Live Music Archive
Music collection hosted by Internet Archive
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The Live Music Archive (LMA), part of the Internet Archive, is an ad-free collection of over 250,000 concert recordings[1] in lossless audio formats.[2] The songs are also downloadable or playable in lossy formats such as Ogg Vorbis or MP3. The website is known for its extensive collection of Grateful Dead recordings,[3] and contains music from many other bands.
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 The LMA in June 2008 | |
Type of site | Live music trading |
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| Owner | Internet Archive |
| Created by | Brewster Kahle |
| URL | www.archive.org/details/etree |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Launched | 1996 |
| Current status | Active |
History
Artists
The majority of artists are jam bands.[5] Others include The Smashing Pumpkins, Tenacious D, Warren Zevon,[6] Ween, Little Feat.[7] and smaller independent bands.