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

Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 22:29 (three years ago)

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)

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 7 March 2023 22:51 (three years ago)

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.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 23:01 (three years ago)

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.

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 8 March 2023 23:31 (three years ago)

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!

Mr. Snrub, Thursday, 9 March 2023 09:57 (three years ago)

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.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 9 March 2023 13:57 (three years ago)

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.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Thursday, 9 March 2023 13:59 (three years ago)

one month passes...

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.

Camaraderie at Arms Length, Tuesday, 11 April 2023 14:35 (three years ago)

one month passes...

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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the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 23 May 2023 09:25 (three years ago)

four months pass...

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.

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 13 October 2023 19:45 (two years ago)

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)

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 October 2023 12:58 (two years ago)

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

Smike and Pmith (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 October 2023 15:54 (two years ago)

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

Smike and Pmith (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 14 October 2023 16:07 (two years ago)

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

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 14 October 2023 16:19 (two years ago)

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 17:06 (two years ago)

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.

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 15 October 2023 08:39 (two years ago)

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

Alba, Sunday, 15 October 2023 12:38 (two years ago)

She does not 😭

I’m sure I can figure something out

Tracer Hand, Sunday, 15 October 2023 14:55 (two years ago)

I'll put something together for you

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 15 October 2023 16:56 (two years ago)

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.

Tracer Hand, Monday, 16 October 2023 18:27 (two years ago)

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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the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 26 October 2023 17:01 (two years ago)

three weeks pass...

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

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 11:30 (two years ago)

Tracer Hand, working on something for you!

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 11:31 (two years ago)

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.

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 21 November 2023 23:42 (two years ago)

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)

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 24 November 2023 23:22 (two years ago)

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

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 25 November 2023 00:09 (two years ago)

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

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 November 2023 12:49 (two years ago)

Anxiously awaiting the Xmas mixes

active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 November 2023 17:43 (two years ago)

Seriously, this is heroic.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Saturday, 25 November 2023 18:30 (two years ago)

The first three Christmas mixes are already out there

https://centuriesofsound.com/2022/12/14/christmas-1902-1924-deep-magic-from-before-the-dawn-of-time-the-mix/

https://centuriesofsound.com/2021/12/20/centuries-of-sound-presents-a-holiday-between-the-wars-christmas-records-1926-1938/

https://centuriesofsound.com/2022/12/20/a-wartime-christmas-1939-1945/

Working on the next one (1946-1954) now, any ideas for a name are welcome!

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 25 November 2023 19:17 (two years ago)

Oh, awesome! Downloading now. Thank you CAAL!

active spectator of ecocide and dispossession (Eric H.), Sunday, 26 November 2023 19:47 (two years ago)

CAAL have you got captions for the great cover art on those CDs? Particularly interested to know what those mysterious holes are that people are looking through.

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Monday, 4 December 2023 00:17 (two years ago)

Listening to the Halloween mix on Mixcloud. This is exceedingly well done.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 02:47 (two years ago)

Did that 1946-1954 Christmas mix ever get posted anywhere? (the Wartime Christmas mix was a hit at my house)
Great work on these CAAL!

enochroot, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 13:26 (two years ago)

just finishing it off today!

any suggestions for the name? "Post-war Xmas" is a bit dull, this is full of classic famous stuff

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 13:56 (two years ago)

istr Michael Daddino called his late lamented 1950 Spotify playlist “The Bomb In The Heart Of The Century”

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 14:00 (two years ago)

The sixpence in the heart of the Christmas pudding of the century

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 14:12 (two years ago)

Stuck in the middle with Yule

Alba, Wednesday, 13 December 2023 14:54 (two years ago)

If I Knew You Were Comin I’d Have A Baked A Cake

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 15:00 (two years ago)

Xmas (Formerly Known as Christmas)

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 16:14 (two years ago)

Enjoy Your Christmas (It’s Later Than You Think)

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 13 December 2023 18:15 (two years ago)

Haha, excellent :)

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 December 2023 11:03 (two years ago)

You were quick in there!

