British Library Sound Archive
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The British Library Sound Archive in London, England is one of the largest collections of recorded sound in the world, including music, spoken word and ambient recordings. Opened in 1955 as the British Institute of Recorded Sound, it became part of the British Library in 1983.
It holds almost two-and-a-half million recordings, including over a million discs and 185,000 tapes. These include commercial record releases, chiefly from the UK, but with some from overseas, radio broadcasts (many from the BBC) and privately-made recordings.
The specialist collections are:
- Classical music
- Drama and literature
- Jazz
- Oral history
- Popular music
- Wildlife sound
- World and traditional music
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