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National Jukebox: spoken word
- Heard
- 1901–1925
- Episodes
- 189
- Language
- English
Matrix/Take: B-19477/1.
Episodes, in broadcast order page 1 of 2
- 1901
- 1903
- 1904
- 1905
- 1906
- 1907
- 1908
- 1909
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- 1911
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- 1922
- 1923
- 1924
- 1925
Where it comes from 1
The archive items its episodes are played from, best first, with each one’s rights as its archive states them. An episode two sets both hold is played from the first.
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National Jukebox: spoken word
The Library of Congress states: “The Library makes the sound recordings in the National Jukebox available pursuant to permission from the rightsholders. Under the Music Modernization Act, many of these recordings will begin entering into the public domain on January 1, 2022, when all recordings published prior to 1923 will enter the public domain and will be free to use and reuse. Recordings published between 1923 and 1946 are then protected for 100 years, and recordings published between 1947 and 1956 are protected for 110 years. In addition, some of the items in the Jukebox, such as the Victrola Book of the Opera, are”
From the Library of Congress (loc.gov), with its rights statement.
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