00:00 Bing Crosby - Pretending
2:02:38 Sarah Vaughan with John Kirby and his Orchestra - You Go to My Head
(Clip of Albert Einstein on Nuclear Weapons and World Government)
2:05:38 Woody Herman Orchestra (cond. by Igor Stravinsky) - Ebony Concerto Part 1
2:06:25 Piphat Phataya-Koson - Homrong Chan Chao (Thailand)
2:08:04 Duke Ellington and his Orchestra - Perfume Suite from Date with Duke
2:12:04 Dinah Washington - Joy Juice
(Clip from Inauguration Du Festival De Cannes 1946)
2:13:37 Edith Piaf - La Vie En Rose
(Clip from A Matter of Life & Death)
2:16:43 Astor Piazzolla & Francisco Fiorentino - Viejo Ciego
(Clip from Nye Bevan speech)
2:19:51 Neriman Altindag - Soyledi Yok Yok
(Clip from The Best Years of Our Lives)
2:24:11 Chet Atkins - Guitar Blues (Picking The Blue)
2:26:54 Harry Choates - Jole Blon
(Clip - British soldier in Greek Civil War)
2:29:38 Unknown Artist - Huculka & Kozachok
2:30:53 Lord Invader - Introduction to Tie-Tongue Baby / Tie-Tongue Baby
2:34:38 Macbeth The Great - Introduction to Do Lai Do / Do Lai Do
2:37:38 Oum Kalsoum - Excerpt from Nagh El Borda
(Clip of BBC journalist in Greek Civil War)
2:41:23 Erskine Hawkins - After Hours
(Clip from A Matter of Life & Death)
2:43:44 Jo Stafford - Come Rain Or Come Shine
(Clip from A Matter of Life & Death)
2:47:21 Sarah Vaughan with John Kirby and his Orchestra - It Might as Well Be Spring
(Clip from A Matter of Life & Death)
2:50:45 Billie Holiday - No Good Man
2:54:04 The Maddox Brothers & Rose - I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
2:56:12 Benedito Lacerda & Pixinguinha - Ainda Me Recordo
2:57:30 Peggy Lee - I Don't Know Enough About You
(Clip from "The Seaside Reopens" - Pathe)
3:02:20 Ssekinomu - Ekyalema Nakato
3:02:46 Lusk, Gribble & York - Rolling River
3:05:00 Julia Lee - Lotus Blossom
(Clip from My Darling Clementine)
3:08:27 Teddy Wilson Quartet Quartet feat. Sarah Vaughan - September Song
(Clip from Inner Sanctum)

Thought that picture was from Stairway to Heaven/A Matter of Life and Death.

Yes, seems to be. I had it as one of my backgrounds in the early days of the pandemic.

you're right, the section from around 2:40 to 2:50 is based around samples from A Matter of Life and Death

Can’t wait to listen to this. I will probably burn a CD and give to my mom for Christmas - she was born in 1946.

Can’t wait to listen to this. I will probably burn a CD and give to my mom for Christmas - she was born in 1946.

― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 14 October 2023 18:06 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

You may want to wait a month or so for 1946 Part Two to be out - the theme for that one (spoilers I guess) is Rock & Roll Starts in 1946

Not sure how you can put 6-7 hours audio on a CD - maybe I can break it into CD-sized up-to-74-minute chunks.

Maybe Tracer's mum has one of those fancy MP3 CD players

She does not 😭

I’m sure I can figure something out

I'll put something together for you

CaAL! I am embarrassed that you would even offer to do that. But like… I’m not going to tell you not to!?! That is so kind of you.

Not to really ladle it on, but she was diagnosed w Stage 4 pancreatic cancer about 2 years ago. She’s been doing incredibly well, considering. Her quality of life has barely changed. Of course obviously her whole mentality has been rearranged. She’s been thinking a lot about how she fits into the universe. Like even - particularly - spatially. I made an orrery for her out of paper and cardboard last year. I don’t know if that helped. But I see this is something similar. A marker in time, a slice of not exactly reality, but what was deemed worthy of recording and either transmitting or selling, the year she was born. She probably won’t recognise much of it, the same way I wouldn’t recognise most popular culture from 1974. But I think she will get a kick out of it, particularly the way you mix it all together.

