There are a lot of free music on the Internet now, but they are mainly popular, modern or classical. If you are a person who loves Taiwanese history and wants to know or like Taiwanese old records, this article will recommend a very good “Taiwanese Sound of 100 Years”, which collects Taiwanese old record songs starting in the 1890s. You can listen to them online for free. Each record also has a brief introduction on the inside page. It is worth trying.
Introduction to the 100 Years of Taiwanese Sound website, which collects old Taiwanese records and songs spanning more than 100 years.
After entering the Taiwan Sound 100 Years website, click “Sound Data Room” on the menu above to view all Taiwan’s historical old records:
If you have old records you want to find and know the keywords, this website also provides a search function, and you can select the era you want to search, from 1890, 1910, 1920, 1930 to 2019. The collection of records exceeds 100 years:
For those who don’t know what to listen to, there are three menus at the bottom of the homepage: “New Sounds”, “Popular On-Demand Sounds”, and “Recommended Sounds”. You can start listening here, and they will be updated at any time:
There is also a classification function in the sound data room, but instead of using song types, it is classified by singer, composer, and publisher:
After you find the old record you want to listen to, the play function will appear at the bottom. Press the play button to start listening. The inner page will also display some basic information about the record, such as composition, singing, arrangement, content description, album name, etc.:
Scroll down to find some old photos of this record. Those who want to study old Taiwanese music will definitely like:
In addition to listening to old records, this website also collects a lot of relevant information about singers and creators, and it is updated frequently. Those who want to know more can go to the “Theme Exhibition” menu to read:
In addition, there are actually quite a few stories in the old record menu, such as: The Mysterious Case of the Canal, Fortune Telling, The Offline Guy, etc. Basically, the records are marked (top), (bottom) or one, two, three, etc., and some of them still speak Taiwanese.
Source: KOCPC Chinese