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JUST FOR THE RECORD
History of Early
Recorded Sound Recordings
& The
Industry
Robert D. Morritt
Availability
 This book represents several years
collecting and researching early recordings, the history of the industry of
the musicians and their recorded repertoire.
After collating this information
together, into semblance of order, I can now present an overview of the
history and development of sound recording together with a few odd and
eccentric ancient inventions of apparatus that would purport “talk’ or relay
sound.
The book identifies successful
inventors who successfully introduced recorded sound, by portraying the
talent of various singers and musicians to the general public. The period
covered is from to the 'Great Depression until the great depression of the
1930’s.
Much emphasis is placed on smaller
recording companies; to assist a collector to identify a particular session
or date a recording was made. Included are listings of the pseudonyms used by
manufacturers and the performer’s real identity of performers.
Descriptions of some of the
earliest recordings ever made from the advent of cylinder records, to hill
and dale and lateral disc record manufacture together with the output of
early record companies with an overview of performers, session dates and
their recorded repertoire.
I have intentionally not included
within the discography section larger corporations such as; Columbia, Edison
or Victor, as this information is a readily available at large library also
on the internet and in order for the collector to take a look at the rest of
the industry from inception.
Page No. &
Section:
4 = I Am The Talking Machine
5 = Am. Ancient Automaton
6 = Talking Heads
7 = Automatons
8 = Early Talking
Machines
9 = Jules Lissajous – Acoustic Vibrations
12 = The Phonautograph
13 = Phonography and
Photo-Phonography
15 = Charles Cros
16 = Phonograph Theory
17 = Thomas Edison
21 = The Bell-Tainter
Cylinder Machine
23 = The Edison
Laboratory –Earliest Recordings
27 = Bell-Tainter Patent
40 = Jesse Lippincott –
The Graphophone
43 = North American
Phonograph Co. & Subsidiaries
56 = Early Recording
Sessions
57 = Phonograph Parlors
58 = Emile Berliner
63 = Early Cylinder
Records
66 = Busy Bee – Cylinder
Records
68 = Everlasting and
Lakeside Cylinder Records
70 = Early Disc Records –
Busy Bee
74 = Early Disc Records –
Clico
75 = Early Berliner
–Single-Face Disc Records
91 = Edison’s Account Of
His Invention
92 = Francois Lambert
93 = Oldest Surviving Recordings
94 = Volta Lab
99 = Crystal Palace Recordings 1888
112 = Colonel Gouraud
117 = The Advent of the Phonograph Industry
119 = Columbia Phonograph Company
122 = Indestructible Phonograph Company
128 = Disc Records
130 = Phoenix Arisen (Berliner)
132 = The ‘Dog’ on HMV Records
133 = Double-Sided Discs
134 = Early Recordings Over Wireless Telephone To Ships At Sea
135 = Len Spencer
138 = Ada Jones
139 = Frank C. Stanley
140 = The Real Names of Recording
Artists (Pseudonyms)
145 = Pioneer Groups and Members of.
166 = List and discography of more
obscure American Recording Companies ( ARTO to TRIANGLE )
452 = Potpourri of obscure early
recordings from Author’s own Collection
456 = Correspondence to Author (George
Blacker, Milford Fargo, Jim Walsh, Brian Rust, Mrs. Carson J. Robison,
Quentin Riggs, Wayne Daniels, Fred Goldrup, Martin Bryan and others.
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