Posting this here too because why not eh? Why not?

https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/10/25/a-1940s-halloween-from-centuries-of-sound/

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1946 Part Two – That’s All Right For You

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I know it's Coleman Hawkins, but this mix is basically "Rock & Roll Starts in 1946" + a few other bits.

Blog with all links is here - https://centuriesofsound.com/2023/11/21/1946-part-two-thats-all-right-for-you/
Mixcloud is here - https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/1946-part-two-thats-all-right-for-you/
Patreon is here - https://www.patreon.com/posts/1946-part-two-93180874

Tracer Hand, working on something for you!

I am actually home with my mom right now and I’ve been thinking about this. I recorded her today, answering questions about her childhood. She spent about 45 minutes getting up through age 5 lol.

Here you go then! I can also add a Christmas 1939-45 mix OR if you wait a week or two a Christmas 1946-1954 mix I'm working on.

Here is the link

(For anyone else, this is the two mixes turned into six CD-sized mixes, each with artwork and tracklist, please grab it yrselves if you like)

CaAL you are my hero! Thank you so, so much. (And I’m very psyched for the Xmas mix.)

No worries! Just happy that someone has a use for these.

Anxiously awaiting the Xmas mixes

Seriously, this is heroic.

YESSSS

cannot wait to get into this

New one out - 1949 Part Two

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This one is more relaxed and thoughtful than the hotter part one, the theme is the introduction of the 12" Vinyl LP.

Full links, blog post, etc., all here: https://centuriesofsound.com/2024/12/06/1949-part-two-the-12-mix/

love the throwback art

It's based on variant of this, by some counts the first LP ever issued.

right although as i'm sure you probably know, the artwork was basically uniform across the "masterworks" series from that era -- they were once ubiquitous in used record stores and thrift shops here in USA

I have to confess I didn't really know that! but it works even better that way so happy to hear it.

yeah, they would just change the text and the color!

https://i.imgur.com/zwmVJLy.png

Now I'm thinking I should have gone for the green. It's a very late 40s graphic style, reminds me of the credits for a film but can't remember which one.

1950 Part One, naturally this is heavily based on The Bomb In The Heart of The Century.

https://centuriesofsound.com/2025/03/31/1950-part-one/

The mixcloud player is the one that works now - the podcast player is just a placeholder.

looking forward to this one. sorry i didn't say something early, site has been fucked

🚨1950 Part 2🚨

Still based around The Bomb at The Heart of the Century, but spinning things out a bit more in the second half. think this might be the widest variation I've had in a mix. mixcloud player / blog / tracklist all under the link:

https://centuriesofsound.com/2025/07/15/1950-part-two/

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nice. i’m out of town but stoked to listen when i’m back

Jumping forward (temporarily) to the new millennium, here's the first three hours of music and speech from the year 2000, A year most of you will actually remember. This is the most personal mix I've ever made and includes quite a few clips from home videos.

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Many bonus points if anyone knows who the cover photo model is (a picture I took myself)

https://centuriesofsound.com/2025/09/17/2000-part-one-lets-go-back/

Blog post etc. under the link, here is the tracklisting.

