Hi Dan,
If vinyl will do, rather than CD, try to hunt down some of the releases from Mark56 Records. I have no. 827, a two-LP set transcribed from wax cylinders and released in 1979, "The First Commercially Successful Recordings 1889-1894." Primitive sound, of course, but interesting to listen to.
A lot of their other releases seem to have been of old-time radio programs. Perhaps some of them go back far enough to have been recorded acoustically.
For lots of other material that is readily available in CD format, check out OTRCAT.com. I have no experience with their releases. Note that the menu at the left allows you to browse by decade.
Best regards,
-- Al
If vinyl will do, rather than CD, try to hunt down some of the releases from Mark56 Records. I have no. 827, a two-LP set transcribed from wax cylinders and released in 1979, "The First Commercially Successful Recordings 1889-1894." Primitive sound, of course, but interesting to listen to.
A lot of their other releases seem to have been of old-time radio programs. Perhaps some of them go back far enough to have been recorded acoustically.
For lots of other material that is readily available in CD format, check out OTRCAT.com. I have no experience with their releases. Note that the menu at the left allows you to browse by decade.
Best regards,
-- Al