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,

Cylinders & Early Record Labels

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

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

Charles Pathé and the Phonograph - Grahame N's Webpages

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

Joseph Faber and the Euphonia Talking Device - Complete History

History of the Cylinder Phonograph - Library of Congress Article

History of Recording of Recorded Music Timeline - EMI Trust

How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever - Smithsonian

Complete Manual of the Edison Phonograph Google Books (1897)

by George Tewksbury

PDF Ebook

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

by Roland Gelatt

PDF Ebook

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

by Peter Martland

PDF Ebook

CLPGS Links - The Recording Labels

Cylinder Manufacturers

Clarion

Columbia

Edison Bell

National Phonograph Co Ltd

Pathé Freres

Sterling

The Four Minute Record

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