Vintage Audio - 1919
This page of the Vintage Audio section of the website contains archive recordings of songs, skits and speeches from the year following the end of the war, 1919.
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1919 was a year of continuing turmoil in the capitals of Europe; of growing demobilisation - and of resultant high unemployment.
Each recording is titled along with its performer.
All files are in MP3 and Adobe Flash format.
Sound quality is, alas, sometimes poor, indicative of the state of the then art of sound recording. Lyrics and the text of speeches accompany many files listed.
| Song and Artist | Listen and Download |
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| Roses of Picardy John McCormack |
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| Goodbye Broadway, Hello France American Quartet |
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| Sidney's in Civvies Again Vesta Tilley |
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On the League of Nations Newton Baker |
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| Warren G. Harding's Acceptance Speech Warren G Harding |
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| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? Tom Clare |
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A "gutzer" was slang for a stroke of bad luck.
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