Live Music Archive

Live Music Archive

The LMA in June 2008
URL www.archive.org/details/etree
Commercial? No
Type of site Live music trading
Registration Optional
Owner Internet Archive
Created by Brewster Kahle
Launched 1996
Current status Active

The Live Music Archive (LMA), part of the Internet Archive, is a collection of over 60,000 concert recordings in lossless audio formats.[1] The website is known for its extensive collection of Grateful Dead recordings.[2]

Contents

History

The collection increased in size due to contribution of concert recordings by etree.[3]

Artists

The majority of artists are jam bands[4] however others include The Smashing Pumpkins, Tenacious D and smaller independent bands.

References

  1. ^ Biersdorfer, J.D. (2004-09-16). "Take Along the Music in All Its Many Formats". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/16/technology/circuits/16askk.html. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
  2. ^ Leeds, Jeff (2005-11-30). "http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/music/30dead.html". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/30/arts/music/30dead.html. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
  3. ^ Coyle, Jake (2007-02-27). "On the Net: Concerts on the Web". USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/life/theater/2007-02-27-2627941010_x.htm. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 
  4. ^ Parales, Jon (2004-09-10). "No Fears: Laptop D.J.'s Have a Feast". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/arts/music/10INTE.html?pagewanted=print. Retrieved 2008-04-05. 

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