1800年代後半から1900年代初頭、蓄音機が普及した頃の貴重なホームレコーディング・コレクション・カセットテープ作品が、戦前ブルースから世界各地の古く貴重な音源、80年代90年代のロンドンやブリストル海賊ラジオCMカットアップ集などを発掘カセット音源を中心に続々と貴重音源をリリースする名レーベルDeath is Nor The Endよりリリース！！！
1. Excerpt from brown wax home recording of humorous talk and singing
00:30
2. Black wax home recording of woman singing hymn
04:37
3. Brown wax home recording of "Bring back my kitty to me" sung to the tune of "My bonnie lives over the ocean" by acapella children's chorus
01:57
4. Brown wax home recording of Mother and Father trying to get "Billy out of bed, followed by whistling solo
03:23
5. Black wax home recording of brass solo with dog howling and man whistling and calling Muggsy
02:10
6. Brown wax home recording of woman reciting French language lesson
02:14
7. Black wax home recording of Ralph Sunderland singing unidentified song
02:22
8. Black wax home recording of brass solo and duet
02:41
9. Brown wax home recording of dogs barking, with comic introductions
01:10
10. Black wax home recording of whistling and singing duet
01:36
11. Brown wax home recording of squealing of pigs and other barnyard sounds; occasional muffled speech in background
01:50
12. Brown wax home recording of whistling over commercial recording of Afterwards, by Professor Wormser
02:22
13. Brown wax home recording of flute solo, variations on Rock-a-bye baby
02:15
14. Brown wax home recording of unidentified guitar solo
02:06
15. Brown wax home recording of women talking, singing, and laughing
02:11
16. Brown wax home recording of family gathering at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 16, 1901
03:08
17. Brown wax home recording of male singing in French
02:28
18. Brown wax home recording of child singing All alone
02:02
19. Brown wax home recording of organ solo, January 23, 1896
03:04
20. Brown wax home recording of group singing with zither accompaniment
02:44
21. Brown wax home recording of baby crying; male speaking in French; child singing Welcome to winter
02:31
22. Brown wax home recording of Psalm 23 recited by Morgan Parsons followed by Master Louis [?] Tupper [?] Parsons, toddler, talking on November 29, 1900
01:37
23. Brown wax home recording of train imitation with whistle, and joke with laughing
01:55
24. Brown wax business dictation recording
07:54
25. Brown wax home recording of a meeting of the Wreckers Club
02:23
26. Black wax home recording of banjo duet
02:24
27. Black wax home recording of indistinct talk by Donald
02:29
28. Black wax home recording of man and woman singing yodel song in German with zither
02:33
29. Black wax home recording of singing and harmonica music
04:44
30. Black wax home recording of boys attending Nazareth Hall boarding school, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1914
02:08
31. Black wax home recording of man delivering religious speech
04:20
32. Black wax home recording of woman singing Oh! what a beautiful dream
03:01
33. Black wax home recording of woman singing The curse of an aching heart ; a dialog about a wedding; and man singing Shall we ever be able to fly?, August 27, 1915
02:08
34. Brown wax home recording of man singing You're a million miles from nowhere
「円筒蓄音機は1890年代後半に初めて家庭/お茶の間に入り、1920年代に新しい技術に取って代わられるまで使われたようで、”歌っている人、楽器を演奏している人、おしゃべりをしている人、ジョークを言っている人、遠い未来のために海外の家族にオーディオ・レターを送っている人、子供の泣き声や喃語、農場の動物の鳴き声など”、商業音楽や民族学でなく、様々なプライベートな記録や遊び心、未来へのメッセージなどが自在に蓄音機に録音、記録されていたようで、それらの時代を超えた言霊宿るロマンチック貴重な録音記録をコンパイルしてカセットテープ作品化したもの。
カリフォルニア大学サンタバーバラ校シリンダー・オーディオ・アーカイブ所蔵、デイヴィッド・ジョバンノーニ・コレクションからの厳選コンパイル。34トラック収録。 (コンピューマ)