For all you who bemoan the lack of high-bit-rate music files, here's a new free source of high-rez music - http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/
This is The University of California's Cylinder Restoration project, home to over 7,500 wax cylinders dating from as the 1890's through the 1920's.
I especially like the Vernon Dalhart sides.
You can also download MP3 versions.