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Definition - 'Talking Machine'

a machine that reproduces sound by means of a needle in contact with a grooved cylinder or disc,

(phonograph), and a mechanical device constructed using mechanisms and instruments to replicate

the human vocal organs and throat.


A History of the Talking Machine - Web Articles and Books

Links to Web Articles and Ebooks on the History of the Phonograph Talking Machines,

Wax Cylinders & Early Record Labels



Web Articles & Essays


A Brief History of Recording to ca. 1950: - AHRC - Research Centre


A Brief History of the Talking Machine: Lightandsound.net - Australia


A Homemade Edison Tinfoil Phonograph by Andrew McNeese et al.


Charles Pathé and the Phonograph: Grahame N's Online Webpage


Earliest Sound Recordings - Short History of Cylinders, (Hagley.org)


Europeana Recording and Playing Machines, Wax Cylinder & Discs


Indigenous American Cylinder Recordings, The Library of Congress


Joseph Faber and the Euphonia Talking Device: - Complete History


History of the Cylinder Phonograph: The Library of Congress Article


How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever - Smithsonian: - Web


Native American Cylinders Connect Cultures Across Time - Website


Phonographic Industry & Recorded Music a Long Misunderstanding


Science Museum Group: - Eavesdropping on History, by Kerry Grist


The Early Years of the Acoustic Phonograph, 1877-1921, McQueary


The History of Recorded Music, a Timeline: - The EMI Archive Trust


Unlocking the Secrets of the Canna Sound Archive by F. Mackenzie


Where do Cultures go when they Die: The Indian & the Phonograph


Women & the Rise of Sound Recordings: United States, 1877-1913



Ebooks


Complete Manual of the Edison Phonograph, Facsimile NJ (1897)

by George Tewksbury

PDF Ebook


Development of the Phonograph in America Self Published (1949)

by Allen G Debus

PDF Ebook


The Fabulous Phonograph 1877-1977 Library of Congress (1954)

by Roland Gelatt

PDF Ebook


From Tin Foil to Stereo, Evolution of the Phonograph - N.Y. (1976)

by Oliver Read & Walter Welch

PDF Ebook


America on Record: History of Recorded Sound; New York, (2005)

by Andre Millard

PDF Ebook


Recording History - The British Record Industry, 1888-1931 (2013)

by Peter Martland

PDF Ebook


Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States, N.Y. (1993)

by Guy Marco & Frank Andrews

PDF Ebook



The Recording Labels


Cylinder Manufacturers

(CLPGS Links)

Clarion

Columbia

Edison Bell

National Phonograph Co Ltd

Pathé Freres

Sterling

The Four Minute Record


Cylinder Indexes & Catalogues


Further Information:

* CLPGS Website

* CLPGS Reference Series

* The Remarkable Life of Colonel George Gouraud by Howard Hope


Photo: Joseph Faber's Talking Machine, Euphonia, Photo, 1846



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