The Old Phono Blog
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Mr. Sivan's Speaking Watch with the Edison Phonograph inside...
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It's beautiful, it's compact, it's electric, it's unique and it's almost 100 years old. One of the more beautiful phonographs to look at, the Kutzmann is a little-known brand.
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Thomas Edison invented the Phonograph in 1877: a handy tabletop device that could play music for a small group of listeners. By 1915 the phonograph (now with a small “p” as a generic name) was a moderately pricey luxury—an average working man could buy a good model with a month’s wages. Reported in Scientific American, November 6, 1915
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Photographer Art Kane took the most wonderful photograph in jazz history, featuring 57 of the best jazz musicians ever: A Great Day In Harlem.
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Looking for some good Halloween records to search out for your holiday listening? Why not start with this list of Teens and Twenties Halloween Records!
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- 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