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| | Encyclopedia4U - Ralph Peer - Encyclopedia Article |
 | | Peer spent some years working for Columbia Records, in Kansas City, Missouri until 1920 when he was hired as recording director of General Phonograph 's OKeh label in New York. | | | Peer was a talent scout, recording engineer and record producer in the field of country music in the 1920s and 1930s. | | | In the same year he supervised the recording of Mamie Smith 's "Crazy Blues", reputed to be the first blues recording specifically aimed at the African-American market. |
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http://www.encyclopedia4u.com/r/ralph-peer.html
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| | Phonograph cylinder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The ability to record as well as play back sound was an advantage to cylinder phonographs over the competition from cheaper disc record phonographs which began to be mass marketed at the end of the 1890s, as the disc system machines could be used only to play back pre-recorded sound. | | | Cylinder phonographs also usually used a worm gear to move the stylus in synchronization with the grooves of the recording, whereas most disc machines relied on the grooves to pull the stylus along. | | | Cylinder phonograph technology continued to be used for dictaphone recordings for office use into the early 1950s when the cylinder dictaphone was supplanted by magnetic tape. |
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http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph_cylinder
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| | The Canadian Connection |
| | Although the first phonographs and records manufactured in Canada, and thus the beginning of an actual Canadian industry, occurred at the beginning of 1900, Canada's connection with the industry goes back some years further. | | | Columbia recorded little, if at all, in Canada, and it is not clear if even the pressing of records was done here at first, as most Columbia records pressed in Canada used imported labels. | | | Columbia, as noted, did not record in Canada; sides on the "P" series, and its R-4000 successor, were recorded in New York or London for Canadian issue. |
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http://www.capsnews.org/barrcan.htm
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| | Columbia Records |
| | In 1925, Columbia in the U.S. bought out Compo's New England operations and used Compo masters on their 34000-F French-Canadian series, this being one of the few times that a non-Columbia master was used on Columbia records and lending credence to the assumption that Columbia's Canadian operations did not have recording capability. | | | Columbia's Canadian operations were dropped entirely, as Compo issued ARC material in Canada until 1935-36, and what few Columbia records were sold in Canada were imported U.S. pressings. | | | For obvious reasons they chose to revive Columbia as the "flagship" label of the operation, and in September 1939 an all-new Columbia record was, including not only the Brunswick artists but several name bands, the most important of which was Benny Goodman. |
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http://www.capsnews.org/barrcol.htm
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| | SONY Masterworks |
| | The first single-sided disc to appear in the Columbia Phonograph Corporation catalog is a recording of Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" march by the U.S. Marine Band; the first double-sided record also features marches - "Mascot of the Troop" march, performed by the Prince's Band, and "Invincible Eagle" march, performed by the Columbia Band. | | | Columbia debuts three technical innovations: the first double-sided disc record; the first 3-ply laminated record; and, in conjunction with Guglielmo Marconi (inventor of the radio), the first flexible plastic disc record. | | | Columbia issues Finian's Rainbow (OL 4062) in June with the first group of LP releases. |
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http://www.masterworksheritage.com/history.html
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| | The 78rpm Home Page - The Canadian Columbia Group of Labels 1921-1931: How to Distinguish Canadian from American |
| | Columbia disc records were probably pressed in Canada almost from the introduction of the disc record... | | | Columbia records were pressed in Canada up to 1931 when the Canadian branch became bankrupt. | | | In summary, during the period 1926-1931 the significant difference between an American and a Canadian Columbia is that the American records have a stamper number and the Canadian records have no stamper number. |
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http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/8764/colcan.htm
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| | Columbia Phonograph |
| | Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page Articles, entire recordings, a collection list, and a comprehensive set of links on 78rpm, cylinder, and odd records, and the phonograph machines to play them on. | | | phonograph phonograph recording phonograph record phonograph needle columbia columbia encyclopedia columbia winery columbia sportswear columbia crest columbia womens columbia coats columbia river columbia house | | | Contains cylinder and disc sound recordings, a phonograph gallery, repair instructions, and resource listings. |
