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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
Development of the Phonograph in America Self Published (1949)
by Allen G Debus
The Fabulous Phonograph 1877-1977 Library of Congress (1954)
by Roland Gelatt
From Tin Foil to Stereo, Evolution of the Phonograph - N.Y. (1976)
by Oliver Read & Walter Welch
America on Record: History of Recorded Sound; New York, (2005)
by Andre Millard
Recording History - The British Record Industry, 1888-1931 (2013)
by Peter Martland
Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States, N.Y. (1993)
by Guy Marco & Frank Andrews
The Recording Labels
(CLPGS Links)
Further Information:
* The Remarkable Life of Colonel George Gouraud by Howard Hope
Photo: Joseph Faber's Talking Machine, Euphonia, Photo, 1846
