Mp3s of old records

[sanmenxia]

I found these pages of links to mp3s of old Chinese records:

gtclee.com/cansongs/listing.htm

gtclee.com/classics/listing1.htm

The bit rate is a very low 32kbps though.

Some of my favourites:
Little red peach (xiao tao hong 小桃红) gtclee.com/cansongs/sth.mp3
sounds like a violin rather than the gaohu/erhu.

Yang Cui Xi (杨翠喜) gtclee.com/cansongs/yangchuixi1.mp3
Again this sounds like a violin (unaccompanied).

I love the xylophone on running horse (zou ma 走马):
gtclee.com/cansongs/runninghorse.mp3

[xindi]

Shame to see so little interest in these old folk songs.

I've just found a few which I have the flute music for! It's lovely to hear it being played with the chinese chamber arrangements. The vintage recordings are absolutely stellar too - for 32kbps, that's something.

Thanks for sharing.

[davidmdahl]

There are plenty of rips of old recordings of Chinese music at:

huqinblog.blogspot.com/

Best wishes,

David