Royalty Free Vintage Music: When Recording Was Rather More Adventurous (& Waxy) (1920s-1950s)

Each piece captures that ineffable period where recording itself was considered something of an adventure. You’ll find sophisticated jazz arrangements that somehow managed to squeeze entire orchestras into surprisingly limited frequency ranges, alongside light and fluffy newsreel music.

Perfect for creators crafting:

• Period dramas requiring impeccably authentic musical DNA
• Historical documentaries where the soundtrack should feel like primary evidence
• Vintage-styled advertising seeking that particular pre-war sophistication
• Fashion pieces celebrating the emergence of modern style
• Heritage brand content where tradition requires proper musical credentials

A Note on the Sound:

I’ve tried to keep those delightful technical characteristics that defined early electronic recording. Each track embraces the particular frequency limitations that made engineers of the era rather creative about microphone placement, while maintaining just enough modern clarity to work splendidly in contemporary content. Some of them have a modern mix to make your lives a bit easier

You’ll find careful arrangements that know precisely when to deploy a particularly enthusiastic brass section or when a gentle foxtrot might solve everything rather nicely.

The collection spans from sophisticated big band arrangements to intimate jazz combos that appear to have mastered the art of fitting rather a lot of music into rather limited bandwidth.