Sound Recordings

Recording of the week: Frog in your Throat?

2012-05-28T09:00:00+01:00

Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife Sounds Curator, writes: About the size of a regular tea cup, the American Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana) is considered a giant among its North American cousins. Its voice is...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

Recording of the week: Australian Dawn Chorus

2012-05-21T09:00:00+01:00

Mark Peter Wright, supported by the Wildlife Sound Trust, writes: The sound of a dawn chorus has inspired many a poet, musician and painter over the years, not to mention nature enthusiasts, walkers...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

The Test Records of Ludwig Koch

2012-05-02T10:25:03+01:00

Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife Sounds Curator, writes: A recent visit to the British Library basements revealed a collection of 30 single-sided test records relating to Ludwig Koch’s 1936 publication ‘Songs...

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British Library Sounds: Wildlife and Environmental collections

2012-04-25T14:17:34+01:00

Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife Sounds Curator, writes: There are currently five collections within the Environment and Nature section of British Library Sounds. These content packages barely scratch the...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

New interviews with scientists available

2012-04-20T09:13:38+01:00

Elspeth Millar, Oral History Archive Assistant, writes: Further interviews with scientists, engineers and technicians have been made accessible worldwide via the British Library Sounds website. The...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

Interactivity and British Library Sounds

2012-04-16T11:19:09+01:00

Have you recently visited the new British Library Sounds website and tried out its new features? The British Library Sounds website (http://sounds.bl.uk) now has 50,000 sound tracks, all freely...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

The Listening Project

2012-04-12T18:52:09+01:00

Melissa Byrd, Marketing Manager, writes The Listening Project on BBC Radio 4 is now in full swing; you may have seen the ads on BBC TV. Here at the Library we were excited to see them and listen to...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

Forthcoming Sound Cases event: The Poetry of Radio – The Colour of Sound

2012-04-03T15:37:44+01:00

Paul Wilson, Radio Curator, writes: If you have an interest in the art of radio or its remarkable 90 year history you may well be familiar with one aspect of the work of prolific producer and...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)

Oral History for Family Historians

2012-03-27T09:23:56+01:00

Anne Gulland, Publicity Officer for the Oral History Society, writes: Spoken testimonies can add immensely to your family history research, providing information that you are unlikely to get in any...

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Recording of the Week: interview with Skomer Island warden

2012-03-20T12:20:08+00:00

Cheryl Tipp, Wildlife Sounds Curator, writes: Listen to an interview with David Saunders who, at the time of this recording, was warden of Skomer Island. Skomer is the second largest island in Wales...

(From the Archival Sounds Blog: British Library staff explore our audio resources)