Whenever I'd glance at that link for the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project I'd think it's something silly. Like the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Oboes. No, it is in fact the CPDP of the University of California, Santa Barbara's library's Department of Special Collections. So there.
This is another case where any potential legal issue (remote though they seem) is set aside not out of any sound legal foundation, it's just ignored. Or at least if it was looked at at all, it wasn't talked about. Doesn't matter. The powers that be aren't really interested in this particular analog hole, I imagine.
Which is, I realize I didn't get around to explaining, an ongoing digitization of a major archival collection of cylinder recordings. The project summary mentions two primary donated collections comprised of 7200 cylinders but the total is comprised of several lesser contributions as well so who knows how much old (literal) wax these guys are sitting on. This is why the internet exists: as long as there is technological civilization these recordings will continue to exist, I suspect. The tracks are higher quality than you might imagine. I imagine this could be a deep resource for anyone needing a retro soundtrack or remix component. Head over to the Browse menu, it is easy to get lost in the collection of currently almost 6,000 tracks.
Scrivener downloaded... (please read the download etiquette note)
12th St. Rag by the Imperial Marimba Band
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