David Seubert writes that more than 2500 records from 1925 digitized by the UC Santa Barbara Library will soon be freely downloadable there. A full listing of these recordings is online (though note that recordings made in 1925 but not released that year won’t be public domain yet).

A highlight of the collection is “St. Louis Blues”, sung by Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong on cornet. One of the top selling records of 1925, it will be public domain in 3 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown