A selection of Australia's earliest surviving sound recordings.

Image: Edison Spring Phonograph from the Thomas Rome Collection.
NFSA Title No: 1060808

Australia's oldest sound recordings

Beggars Archive: a record label perspective

A Q&A with Lesley Bleakley from Beggars Group in session with Rory Gibb from The Quietus

As part of the Keeping Tracks symposium

British Library Auditorium 21.03.14

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Beggars Archive: a record label perspective

Two & One

Cibi

Vocalist John James Villiers, with piano accompaniment, performs a song which features imitations of chooks. 'The Hen Convention’ was recorded in 1896 by Thomas Rome and is the earliest known Australian sound recording.  The recording was made on a wax cylinder.

NFSA Title No: 452097

Thomas Rome photo courtesy Arts Centre, Performing Arts Collection, Melbourne, and Rosemary Szente.

Thomas Rome - The Hen Convention (1896)

This is a re-creation of the derailment of a train that occurred between Allansford and Warrnambool on 11 March 1897 recorded by Thomas Rome. 
Drum virtuoso George Twentyman, known as 'Herr Schoot’, created effects to mimic the sounds of a steam train pulling out from a station and then leaving the rail. It was recorded by Thomas Rome.

Image courtesy Corangamite Regional Library Corporation.

NFSA Title No: 452185

Thomas Rome - Warrnambool Railway Accident (c.1897)

Evolve (feat. Jane Tyrrell)

From the album Thoughts Melt In The Air. Available at 
www.preservation.com.au

Melt In The Air by Fabio Orsi & Valerio Cosi

Taken from Braille Face's debut album Kōya, to be released August 31 via Spirit Level/Inertia.

Written and performed by Braille Face.
Piano by Luke Howard.
Mixed by Tim Shiel.
Mastered by Lachlan Carrick.

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The Copeland-Long restoration of the earliest known recording of computer music, recorded at Alan Turing's Computing Machine Laboratory in Manchester in 1951. Read Copeland and Long's fascinating blog account of the all-night programming session which led to its creation, and Turing's reaction on hearing it the following morning:  http://blogs.bl.uk/sound-and-vision/2016/09/restoring-the-first-recording-of-computer-music.html

First known recording of computer music, 1951

First track from "O.K. Permanent Wave" cassette released through Melbourne label Nice Music. Stream or purchase the whole tape from nicemusiclabel.bandcamp.com

O.K. Permanent Wave (Master)

Small Talk

From the album 'Head In The Trees, Heart In The Ground' out through Preservation on limited vinyl, CD and digital - 

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Nowhere by The Singing Skies

Braille Face returns with his first new music in 12 months. "Run For Your Life" is the perfect re-introduction to the vibrant and vulnerable world of Braille Face, aka Melbourne songwriter and producer Jordan White.

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Thomas Rome - Warrnambool Railway Accident (c.1897)

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