When you see the search term , you are looking at the footprint of the "Blogspot Era." Between 2005 and 2015, Google’s Blogger platform (blogspot.com) became the de facto home for music preservationists. Blogs like Jazz Is , Orgy In Rhythm , and countless Italian-specific jazz blogs utilized this platform to share music that was otherwise impossible to find.
Why the specific file extension .rar ? This detail is crucial to understanding the culture of music sharing in the early 2000s.
For collectors and jazz aficionados, this record (originally released on Italy's Modern Jazz Record blogspot MARCO DI MARCO TRIO AT THE LIVING ROOM.rar
The blog post containing the Marco Di Marco file likely served as a memorial to the recording. It connected a listener in, say, Brazil, with a record that was only sold in a few shops in Rome in the 1980s. The .rar file was the bridge.
Today, the original .rar file exists (if at all) on of three places: When you see the search term , you
A tribute to fellow pianist Martial Solal, who also provided the original liner notes Au Boeuf Gros Sel Ballata N. 1 Why It Matters
(My Memories) – A sweeping, melodic opening. Le Mors Aux Dents – Energetic and driving. This detail is crucial to understanding the culture
The keyword includes "blogspot" because that is where this file lived. It was likely hosted on a site run by a passionate collector, perhaps an Italian jazz historian or a Japanese enthusiast of European piano trios. These blogs were not piracy hubs in the malicious sense; they were libraries. They were often accompanied by extensive write-ups, scans of the album cover (high-res JPGs), and liner notes translated for a global audience.
The reason the search term is so specific—and often so frustrating—is the phenomenon of "link rot." The internet is not a permanent storage facility; it is a fluid, decaying entity. When file-hosting services like Rapidshare, Megaupload, Mediafire, or Zippyshare shut down or delete old files, the links embedded in these Blogspot posts die.