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http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/article-Columbia_Phonograph.html
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| | Columbia Records: Information From Answers.com |
| | In July of 1912 Columbia decided to concentrate exclusively on disc records, and stopped recording new cylinder records and manufacturing cylinder phonographs, although they continued pressing and selling cylinder records from their back catalogue for a year or two more. | | | Columbia began selling disc records and phonographs in addition to the cylinder system in 1901. | | | Columbia was originally the local company distributing and selling Edison phonographs and phonograph cylinders in Washington, D.C. Maryland and Delaware. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/columbia-records
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| | Sony Classical - About |
| | The first single-sided disc to appear in the Columbia Phonograph Corporation catalog is a recording of Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" march by the U.S. Marine Band; the first double-sided record also features marches -- "Mascot of the Troop" march, performed by the Prince's Band, and "Invincible Eagle" march, performed by the Columbia Band. | | | Columbia and Victor adopt the electrical recording process; and the first 10" and 12" 78 rpm recordings are released featuring the Associated Glee Club, recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House on the evening of March 31. | | | The premiere recording of Mahler's Symphony No.1 is released on Columbia with the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra under Dimitri Mitropoulos. |
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http://www.sonyclassical.com/about/timeline.html
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| | Phonograph vs gramophone |
| | This made that in 1908 he modified the phonograph mechanism and so he reached, always with his wax-cylinder, 4 minutes playback. | | | During thirteen years since the birth of the phonograph, three types of material were used for recording and playing sound, which were tried, besides Edison himself, by hundreds of American, British, French and Italian researchers. | | | The advantages of this invention were evident in comparison with those of the phonograph and its cylinder. |
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http://www.todotango.com/english/biblioteca/cronicas/fonovsgra.html
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| | Orthophonic Radio Phonograph |
| | The first is regular acoustical reproduction of music from a phonograph record, through the medium of the usual needle, orthophonic sound box and tone arm, together with the orthophonic horn. | | | All the component parts are plainly labeled and by reading the text, you will learn all about this wonderful new development in the radio and phonograph field. | | | One of the interesting new developments in the phonograph world, particularly in view of the fact that the new orthophonic sound box will reproduce vibrations from 100 to 5,000 per second, is the newly developed electrical recording process for registering the voice or musical production. |
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http://history.acusd.edu/gen/recording/ar173.html
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| | ARSC: Association for Recorded Sound Collections |
| | Frank Andrews is an English collector and writer who, since the late 1960s, has written extensively about acoustic-era labels and general phonograph history, especially in the United Kingdom. | | | Phonographs With Flair: A Century of Style in Sound Reproduction, by Timothy C. Fabrizio and George F. Paul (Schiffer Publishing Ltd.) | | | General Reference in the Field of Recorded Sound- |
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| | Col_Phono |
| | Phonographs were leased for $40 annual rent to offices. | | | By 1908 the cylinder business was being relegated to the back-burner due to the popularity of disc records. | | | From that point on Columbia devoted all of its efforts to the disc business. |
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http://www.geocities.com/fiddlindon/Col_Phono.html
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| | Rose and Graceys Frequently Asked Questions |
| | There is a book on Edison Cylinder Phonographs, one on Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs, and one on Columbia Disc Phonographs. | | | The books we carry are on Victor Talking Machines, Edison Phonographs, Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs, Columbia Graphophones, and Columbia Disc Graphophones and Grafonolas. | | | The only true way to identify a Columbia is by using either the Columbia Phonograph Companion Volume I (for Cylinder Graphophones) or the Columbia Phonograph Companion Volume II (for Disc Graphophones). |
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http://www.talkingmachines.com/faq.html
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Recorded Music in American Life: The Phonograph and Popular Memory, 1890-1945 |
