Between and , some , different recordings were made. Recording sessions supervised by the first eight recordists of the Gramophone Company and its successors account for nearly , of these recordings. A method obviously was needed to give each plate a positive and unique identification. Several early systems were proposed and used, but the volume of discs being produced outlived the practicality of nearly all of these systems. The initial system was the obvious one: Gaisberg and the other recordists simply wrote the required details in the blank space in the center of each plate see above , there being no paper labels at the time. These details, together with the title Berliner or Gramophone , the Trade Mark of the Recording Angel precursor of Angel Records and Catalog Number added afterwards, then appeared on every pressing from a given matrix, since the plate itself bore the markings in mirror writing.
Rock ‘n’ roll 78s are a hot, but sometimes overlooked, commodity
Dave Guttridge is a DJ with a difference. His decks are a pair of wind-up gramophones and his records are mono shellac 78s from the days before vinyl. He explains how he fell in love with the bygone technology and discovered the wonderful qualities of old records.
Speeds and pitching of 78rpm gramophone records
It was and still is very common for Record Companies to promote their latest releases through in-store posters, flyers and record catalogues. These publications were often only printed in small quantities and they would usually be thrown away as soon as the latest and more up to date catalogue had presented itself. It reached the number 1 position on Billboard and number 2 in the UK. Elvis Presley had arrived with a bang! This record was actually released to the public the previous month.
The Gramophone & Typewriter Company (which became HMV) once tried putting a labels specified ‘speed 80’ even though the generally recognized speed was Yet surely, if we know the date and place of a particular recording, the.
To return to front page, click here. See Frank Andrews, HD Three 5. The discs were pressed by Columbia. Six books were advertised here in November at 7s 6d each Eventually 12 were sold here. Frank notes that they were still available in
Making transfers from 78rpm sources – a practical guide
In addition, the authors described the various designs of labels used. They listed 17 types. In April , by way of a small tribute to Frank and Ernie, I decided to try to compile a set of these 17 types for this website.
At the time of writing, not all music has been transcribed from 78 RPM disks and Date, Location, Composer, Work, Victor Disc. and Matrix Number. HMV Disc.
Perhaps the engineers were not terribly worried about the speed question; they may not have been able to measure it accurately, in any case. Many of the earliest discs from the beginning of the century were recorded at rpm.
Collecting rare ‘antique’ 78 rpm records becomes a new status symbol in Bombay
records and a batch of 78 shellac records dating back to the early part of the 20th century. Dave’s fascination with gramophones and 78 records began when he and “We went past an antiques shop and saw this HMV
Nursery Mambo is the second track. Nice item. Irish Mambo is the second song. HMV B Nice copy.
HMV RECORD LABELS ON THE B- SERIES: 1912-1958.
Question: I inherited about 45s. I found a 78 RPM. I Love You. The Beatles did issue recordings in the 78 RPM format. I Love You?
Emile Berliner (the inventor of the flat disk and founder of HMV) lost a With 78s the original recording date is usually the most important factor.
In the original painting, the dog is listening to a cylinder phonograph. It is a famous trademark in the recording industry. In the s, the statue of the dog and gramophone, His Master’s Voice , were cloaked in bronze and was awarded by the record company EMI to artists or music producers or composers as a music award and often only after selling more than , recordings. It was acquired from the artist in by the newly formed Gramophone Company and adopted as a trademark by the Gramophone Company’s United States affiliate, the Victor Talking Machine Company.
When Mark Barraud died, Francis inherited Nipper, along with a cylinder phonograph and recordings of Mark’s voice. Francis noted the peculiar interest that the dog took in the recorded voice of his late master emanating from the horn, and conceived the idea of committing the scene to canvas. The incident took place at 92 Bold Street, Liverpool. In early , Francis Barraud applied for copyright of the original painting using the descriptive working title Dog looking at and listening to a Phonograph.
He was unable to sell the work to any cylinder phonograph company, but William Barry Owen, the American founder of the Gramophone Company in England, offered to purchase the painting under the condition that Barraud modify it to show one of their disc machines. Barraud complied and the image was first used on the company’s catalogue from December As the trademark gained in popularity, several additional copies were subsequently commissioned from the artist for various corporate purposes.
The painting was adopted as a trademark by Berliner’s business partner, Eldridge R. Johnson first used the dog-and-gramophone image in print advertisements for Consolidated in the autumn of
Check out the Internet Archive when you have some hours to kill, link below Does anybody else in the group buy and play 78 rpm records? If so, do you play them on vintage equipment? I do and I love it! I went to his house on Saturday Sept. Turned out the guy is a record dealer and he wasn’t able to sell these anywhere he went.
His Master’s Voice (HMV) was the unofficial name of a major British record label created in collectors as “G&Ts”, while those after that date are usually called “HMV” records. seines Herrn” motto on the label was shown spinning on a rpm wind-up gramophone as the music played in the protagonist’s living room.
The first HMV-branded store was opened by the Gramophone Company on Oxford Street in , and the HMV name was also used for television and radio sets manufactured from the s onwards. The retail side of the business began to expand in the s, and in was divested from EMI , the successor to the Gramophone Company, to form what would become HMV Group.
HMV owned the Waterstone’s bookshop chain from until ,  and has owned the music retailer Fopp since August It sold the group in December On 5 February , just over one month after re-entering administration, HMV was acquired by the Canadian company Sunrise Records , which had bought the leases for 70 former HMV Canada properties in an effort to continue operating them as record stores. Sunrise planned to emulate the growth strategies it had used in Canada, including leveraging the renewed interest in vinyl phonographs.
The antecedents of HMV began in the s at the dawn of the disc gramophone. By it had become the beginnings of the Gramophone Company. In February it commenced the building of a new dedicated record factory at Hayes, Middlesex. Disc records were sold in music shops and independent retailers at this time.
His Master’s Voice
The USSR recording industry was a state monopoly from until the late s. The Melodiya label was introduced in , but brought no change in the numbering sequence. As pre LPs usually appear as “Melodiya” in dealers’ lists, the same custom has been followed in this discography, and also for the few 78s. An illustrated history of the Russian gramophone record is provided by Vitaly Brousnikin.
With the increasing realisation of the musical value of historic recordings has come the need to improve the way in which these precious artefacts are reproduced and preserved. A record without the ability to hear it is useless; a record badly reproduced is not much better, for it gives a false impression of what is actually stored within the grooves. No, not at all, and you will come to realise this as we go through the guide.
Note, although I specifically refer to 78 rpm discs, much of the following will apply to early mono LP and rather less to reel-to-reel tape. The first part of the learning process is not in fact in this document. Before even putting a record on the turntable, you need to learn how the sound got there in the first place: without knowing this, you will find it very much harder to satisfactorily recover the information stored in the record, and the results will be a hit and miss affair, rarely suited to what is required.
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