For everyone else:

Baby It’s Cold War Outside – Christmas Records 1946-1954

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0:00:00 Red Skelton – Clip from Raleigh-Kool Radio Program – Christmas Stories (1946)
0:00:04 Nat King Cole – The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas to You) (1946)
0:03:11 Jimmy Stewart – Clip from It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
0:03:50 Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter Orchestra – White Christmas (1947)
0:06:43 Burns & Allen – Clip from Christmas Presents (1946)
0:07:31 Guy Lombardo & The Andrews Sisters – Winter Wonderland (1946)
0:10:09 Abbott & Costello – Clip from Christmas Show (1947)
0:11:24 Frankie Carle & His Orchestra with Majorie Hughes – Little Jack Frost Get Lost (1947)
0:14:02 Gene Lockhart – Clip from Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
0:14:32 Gene Autry – Here Comes Santa Claus (1947)
0:17:02 Life of Riley – Clip from Family Christmas Present (1947)
0:17:05 Spike Jones & His City Slickers – All I Want For Christmas (Is My Two Front Teeth) (1948)
0:20:12 Phil Harris & Alice Faye Show – Clip from Christmas Present (1948)
0:20:23 Andrews Sisters & Danny Kaye – Merry Christmas At Grandmother’s House (1948)
0:22:38 David Niven – Clip from The Bishop’s Wife (1947)
0:23:01 Kay Starr – December (1949)
0:26:21 Unknown – Radio Commercial for Eggnog (1949)
0:26:36 Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald – Baby, It’s Cold Outside (1949)
0:29:15 Much Binding In The Marsh – Clip from Christmas Programme (1948)
0:29:28 Amos Milburn – Let’s Make Christmas Merry, Baby (1949)
0:32:18 Dragnet – Clip from 22 Calibre Rifle for Christmas (1950)
0:32:23 Lionel Hampton Orchestra – Boogie Woogie, Santa Claus (1950)
0:35:04 Matinee with Bob and Ray – Clip from Christmas Season Program (1949)
0:35:08 Henry Jerome and His Orchestra – Sleigh Ride (1950)
0:36:47 Stars Over Hollywood – Clip from A Christmas Carol (1951)
0:36:57 Sauter-Finegan Orchestra – Midnight Sleighride (1952)
0:39:13 Suspense – Clip from The Night Before Christmas (1951)
0:39:35 Weekend Hyttens Kor And Orkester – Bjaldeklang (Jingle Bells) (1951)
0:41:53 Jack Benny Program – Clip from Christmas Shopping (1951)
0:42:26 Jan Garber And His Orchestra – Frosty The Snowman (1951)
0:45:01 Let’s Pretend – Clip from ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1952)
0:45:23 Les Brown Orchestra – Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (1952)
0:47:46 Billy May and His Orchestra – Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer Mambo (1954)
0:50:20 Bing Crosby with The Rhythmaires – Sleigh Ride / Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer (1953)
0:55:30 John Payne – Clip from Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
0:55:54 Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby (1953)
0:59:13 Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet – Clip from The Lost Christmas Gift (1953)
0:59:16 Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters – White Christmas (1954)
1:01:53 Truth or Consequences – Clip from Christmas Show (1947)

...and the previous mixes

Christmas 1902-1924: Deep Magic From Before The Dawn Of Time
A Holiday Between The Wars, Christmas Records 1926-1938
A Wartime Christmas 1939-1945

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 December 2023 11:59 (two years ago)

Nice to see some Bob and Ray in there!

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 16 December 2023 12:49 (two years ago)

Not very much though I'm afraid.

the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 16 December 2023 13:55 (two years ago)

Any Bob and Ray is better than no Boh and Ray

stephen miller is not your friend (Eric H.), Sunday, 17 December 2023 19:13 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

https://i.imgur.com/U8d1J1I.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/xLSwbMQ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/qdxquFW.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/idJiWeX.jpg

I upcycled two old three-CD cases (best of Eddy Mitchell and an Alistair Cooke comp) to make a two-volume set and chose the pictures I liked best. I'm REALLY pleased with this. I'm going to visit my mom tomorrow.

Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 6 January 2024 23:26 (two years ago)

one month passes...

Hope yr mom enjoyed the CDs, TH.

This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 February 2024 23:09 (two years ago)

And also, here is 1947 Part One.

https://i0.wp.com/centuriesofsound.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/pozo-gillespie.jpg

https://centuriesofsound.com/2024/02/22/1947-part-one-cubana-bop/

May post a tracklist tomorrow, see how I feel.

This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 22 February 2024 23:12 (two years ago)

what a great photo, and such a cool era for jazz. is this tadd dameron's first appearance on record?

budo jeru, Friday, 23 February 2024 05:24 (two years ago)

Looking forward to this!

Alba, Friday, 28 November 2025 14:49 (six months ago)

three weeks pass...

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

deep and crisp and crispy (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 21 December 2025 19:43 (five months ago)

wonderful, loving this, thank you!

budo jeru, Sunday, 21 December 2025 20:49 (five months ago)

one month passes...

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!

too irrelevant to serve as a load-bearing component (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 16 February 2026 17:56 (three months ago)

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

too irrelevant to serve as a load-bearing component (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, 21 February 2026 14:24 (three months ago)

three months pass...

Finally I'm done with 1951 (Part 1)

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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

Roy Ouroboroson (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 1 June 2026 10:39 (one week ago)


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