| | Here, Kenney examines the interplay between recorded music and the key social, political, and economic forces in America during the era of the phonograph's rise and decline as the dominant medium of popular recorded sound--from the appearance of the first commercial recordings to the postwar years when the industry became more complex and less powerful. | | | He argues that the phonograph and the recording industry served neither to impose a preference for high culture nor a degraded popular taste, but rather expressed a diverse set of sensibilities in which various sorts of people found pleasure. | | | As detailed in this study, recorded music provided the focus for active recorded sound cultures, in which listeners shared what they heard and expressed important dimensions of their personal lives by way of their involvement with records and record-players. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/0195100468
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| | Rose and Graceys Antique Phonographs |
| | Phonographs, Talking Machines and record cabinets "to be restored".If we don't have it now, we may have it next week. | | | The Phonograph Ring welcomes sites dealing with early phonographs, gramophones, cylinders, 78s and recorded sound in general. | | | Victor and Edison Reproducers as well as cylinder phonograph and disc talking machine horns perfect for your Edison, Columbia or Victor machine. |
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http://www.talkingmachines.com
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| | Americana Resources - Music: Records - General |
| | Compact discs became available in the U.S. in 1982 and many companies began phasing out the production of phonograph records. | | | The cylinder-shaped phonograph record for use with the early Edison models was made about 1889. | | | Records may also be found in other categories relating to the subject of the record as well as specific records listings for 78s, 45s and 33-1/3s. |
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http://www.amres.com/catalogs/MURE.asp
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| | Antique Phonographs, Radios & Recorded Sound |
| | He argues that the phonograph and the recording industry served neither to impose a preference for high culture nor a degraded popular taste, but rather expressed a diverse set of sensibilities in which various sorts of people found pleasure. | | | Columbia Phonograph Companion, Volume II, the Disc Graphophone and the Grafonola by Robert Baumbach | | | The rest of the book deals with the repair and restoration of antique phonographs, including a careful analysis of the construction of spring motors, turntables, reproducers and their associated parts, with step-by-step instructions on the proper way to clean, repair, lubricate and maintain phonograph mechanisms and cabinets. |
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http://www.78rpm.com/pages/rescat/booklist/phonbks.htm
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| | History of Recorded Sound (Antique Phonograph Books Edison) |
| | A phonograph which could record and reproduce was finally invented in 1877 by someone who wasn't looking for it at all. | | | Allen Koenigsberg is a long time collector of antique phonographs and the world's oldest sound recordings. | | | The prices of the phonographs and records began to drop in the mid-nineties as the anticipated market changed, and the spring motor was substituted for the earlier electric and treadle versions. |
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http://members.aol.com/allenamet/BirthRec.htm
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| | Hawthorn's Antique Audio - Frequently Asked Questions |
| | This is the page to start with if you are looking for some general information concerning value, age or identification of your records, sheet music or phonographs. | | | Phonographs in non-working condition or with missing parts or major damage generally have value as parts machines only. | | | Table top, upright and console phonographs of many makes and styles proliferated between 1910 and 1925, but with the coming of radio and the availability of electricity in many homes, hand wound acoustic phonographs were mostly discontinued by 1930. |
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http://www.thoseoldrecords.com/faq.html
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| | OKeh Album Discography |
| | Columbia knew that their mainstream distribution network could not handle rhythm and blues effectively, so they farmed out the distribution of the OKeh label to distributors more in tune with the record shops, clubs, disc jockeys and radio stations involved with rhythm and blues. | | | Columbia management decided to separate the Columbia and Epic labels, and OKeh was put under the Epic organization headed by Len Levy. | | | Perryman and his group of musicians, at that time not yet named, gathered in Columbia's Nashville studio at 2:30 in the afternoon on May 31, 1961, and by 6:30 had recorded eight new songs, including a remake of Piano Red's 1950 hit "The Wrong Yo-Yo" [RCA Victor 50-0106]. |
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http://www.bsnpubs.com/okeh.html
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| | New Orleans Jazz - ODJB Jazz History |
| | The ODJB record is easier to find today than the Smith version, which suggests that the ODJB's version of Bradford's tune probably sold more copies than Smith's (Victor had a more sophisticated network for the distribution of a hit disc than the relatively new General Phonograph Corporation, maker of Okeh discs). | | | Manetta ended up dropping violin, offering saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and piano to prospective employers. | | | Prior to the ODJB recording the music of the time was known as Ragtime and many other style names but not jazz. |
