Meloware's Antique Record Archive

Explore an Entertainment Treasure of the Past

   Meloware is now a Mp3 audio archive featuring the first generation of phonograph (gramophone) records. Everyone can get started by downloading more than a half-hour of free titles.

 Subscribers purchase a small account, and are free to download any titles of their choice, from what is available in the collection. Their subscriptions make the continued restoration process, and this site, possible.

 

 
 Please test your computer on this site, before you subscribe!

Follow the instructions below, and be SURE you are able to save and play the test file, before you subscribe. 		 

 All subscription downloading is permitted after a user has signed in, or allows their session to remain open, after an earlier logon. A internet "cookie" is used (only) to control and protect your account.

 On the right is the same login box you should have seen on the homepage.
Log in now, using the following test account:

Login:      test
Password:  test
Then press the 'Submit' button
 
You should see a greeting message for 'test' and a display of the remaining time for the account

 If you did not get this message, refresh the screen, and try again

Below is an example of a typical file being offered for download
Press the 'Download' button, and save the served file to your computer. Play the file, from the saved location in your computer. This is a small file, and should download quickly, even for those of us still using dial-up access. The full version Mp3 files are typically 1½ mb in size.

Can you Download and Play the Test File?
Great! We hope you become a Subscriber
No? then Email Us. We will try to help.
ID Description Name Date Time
 Download this Sample Mp3 while logged in as "test" Edward M. Favor (from "Theodore") 1905? 0:19
 

 
 By now, you all must be saying, "How can I spend millions of dollars on this site?"

Unfortunately, you can't. Subscription time begins at $4.00 USD.
Follow the link to learn about the subscriptions here

 

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