A corrugated-tin house in the Kabelkrishna area of Ulipur, Kurigram, has become an unlikely archive of vintage Bengali music. Resident Amjad Hossain has collected 22 working gramophones and record players, around 5,000 records and nearly 1,000 audio cassettes.

The collection includes eight hand-cranked gramophones, 14 electric players, roughly 3,000 EPs and 2,000 LPs. It preserves Bhawaiya music and recordings by many celebrated artists from Bangladesh and the wider subcontinent.

Amjad's interest began around his family's sound-system business. He continued searching for records after taking a job in 1990 and tried to organise the collection in three rooms after retiring in 2017. He also repairs damaged machines himself.

Without controlled temperature, humidity or proper shelving, however, the archive is at risk. He now makes protective sleeves from discarded cardboard. The collection highlights the need for institutional preservation and a digital archive of Ulipur's musical heritage.

This report was independently rewritten from facts published by Prothom Alo on 1 September 2026.