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Audio-Archives.com is a new company whose website is the first to index catalogues of products devoted to the heritage of sound, and distribute audio archives.

Audio-Archives.com groups together companies whose principal purpose is to safeguard this heritage.

While the audiovisual world concentrates on transitory fads, recorded works of music and diction are disappearing and are lost as part of our historical heritage.

Audio-Archives' powerful search engine enables you to discover hundreds of products. You can rapidly select the complete discography of Django Reinhardt or the speeches made by General de Gaulle.

Please find below a list of publishers/labels whose collections are available and can be shipped to you in a few days:

• LA LICHERE
  This legendary jazz and world music brought to light Paris Musette, Raul Barboza, Richard Galliano and Les Primitifs du Futur. These modern interpretations remind us of a wonderful past.
• ELEPHANT / TONGA
  This dynamic label records the best in the history of world music - Susana Baca, Melcochita, David Ornette Cherry, etc.
• FREMEAUX ET ASSOCIÉS
  The world’s leading sound heritage publishing company boasts over 400 products and has won 500 awards. Recording range from the Complete Charles Trenet to the history of Brazilian music via Cocteau’s audio creations.
  Cutting-edge technology has been used to restore all sound recordings, which are delivered with a booklet of extremely informative and detailed liner notes.
  Since 1991, Frémeaux et Associés has also concentrated making available sound recordings of speech, in particular literary and historical works.
• PLAINISPHARE LABEL
  A leading Swiss label specialised in contemporary European jazz and which has immortalised Archie Shepp, Horace Parlan, Eric Truffaz, Johnny Griffin and Dollar Brand.
• DE PLEIN VENT
  For over 30 years, this label based in southern France has developed its increasingly large repertory of classical music. It focuses on works underestimated by the record business but which are fascinating as they cover the history of European music and can only be found on this label. From Fernando Sor to Gershwin…
• DE PLEIN VENT / MUSIQUE CONTEMPORAINE
  Ce label présente en première mondiale tous les grands compositeurs du XXème siècle inconnus du grand public en raison de la promotion des services publiques et des grandes firmes discographiques uniquement concentrés sur le patrimoine bâti antérieur à 1920. La musique classique contemporaine ne se limite pas aux tentatives a-mélodiques promues par les services publiques depuis 30 ans.
• INA
  The INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel) conserves and publishes important recordings broadcast on public radio stations, ensuring the safeguard of historical, political and cultural events in France (Anthologie du XXième Siècle par la Radio, Entretiens Leautaud Mallet, etc.)
• RADIO FRANCE
  Radio France is France’s major public radio dealing with cultural transmission, and includes a number of stations, such as France Culture, France Inter, France Musique, France Bleu, etc. It works together with Frémeaux et Associés to make speech recordings available (Paroles de Poilus, Jean Moulin, Levi-Strauss, Chagall etc.)
• INSTITUT DES ARCHIVES SONORES
  This private institute endeavours to conserve all speech recordings and files them according to topic for easy reference (Titanic, 11 November 1940, Anthology of Speeches by Général de Gaulle etc.).
• HISTORIAL DE LA GRANDE GUERRE
  The Historial de la Grande Guerre and Frémeaux et Associés both believe in the need to create a sound museography and have worked together to publish documentary summaries and studies on the history of war. They also focus on a philosophical awareness based on peace and democratic values.
• PITHYS - ALAIN BOUGRAIN DUBOURG
  This publisher specialises in bioacoustics and the sounds of natural habitats and biotopes. Pithys and the Collection Allain Bougrain Dubourg are currently contributing to the production of an inventory of sound biodiversity.