(New Year Montage - various clips)
0:01:15 Azzido Da Bass - Dooms Night (Timo Maas Remix)
(Clip from In The Year 2000)
(Clip from The Simpsons)
(Clip from Amores Perros)
(Clip from home videos - Ed)
0:04:47 Sunship - Cheque One-Two (Original Mix)
(Clip from Sexy Beast)
0:08:46 Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes (Jagz Kooner mix)
0:11:13 Life Without Buildings - Let's Get Out
0:15:01 Emiliana Torrini - Unemployed In Summertime (LP mix)
(Clip from Memento)
0:17:58 Ghostface Killah feat. The RZA - Nutmeg
0:19:59 Chris Morris & Michael Alexander St John - Club News
0:22:46 Jonas Mekas - As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
0:22:54 Boards Of Canada - Kid For Today
0:25:56 Roni Size & Reprazent - System Check
(Clip from Big Brother UK)
0:28:33 The Hives - Die, All Right!
0:31:10 Destiny's Child - Jumpin, Jumpin
(Clip from home videos - Rowley & Jamie)
0:33:35 Jamie Lidell - La Scappin Rood
(Clip from Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
0:34:36 Aaliyah - Try Again
(Clip from Meet The Parents)
0:37:39 Mala Rodríguez - Tengo Un Trato
(Clip from Final Destination)
(Clip from Billy Elliot)
(Clip from Yi Yi)
0:39:14 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Storm
(Clip from BBC Review of The Year)
0:44:38 Anaal Nathrakh - The Supreme Necrotic Audnance
0:45:46 Radiohead - Idioteque
(Clip from Jackass)
0:49:16 DJ Zinc - 138 Trek
0:52:43 Fragma - Toca's Miracle
(Clip from The Beach)
(Clip from home videos - Ed & Rowley)
0:54:17 Phoenix - Too Young
0:57:18 Two Lone Swordsmen - Brootle
(Clip from BBC Review of The Year)
(Clip from home videos - Adam & Olly)
0:59:09 Fiona Apple - Paper Bag
(Clip from Sexy Beast)
1:02:35 PJ Harvey - Good Fortune
1:05:46 Elliott Smith - Can't Make a Sound
1:08:50 Belle and Sebastian - Judy Is A Dickslap
(Clip from The Simpsons)
(Clip from interview with Broadcast)
1:11:38 Mos Def - UMI Says
1:16:27 Susumu Yokota - Genshi
(Clip from Dancer In The Dark)
1:20:56 Brave Captain - Tell Her You Want Her
(Clip from Requiem For A Dream)
1:24:06 Shiina Ringo - 罪と罰
(Clip from Black Books)
1:29:34 Papa Reu - Shine (feat. TC, C-Note & Lil' O) (Screwed & Chopped)
1:31:59 王菲 - 香奈兒
(Clip from Yi Yi)
1:34:37 The Flaming Stars - Some Things You Don't Forget
1:35:38 Green Velvet - Flash (Danny Tenaglia's Prepare To Dub)
(Clip from Freaks & Geeks)
1:38:03 Fatboy Slim - Sunset (Bird Of Prey)
(Clip from Harvey Birdman)
1:42:05 Playgroup - Make It Happen (Soulwax Remix)
1:43:41 Super Furry Animals - Ymaelodi A'r Ymylon
(Clip from home videos - Biggsy)
1:45:47 Peaches - Fuck The Pain Away
(Clip of Hubert Selby Jr Interviewed by Ellen Burstyn)
1:47:29 Laurent Garnier - The Man With The Red Face
(Clip from Best in Show)
1:51:01 Sweet Female Attitude - Flowers
1:53:50 Monsta Boy - Sorry (I Didn't Know)
1:56:36 MJ Cole - Sincere
2:01:35 Freescha - Lift
(Clip from Best in Show)
(Clip from home videos - Dan)
2:05:27 At The Drive-In - One Armed Scissor
(Clip from Da Ali G Show)
2:09:10 Queens of the Stone Age - Feel Good Hit Of The Summer
(Clip from Sexy Beast)
2:11:42 Dandy Warhols - Horse Pills
(Clip from home videos - Ed & Tim)
2:14:33 The New Pornographers - Letter From an Occupant
2:18:13 All Saints - Black Coffee
(Clip from The Beach)
(Clip from High Fidelity)
2:23:09 Johnny Cash - The Mercy Seat
(Clip from Final Destination)
2:27:44 V/Vm - Two Can Play That Gammon
2:29:07 Electric Wizard - Vinum Sabbathi
2:31:54 Bantam Rooster - You're the Sun
2:33:09 Add N To (X) - Brothel Charge
2:36:00 Oxide & Neutrino - Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)
(Clip of John Peel)
2:38:25 Ballboy - I Hate Scotland
(Clip from Vince Russo shoot on Hulk Hogan)
2:42:17 Sigur Rós - Dánarfregnir og jarðarfarir
2:46:11 Daft Punk - One More Time
2:51:19 Spiller - Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)
2:54:55 Photek - Infinity
(Clip from Erin Brokovich)
(Clip of Hubert Selby Jr Interviewed by Ellen Burstyn)
2:58:36 Clearlake - Winterlight

wowowow!!

I finally subscribed to this (I had played a couple of mixes before but it was hard to do on the go then) and I’m already obsessed, this is incredible work. Going from the beginning but also listening to the 2000 mix which is exactly the balm I needed

thank you wins! really appreciated. this is the most personal one I've ever done, and really happy with it

Especially chuffed to see Flaming Stars and Clearlake (who no one knows).

The first Clearlake LP was an obsession in 2001, it summed up so well my aimless burnt-out-on-drugs life at that point. I found out Winterlight was released as a single in 2000, so could justify putting it in here on that basis.

Just finished 2000 part two, among the voices you can hear in the first ten minutes I have Ben Kingsley, Busta Rhymes, Daphne & Celeste, Doug Stanhope, Kurt Cobain, Greg Gilbert of Delays, Joe Flaherty, Jon Marsh of The Beloved, Liam Gallagher, Lionel Richie, Mark Gatiss, Ray Winstone, Simon Jones, Wayne and Shuster and Vivian Stanshall, and quite a few more, yes several of those are already dead in the year 2000.

🚨 NEW!🚨

Free to stream, another three-hour exploration of the sounds of the year 2000, this time focussed on sampling, mashup and DJ culture as well as the US election. This is a good one!

https://centuriesofsound.com/2025/10/20/2000-part-two-get-me-a-tape/

Featuring: A Silver Mt. Zion, Adam Beyer, Alan Braxe, Antony & The Johnsons, Arto Tunçboyacıyan, Asian Dub Foundation, Avalanches, Badly Drawn Boy, Basement Jaxx, Bersuit Vergarabat, Big Boss Man, Black Box Recorder, Black Legend, Blonde Redhead, Bomfunk MC's, Boss Hog, Britney Spears, Broadcast, Budowitz, Busta Rhymes, Cassandra Fox, Cassetteboy, Cat Power, Chris Morris, Clinic, Clint Mansell, Common, Daphne & Celeste, Deltron 3030, Dom & Roland, Doug Stanhope, Doves, Dr. Dre, Electrelane, Eminem, Fred Falke, Funkmaster Flex, Gentle Waves, Goldfrapp, Herbaliser Band, Kinobe, Kronos Quartet, Lambchop, Lemon Jelly, Longmont Potion Castle, Looper, M.O.P., Mint Royale Feat. Lauren Laverne, múm, Mya, Mystikal, Nelly, Oneida, Outkast, Rui Da Silva, S Club 7, Sonique, St Germain, Suba, Sugababes, VNV Nation, Wu-Tang Clan, Yo La Tengo.

Here's something I made on commission from a Patreon supporter:

https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/1983-alans-version/

For a little over two hours you will be transported to a house in Philadelphia. In the room with us is the radio, playing warm and fuzzy FM radio hits from the year, coverage of a Phillies game and a selection of radio dramas. To the left side you will hear the TV in the next room with St. Elsewhere, Family Ties and North & South as well as the usual commercial breaks. To the right side, someone is playing on a ColecoVision or an Atari 2600.

Central Channel: Radio

0:00:00 Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene IV
0:02:11 Al Jarreau - Morning
0:06:34 Jeffrey Osborne - Don't You Get So Mad
0:10:10 Culture Club - Time (Clock of The Heart)
0:12:48 Rufus & Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody
0:18:19 Evelyn King - Betcha She Don't Love You
0:21:45 James Ingram with Michael McDonald - Yah Mo B There
0:24:37 Cyndi Lauper - Time After Time
0:28:49 38 Special - If I'd Been The One
0:32:00 Spandau Ballet - True
0:37:04 Irene Cara - Flashdance (What A Feeling)
0:41:12 Hall And Oates - One On One
0:44:32 Deniece Williams - I'm So Proud
0:47:47 Journey - Send Her My Love
0:52:29 George Duke - Give Me Your Love
0:56:48 Brian Daley - The Empire Strikes Back Radio Drama (Excerpt)
1:02:00 Harry Kalas - Post-game Interview with Bo Diaz
1:05:08 The Isley Brothers - Between The Sheets
1:09:46 The Manhattan Transfer - Spice Of Life
1:13:16 Don Henley - Dirty Laundry
1:16:43 Agnetha Faltskog - Once Burned, Twice Shy
1:19:58 Joe Jackson - Steppin' Out
1:24:39 CBS Radio Mystery Theater - The Last Duel (Excerpt)
1:30:40 Barclay James Harvest - Waiting For The Right Time
1:36:57 Indeep - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
1:41:55 Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream
1:46:15 Michael Jackson - Human Nature
1:50:37 Anita Baker - Angel
1:55:10 DeBarge - Time Will Reveal
1:57:34 Patti Austin & James Ingram - Baby, Come To Me
1:59:33 CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Resident Killer (Excerpt)
2:04:36 Dionne Warwick with Luther Vandross - How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
2:06:55 Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)
2:13:27 Brian Eno - Stars

