[HN Gopher] UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
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       UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
        
       Author : tintinnabula
       Score  : 34 points
       Date   : 2021-08-27 21:26 UTC (2 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.library.ucsb.edu)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.library.ucsb.edu)
        
       | ryantgtg wrote:
       | I worked in this department as a student worker in the early
       | 2000s, just as this collection - and the digitation efforts - was
       | really taking off.
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       | It was accessible from the get-go. Really cool resource!
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       | They also have a massive collection of acetate records.
        
       | Vaslo wrote:
       | Everytime I see articles of these wax cylinders I always think of
       | this video on Chris Pirillo's old show:
       | https://youtu.be/pnsizkVjGm8 30 second video but kind of
       | entertaining depending on your taste in humor.
        
       | Rume wrote:
       | I will love to know more about this UCSB
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | _" Everlasting Indestructible Record from The Indestructible
       | Record Company - Albany, N.Y., United States"_
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       | Between 1907 and 1922, it produced 1,598 titles, almost all of
       | which have survived. The cylinders are described as "rugged" and
       | "practically immune to splitting". - Wikipedia
       | 
       | Mission accomplished.
        
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