With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the UCSB Libraries have created a digital collection of nearly 7,000 cylinder recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. In an effort to bring these recordings to a wider audience, they can be freely downloaded or streamed online.
On this site you will have the opportunity to find out more about the cylinder format, listen to thousands of musical and spoken selections from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and discover a little-known era of recorded sound. If you know what you are looking for click the search button to begin, or you can browse by genre or sample some of our favorite selections in the featured cylinder section or by listening to online streaming radio.
With funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the
UCSB Libraries have created a digital collection of nearly 7,000 cylinder
recordings held by the Department of Special Collections. In an effort
to bring these recordings to a wider audience, they can be freely downloaded
or streamed online.
On this site you will have the opportunity to find out more about the
cylinder format, listen to thousands of musical and spoken selections
from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and discover a little-known
era of recorded sound. If you know what you are looking for click the search button
to begin, or you can browse by genre or sample some of our favorite selections in the featured cylinder
section or by listening to online streaming radio.