My neice, Anna, after watching The Sound of Music the other night, is interested in knowing what the Trapp Family Singers actually sounded like.

I happen to have three of their recordings, committed to vinyl sometime before their final concert in 1955.  The ‘Folk Music of Many Lands’ recording includes yodeling!

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Here are two tracks from that recording:

Yodel

Waltzing Matilda, an Australian folk song

And here’s a YouTube clip with photos: