Explore the Recordings

Discover the music of another era, from familiar melodies to lesser-known recordings. Listen to a sample, explore the stories behind the songs, and choose a record to download.

Customers and staff among shelves of records at the Commodore Record Shop in New York, circa August 1947.
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Recordings

DIGITAL RECORD

Japanese Wartime Music

English-labelled titles concerning aviation, military service, family and the home front. Their Japanese originals and the recordings remain unidentified; the collection label does not establish wartime dates.

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18 source files · About 54 minutes

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Listen to a previewWarriors of the Sky · 25-second excerpt

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Kavallerie marsch

Cavalry and parade-march titles form a repertory-based sequence. The collection does not document a single cavalry unit’s performance, and the recordings remain unidentified.

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12 tracks · About 32 minutes

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Listen to a previewKavallerie-Parademarsch · 25-second excerpt

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Kraft Durch Freude

Titles referring to labour, recreation and popular entertainment under the name of the Nazi leisure organization, with notes examining propaganda and control of working life.

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16 tracks · About 49 minutes

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Listen to a previewDeutsche Arbitsfront Lied · 25-second excerpt

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Kriegsmarine

Titles referring to German naval life, martial song and wartime propaganda, from seafaring themes to submarine warfare. Performers, dates and vocal or instrumental character remain unverified.

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25 tracks · About 70 minutes

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Listen to a previewWir Fahren Gegen Engelland (1) · 25-second excerpt

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Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

March, song and military titles appear under the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler label. Critical context addresses the unit’s atrocities; neither its name nor familiar titles establish performers or recording identity.

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15 source files · About 45 minutes

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Listen to a previewVon Finnland Bis Zum Schwarzen Meer · 25-second excerpt

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Leibstandarte-SS

Oath-like and political titles appear alongside marches and songs, contextualized through propaganda, repression and war crimes. Leibstandarte-SS remains a collection label rather than an authenticated ensemble credit.

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14 source files · About 39 minutes

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Listen to a previewHorst Wessel Lied · 25-second excerpt

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Lieder aus der deutschen Jugendbewegung

Ten supplied titles evoke youth marches, flags and a Hitler Youth propaganda song. Historical notes distinguish varied German youth movements from Nazi indoctrination; the recordings remain unauthenticated.

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10 source files · About 24 minutes

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Listen to a previewSturmende Jugend · 25-second excerpt

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Lieder unser Fallschirmjäger

Paratrooper titles appear alongside older patriotic and commemorative repertory, with notes on propaganda and military remembrance. The works’ histories do not establish wartime dates for every recording.

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16 tracks · About 37 minutes

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Listen to a previewRot scheint die Sonne · 25-second excerpt

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Marches Of The Spanish Falangists

Political-anthem, youth-mobilization and patriotic titles associated with the Spanish Falangists, accompanied by notes on civil war, dictatorship and music’s role in political education.

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21 tracks · About 58 minutes

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Listen to a previewCara Al Sol(By Jose Antonio Prima De Rivera) · 25-second excerpt

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Military Music of Adolf Hitler's Third Reich

Military and home-front titles sit alongside older march and traditional-song candidates, examined against Nazi dictatorship, propaganda and war. A common recording period or performing body remains unestablished.

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14 source files · About 41 minutes

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Listen to a previewLied der Pioniere · 25-second excerpt

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Music Of The Luftwaffe

Aviation and paratrooper titles are examined alongside propaganda, persecution and coerced labour. Ambiguous labels, particularly Junkers SS Lied, are preserved without claiming an authenticated recording identity.

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19 tracks · About 61 minutes

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Listen to a previewLuftwaffen Parade · 25-second excerpt

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N.S.D.A.P

National and Nazi Party references frame these supplied titles, with notes examining cultural propaganda, exclusion and mobilization. Documented work histories do not authenticate the recordings or their historical use.

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14 source files · About 41 minutes

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Listen to a previewDeutschland Uber Alles · 25-second excerpt