The Old Phono Blog
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Dalhart recorded for many labels under many pseudonyms, and his massive discography defies easy characterization.
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- Written by: The Guardian Newspaper
On 29 June 1888, an excerpt from Handel’s Israel in Egypt was captured on wax cylinder at London’s Crystal Palace
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In 1901, a traveling researcher recorded some Chinese opera, and accidentally made music history.
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Before digital circuitry was cheap, Nissan used little vinyl records to make cars talk.
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Incredible! Listen to Gustave Eiffel's voice and discover the history of how it was recorded.
- A Speaking Watch
- The Elusive Glass Phonograph
- The Phonograph Goes To War
- A Great Day In Harlem: The Most Amazing Photograph In Jazz history
- Your Antique Halloween Music List
- What was the first sound ever recorded by a machine?
- Is this the smallest playable record disc in the world?
- Tiny Atlanta record label gathers big attention
- UC Berkeley uses optical scanning to recover indigenous coices from wax cylinders
- After 90 years, Broadway singer gets her headstone
- Kostas Bezos, unsung hero of 1930s Greek music gets cult following
- Thomas Edison's Forgotten Sci-Fi Novel
- Twain and Edison, on the record
- A remarkable temple of sound tucked away in a place called Pala
- Names of Talking Machines
- New Documentary Blends Civil Rights Murders With Hunt for Blues Icons
- Cornell University Celebrates the Voyager Golden Record this week
- Talking Machine Tried As Disturber
- A Phonograph Fiasco
- 5 Amazing Record Archives Where You Can Listen For Free
- Done By The Phonograph: Unique Uses To Which Talking Machines Are Put
- The First Jazz Recording Turns 100
- A Phonograph School For Parrots
- Victrola trademark bought by Long Island Company
- Sounds from Shanghai
- Bix Beiderbecke Museum and Archive Opens
- Thomas Edison and the Eclipse of 1878
- Free Discography Downloads
- Edison invented recordings – but it was the phonography studios of Spain that popularised them
- Forget the vinyl comeback. See a house stuffed with antique phonographs.
- Restoring a vintage 1920s recording system for 'American Epic'
- 30,000 78rpm Records Are Now In a Digital Archive