Plus radio:

WIP 610 - Ken Garland
WIP 610 - Brian Miller
WYSP 94 - Mike Picozzi
WSNI-FM Paul Michael Tyler
KYW-TV 3 - Radio Red Hot & Right Now
WIFI 92 - Rock of the 80s - Lee Paris
WYSP - Randy Kotz and Friday Night Dance Party promo
& Harry Kalas baseball calls

Left Channel: TV

St. Elsewhere S2E06 "Under Pressure"
Family Ties S02E06 "Speed Trap" (plus other clips)
North and South S01E02
& various commercials

Right Channel: Video Games

Adventure (Atari 2600)
Spider Man (Atari 2600)
Smurf Paint 'n' Play Workshop (ColecoVision)
Looping (ColecoVision)

Looking forward to this!

This year's Christmas mix is 1962-1968, up on patreon and mixcloud right now

https://www.patreon.com/posts/146374822

https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/a-christmas-gift-for-you-from-centuries-of-sound-christmas-records-1962-1968/

https://i.postimg.cc/L6yVXXsx/Cover-Art.jpg

wonderful, loving this, thank you!

It's Year of the Horse starting tomorrow!

Here's my traditional Chinese year mix, an hour of horsey content - https://www.patreon.com/posts/150927504

And ok, sure, it's on Mixcloud too, fine - https://www.mixcloud.com/centuries_of_sound/year-of-the-horse/

马年快乐!

Just put 2025 up, think it's pretty good. My longest ever mix!

https://centuriesofsound.com/2026/02/21/2025-preview-mix/

Tracklist:

0:00:00 PinkPantheress - Illegal
0:02:46 Eev Francis - Burstintotears
0:04:44 Miimii KDS - Sé Miimii
0:06:41 Billy Woods - Misery (feat. Kenny Segal)
0:08:47 Kae Tempest - Statue In The Square
0:11:15 Daughter of Swords - Talk To You
0:13:32 gyrofield - Vegetation Grows Thick
0:15:28 FKA twigs - HARD
0:17:40 2hollis - FLash
0:20:24 Playboi Carti - OPM BABI
0:22:00 Turnstile - I CARE
0:23:00 Yasmine Hamdan - Shmaali Tarweeda (Nicolas Jaar Remix)
0:25:40 Sherelle - Freaky (Just My Type)
0:28:04 Marina - Cuntissimo
0:30:16 Zuchu - Amanda
0:32:46 Momma - My Old Street
0:34:56 Tracey - Sex Life (feat. Riko Dan)
0:37:22 Silvana Estrada - Dime
0:40:54 deBasement - Aperol Spritz
0:42:48 Confidence Man & Jade - Gossip (Chris Lake Remix)
0:45:00 Wet Leg - Catch These Fists
0:46:27 DJ Koze - Buschtaxi
0:48:37 Sudan Archives - My Type
0:51:39 CMAT - The Jamie Oliver Petrol Station
0:56:55 Snow tha Product - Sabado
0:58:57 Yung Bredda - The Greatest Bend Over
1:00:49 Marie Davidson - Demolition
1:03:00 Tautumeitas - Bur Man Laimi
1:04:15 EsDeeKid - LV Sandals
1:06:06 EMJAY - Boss
1:08:13 Tortoise - Oganesson
1:11:24 Moliy, Silent Addy, Skillibeng & Shenseea - Shake It To The Max (Remix)
1:14:09 Beatrice Dillon - Basho
1:18:14 Te Kuru Marutea - Kei Wareware i a Tātou
1:20:50 Snapped Ankles - Raoul
1:22:58 coen - Headbanger
1:25:44 Myd - The Wizard
1:28:48 Kate Nash - GERM
1:32:22 caroline - Total Euphoria
1:36:34 Djrum - A Tune For Us
1:39:49 Chip - Grime Scene Saviours
1:42:35 Juana Rosas - Antonio
1:45:24 A. G. Cook - Dread
1:48:51 Jennie ft. Doechii - ExtraL
1:51:37 Water From Your Eyes - Playing Classics
1:53:21 Real Lies - Wild Sign I Choose You
1:57:51 Ninajirachi - Fuck My Computer
2:00:53 Cannelle - FILLE
2:02:56 Katseye - Gnarly
2:04:04 Kesha - ATTENTION!
2:06:06 Kim Petras - Freak It
2:07:48 Stereolab - Melodie Is A Wound
2:09:57 Cairo Time - Intellectual Hygiene
2:11:56 Rosalía - Reliquia
2:15:43 Loula Yorke - Time Is A Succession Of Such Shapes I
2:17:53 Barker - Reframing
2:20:56 The Lewis Express - Run Tell That
2:24:04 These New Puritans - Bells
2:26:31 Self Esteem - I Do And I Don't Care
2:31:11 Adrianne Lenker - No Limit (Live)
2:34:45 Jim Legxacy - Stick
2:36:57 Simona - Cocon
2:38:51 Nia Archives & Clipz - Maia Maia
2:41:02 Amaarae - S.M.O
2:44:02 Obongjayar - Not In Surrender
2:47:14 James K - Play
2:49:17 Little Simz - Young
2:51:41 Lola Young - Messy
2:56:05 Drugdealer ft. Weyes Blood - Real Thing
2:59:25 Saint Etienne - Glad
3:01:47 Hayley Williams - Mirtazapine
3:04:17 The Dare - Tambourine
3:06:49 Ale Hop - Una Cumbia en Kinshasa
3:09:10 Badger, Tface & Mayday - Canva (How?)
3:11:10 LSDXOXO, Boys Noize & VTSS - RED
3:12:47 Planta Industrial - Teteo in The Bronx
3:13:42 Skinner - New Wave Vaudeville
3:15:17 Charli XCX with John Cale - House
3:18:23 Marshall Allen - Boma
3:23:44 Love Remain - U.K.
3:26:20 Model/Actriz - Cinderella
3:30:37 Kevin Saunderson - Detroit (Vocal Mix)
3:33:54 Sturdyyoungin, Ohthatsmizz & Zeddy Will - Trippin
3:35:52 Doechii - Nosebleeds
3:37:57 NMIXX - High Horse
3:40:24 Cain Culto and Xiuhtezcatl - ¡BASTA YA!
3:42:50 xiangyu - とか言って (ft. Sawa Angstrom)
3:45:21 Night Tapes - storm
3:47:56 Greta Isaac - Soft Scoop Talking Dog
3:49:19 Disclosure & Anderson .paak - No Cap
3:51:26 MC Laranjinha & Wesley Gonzaga ft. DJ Gvzinho Tralha - PRÓXIMA PARADA
3:52:42 Queen's Tafari - Ilegal
3:54:27 Clipse - E.B.I.T.D.A. (Feat. Pharrell Williams)
3:56:22 Princess Nokia - Blue Velvet
3:58:50 Pulp - Slow Jam
4:02:12 Wednesday - Reality TV Argument Bleeds
4:04:42 Kneecap ft Sub Focus - No Comment
4:06:45 Kiran Leonard - S/P (live)
4:10:59 Antoine Corriveau - Suzo
4:13:46 cupcakKe - One of My Bedbugs Ate My Pussy
4:16:29 Ata Kak - Batakari
4:21:20 Bad Bunny - NUEVAYoL
4:23:27 L'eclair - Run (ft. Gelli Haha)
4:24:40 Joji - PIXELATED KISSES
4:25:57 Cameo Blush - One Chance (Original Mix)
4:28:06 Mavis Staples - Sad and Beautiful World

Finally I'm done with 1951 (Part 1)

https://i0.wp.com/centuriesofsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/1951-Part-1-Cover-Image.jpg

https://centuriesofsound.com/2026/06/01/1951-part-one-your-choice-is-simple/

Really feel like I've made a breakthrough with the mixing on this one, very happy with it. And most of my favourite 1951 tracks are still to come in part two.

