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JUST FOR THE RECORD

History of Early Recorded Sound Recordings

& The Industry

 

Robert D. Morritt

 

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           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.