The Shazam app is shockingly good at recognizing contemporary music. But how well does it do at recognizing music from 100 or more years ago, whose copyrights have expired and is now in the Public Domain? Let's test it with some original 78(-ish)-RPM shellac records from 1922 and older.
Time flow:
0:00 Introduction
2:28 My Buddy
3:14 When Winter Comes
3:55 Thru' the Night
4:31 Red Moon
5:11 I Makes Mine Myself
6:12 Loveless Love
6:51 Old Fashioned Garden
7:34 Rose
8:15 Japanese Sandman
9:08 Koolemoff
10:18 Nelly Was a Lady
11:21 Nobody Knows
12:13 Comes to the Moon
13:37 You and I
14:26 Anytime, Anyday, Anywhere
15:05 Mother, Here's Your Boy!
16:07 The Navy Will Bring Them Back!
17:02 Arabian Nights
17:45 Sand Dunes
18:36 Ave Maria
19:31 Mother Machree
20:37 A Little Bit of Heaven
22:08 Carmena
23:08 Cavalleria Rusticana
24:48 A Picnic for Two
28:28 Conclusion
#shazam #78rpm #shellac