Tracklist:

00:00:47 Big Jeff - Step It Up And Go
00:03:22 Roy ''Bald Head'' Byrd And His New Orleans Rhythm - Hey Little Girl
00:06:21 Margaret Whiting - Good Morning Mr Echo
00:08:57 Lord Kitchener - London Is the Place for Me
00:11:22 Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man
00:14:19 Johnnie Ray - Cry
00:17:19 Louis Jordan - Lemonade
00:18:13 The MGM Studio Orchestra - An American In Paris Ballet
00:23:37 Maro Ajemian - Fourth Interlude
00:25:06 Orchestra Conducted by Frederick Dvonch - March Of The Siamese Children
00:28:06 Unknown Artist - Kopacka Igra
00:29:44 Johnny Otis - All Nite Long
00:32:12 Roy Milton - T-Town Twist
00:34:52 The Pinetoppers - Mockin' Bird Hill
00:36:47 The Soul Stirers (Sam Cooke) - Jesus Gave Me Water
00:39:14 Elmore James - Dust My Broom
00:41:58 Sevlievska Troika - Razdelyane Na Bulkata S Maika I
00:45:07 Les Baxter - Quiet Village
00:48:21 Nat King Cole - My First And Last Love
00:51:39 Pia Beck - Flight Of The Bumble Bee
00:54:44 Joe Liggins - Little Joe's Boogie
00:56:54 Jimmie Dolan - Hot Rod Race
00:59:46 Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats - Rocket '88'
01:02:31 Sotho - Monga Kobo
01:03:39 Ndau - Samondoza Iwe
01:05:09 CSO, Kubelik - Music for Strings, Perc and Celeste - Adagio
01:08:28 Edith Piaf - Padam... Padam
01:11:41 Rosemary Clooney - Come On-A My House
01:13:37 Adikwa Na Bana Loningisa Rumba - Tolingana
01:15:45 Fats Domino - Rosemary
01:17:56 Eri Chiemi - Uchi e Oide yo
01:20:01 Awaya Noriko - Kika Sete Yo Amai Kotoba
01:23:12 Wanda Landowska - Prelude And Fugue No. 12 In F Minor, Bwv 881: I. Prelude
01:26:24 Oscar Levant (Piano) - Adam Cook Monologue (How Long Has This Been Going On?) (Extended Version)
01:28:03 Piano Red - Rockin' With Red
01:30:23 Lloyd Glenn - Chica Boo
01:32:41 Louis Armstrong - (When We Are Dancin') I Get Ideas
01:36:01 Tennessee Ernie - The Shot Gun Boogie
01:37:47 Mel Blanc - I Taut I Taw A Puddy Tat
01:38:57 Carl Stalling - Putty Tat Trouble, Pt. 6
01:40:10 The Griffin Brothers And Margie Day - Little Red Rooster
01:41:58 Big Bill Broonzy - Black, Brown And White
01:44:18 Shona - Du-Du-Du
01:46:00 Thelonious Monk - Four In One
01:47:43 The Five Keys - The Glory Of Love
01:50:49 'Pepermint' Harris with Maxwell Davis - I Got Loaded
01:53:09 The MGM Studio Orchestra - Painting Montage (An American In Paris) (Deleted Version)
01:54:54 Walt Disney - The Tulgey Wood
01:56:26 Boris Karlov - Elenino
01:59:18 Pyi Hla Hpe - Ba Ba Win (Burma)
02:02:04 Shamshad Begum - Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re
02:05:02 Jerry Byrd - Over The Waves
02:07:24 Doris Day - Every Little Movement
02:09:20 Victor Silvester - Barcarole
02:11:24 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys - Uncle Pen
02:13:24 Chet Atkins - Rainbow
02:15:53 Miles Davis - Move
02:19:02 Elton Britt - Rotation Blues
02:21:42 Unknown Artist - Vlaškoto
02:23:23 Mukesh - Awara Hoon
02:24:28 Georgian State Folk Song and Dance Ensemble - Chakrulo
02:27:20 Alfred Hause Tango Orchester - Donna Vatra
02:30:14 Conny Froboess - Pack Die Badehose Ein (live radio)
02:33:35 Nat King Cole With Les Baxter And His Orchestra - Too Young
02:36:53 Spike Jones and his City Slickers - Too Young
02:39:29 Ella Johnson - No More Love
02:42:40 Frank Sinatra - Farewell Farewell to Love