This web page indexes/records all audio files (*.midi, *.mp3, *.wav etc.) referred to in this domain and replaces the former MP3s Galore webpage.
*.mp3 samples are provided by the Amazons and our very own Ditty Box Enterprises the costs of which are generally a princely $0.09 at the former and a miserly £0.00 at the latter.
Other audio files kindly and generously provided for free downloading by the following organisations:

• Frank Petersohn, a massive global folk song site of lyrics and midis
• IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, recordings of works by some 1600 composers
• Robert Wilmut, some 40 music hall recordings
• Tinfoil Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders, some 240 cylinder recordings
• USCB Audio Cylinder Archive, a vast collection of more than 10,000 cylinder recordings

Thanks a million ladies and gentlemen!
Surfers are welcome to submit other sources of free audio files.

Geoff Grainger, Hillsborough, January 2022

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Oh, we too at Ditty Box Enterprises offer some 830 *.midi files absolutely free.

This web page was originally set up to cover folk music and recorder artists who had deposited their *.mp3 files at the now defunct MP3.com and was taken down with the demise of MP3.com in January 2003. It has now been revived in order to cover the vast amount of mp3 albums and tracks available at the Amazons. As of 12.02.22, the number of MP3 items presently included are as follows:

Group	Albums	Tracks	Totals
Brass	119	2132	2251
Folk Music	511	9016	9527
Jazz	51	423	474
Pipeband	14	219	233
Ragtime	230	3976	4206
Recorder	104	2025	2129
Totals	1029	17791	18820

To see an index for songs in my personal life-time repertoire, please check Song Index.
Because of legal niceties regarding licensing in the various countries, the Amazons have been obliged to provide unique stock numbers (ASIN's) for each MP3 album and track in each country (locale). This has resulted in not only a 4-fold increase of data to be generated and checked but also opens the door for a 4-fold increase of errors. Same stock numbers are sometimes used for different articles, this is especially true for Amazon.de. This not being enough, not only do the tracks given in some MP3 albums vary from country to country but there are also sometimes differencies between the albums and the original CDs. Confusion can arise so please take care if ordering these items. Although the data has been carefully checked during compilation it is completely at the mercy of the Amazons whenever they make changes. Remember, caveat emptor!
A final word. This huge collection of items can be made more interesting, informative and helpful if surfers' comments or anecdotes on the various pieces are available. Please send comments/review, they will be very welcome.

Geoff Grainger, Bremen-Vegesack, March 2010