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http://members.aol.com/ODJBjazz/odjbhistory.html
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| | ODEON RECORDS IN AMERICA |
| | General Phonograph took full-page ads to announce its "new" Odeon releases, which included material by John McCormack, Riccardo Stracciari, Maria Ivogun, Frieda Hempel, Herman Jadlowker, Clare Dux, Emmy Destinn, Barbara Kemp, Pasquale Amato, Alessandro Bonci, and Adamo Didur. | | | In October 1926, General Phonograph sold its Odeon and Okeh record divisions to the Columbia Phonograph Company. | | | By March 1922, General Phonograph was offering a new Fo- prefixed series of Odeon discs, pressed under license from Lindström's Societa Italiana di Fonotipia and International Talking Machine Company subsidiaries. |
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| | Ben Selvin |
| | The tonal balance perfected in the phonograph recording studios is utterly lacking in radio reproduction; some instrument always stands out as a rule over the air, to the complete exclusion of all the rest. | | | Page 128 of the November 1927 issue states, "The Columbia Phonograph Co. announces that it has secured a three-year contract with Ben Selvin and His Orchestra, by which this celebrated dance orchestra and its leader will record exclusively for Columbia. | | | Now with even closer business ties to phonograph companies, he vigorously attacked the new medium of radio, doing it in a way to make phonograph recordings seem a perfect product. |
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http://www.redhotjazz.com/selvin.html
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| | WebRing: hub |
| | Early sound recordings online and on CD, plus a large archive of material on phonographic history. | | | We welcome sites dealing with early phonographs, gramophones, 78s, cylinder records and recorded sound in general -- information, pictures, dealers, auctions, sound files! | | | Have a look if interested in reprodcutions of early phonograph and gramophone-cataloques, about 15 are availlable at this moment. |
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http://w.webring.com/hub?ring=phonograph
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| | A Proposal Made In 1911 To Consolidate Edison and Columbia |
| | Lyle, General Manager of the Columbia Phonograph Co., with the request that he try to interest us in some plan by which there could be a consolidation of the two interests, whereby very great savings in manufacture as well as administration could be secured. | | | At the same time, it is a fact that the Columbia records are laminated and Victor records are homogeneous, and they tell me that their record surface contains more shellac than the Victor record. | | | The Victor people have also sued the Columbia Company on the so- called Johnson-cut record patent covering a disc record with a cut sound groove. |
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| | ARTCRAFT Duo-Art Rolls: N-Z |
| | It took some 'doing', once the audio recording analysis was completed, to convince the composer that changes had to be made in order to make a successful music roll, the pitfall being that a 100% imitation of the phonograph record would be bland - and lacking the human element. | | | (Generally speaking, an ARTCRAFT release sells as an expression [so-called 'reproducing'] roll or a standard 88-Note player roll. | | | This is when the new 1990 edition of SO AM I was launched, to an enthusastic music roll public. |
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http://www.wiscasset.net/artcraft/rolls2.htm
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| | Cylinder Recordings |
| | Ranging back to the first years of the invention and development of the phonograph, some of the earliest examples of recorded sound in existence are preserved within this unique collection. | | | The first records sold by the Edison and Columbia Phonograph Companies were on wax cylinders. | | | In 1877, he created a way to record sound on tinfoil cylinders by using two needles, one for recording and one for playback. |
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http://www.cyberbee.com/edison/cylinder.html
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| | Antique Phonograph Books (Victor Victrola Edison Columbia Bettini) |
| | The Patent History of the Phonograph, 1877-1912, by Allen Koenigsberg, with 2,118 patents and 1,013 inventors, w/ add'l Intro by Ray Wile, orig. | | | Welcome to Information Central for antique phonographs and records! | | | Edison Diamond Disc Phonographs, 1912-1929, by G. Frow, history and photos, 300+ pages, 26.95 |
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http://members.aol.com/allenamet/PhonoBooks.html
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| | A Chronology of Phonograph History |
| | Cylinder machines and records, however, are still produced until the demise of Edison's Entertainment Phonograph division in 1929. | | | 1925- Victor releases its last phonograph disc made by the original acoustic process. | | | 1889- January -- Columbia Phonograph Co. begins its commercial life,based on the patents of the earlier Graphophone Co. Before 1894, Columbia and the Edison company are part of North American Phonograph, but later they split to become rivals. |
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http://www.recording-history.org/HTML/phonochrono.htm
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