commpost Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Can anyone recommend a library resource for REAL 1920's or before jazz recordings that might be licensed for a movie I am working on? (Not contemporary recordings -- i want low fidelity 78rpm sound.) thx Commpost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Anderson Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 check out redhotjazz.com — there's lots of original stuff there, and the managers of that site are quite knowledgable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 I don't know if that help but: http://www.jazzradio.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 DeWolfe was in that business in the 1920s! Check their archives. You might even put a call into them, see if they have stuff in London that hasn't yet been released in their current archive series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmahaAudio Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Would recordings from the 1920s need to be licensed? That's a minimum of 84 years ago. Wouldn't they be in the public domain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atheisticmystic Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Hi John, The Prelinger Archives has some 1920's material: http://archive.org/search.php?query=1920%20AND%20collection%3Aopensource_movies I downloaded and listened to a couple tracks from : http://archive.org/details/1920s78RecordingsPart2_385 May be what you're looking for, and the recordings appear to be in the public domain / open source (cursory glance). I live at this place, and have found a lot of things to use for free (including George Romero's NOTLD, and the original Roger Corman Little Shop of Horrors). Have fun, Steven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondelev Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Most US recordings from before 1927 would be public domain in the US, but you have to be careful, there are ways to "adapt" older recordings and re-secure copyright. It's best to run it by a copyright lawyer first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted March 23, 2013 Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 Famously, the turn-of-the-century song "Happy Birthday to You" (copyrighted in 1935) is still protected in some countries like the U.S., and earns around $5,000,000 a year in copyright fees from movies and TV shows. So yes, there are some jazz songs from this era that still have to be licensed. Most distributors require a form providing the name of each song, songwriter, publisher, and copyright information (or public-domain information), plus a contract that indemnifies them in case they get sued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
commpost Posted March 23, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2013 OK, thanks for the insights, guys. I will look into those avenues of inquiry. Commpost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 " the turn-of-the-century song "Happy Birthday to You" (copyrighted in 1935) is still protected " the Hill sisters (Patty and Mildred) famously copyrighted their adaption of the PD old English school song: "Good Morning to You". IIRC, Michael Jackson's estate now controls it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted March 27, 2013 Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 Naw, Warner-Chappell has it. Michael Jackson co-owned ATV Music (and Northern Songs) for 30 years, now part of Sony Music. I just drove by the Warner-Chappell building on Santa Monica Blvd. in West LA the other day, and I mused, "I bet 'Happy Birthday' paid for half this building." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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