CLPGS Lectures

Audio Recordings from the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society

Lectures on the History of the Phonograph and Gramophone: Music, Technology and Industry

All Content provided has been organised by CLPGS

Delivered at London, Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, Ethical Society

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Catherine Tackley - The Music of the British Dance Bands

19-11-24 Listen here

Steve Paget - Different Sized 78rpm and Other Discs

15-10-24 Listen here

Alan Dein - Petticoat Lane Foxtrot (Extract Part 1)

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17-09-24 Listen here

William Sheffield - Personifying the Talking Machine

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20-08-24 Listen here

Howard Hope - Alternative Sound Recording Technologies

20-08-24 Listen here

Robert Girling - Durium Flexible Records

16-07-24 Listen here

Elaine Hedger - Collecting and Beyond

16-07-24 Listen here

Tim Wood-Woolley - A Presention on the Mighty Radio

18-06-24 Listen here

Theo Morgan - Britain's First Number Ones

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21-05-24 Listen here

Tony Clayden - The Golden Age of Library Music

16-04-24 Listen here

Aurea Dominguez - The Role of Women in the Phonograph

and Gramophone Industries

19-03-24 Listen here

Inya Stanovic - New Takes on Old Machines

20-02-24 Listen here

Peter Martland - 1902 G&T Recording Expedition to Italy

21-11-23 Listen here

Nick Dellow - Electric Cylinder & Sound Restoration

17-10-23 Listen here

Mike Purton - Both Sides of the Microphone

Mike Purton Recording

19-09-23 Listen here

Keith Hubbard - Jamaica's First Recording Studio

15-08-23 Listen here

Christopher Proudfoot - A Look at the Gramophone

15-08-23 Listen here

William Sheffield - Song Slides: The Phonograph

15-08-23 Listen here

Theo Morgan - The Last Survivors of Shellac

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18-07-23 Listen here

John Dale - The National Jazz Archive

National Jazz Archive

20-06-23 Listen here

Keith Harrison - Recorded Sound: the First Two

First Sounds.Org

16-05-23 Listen here

Tim Wood-Woolley - One Hit Wonders on Blue Amberol

16-05-23 Listen here

Garth Cartwright - A Century of UK Record Shops

British Record Shop Archive

18-04-23 Listen here

Tom Stephenson - The Signs of Music

Certain tracks have been edited out

21-03-23 Listen here

Simon Heighes - Great British Choral Tradition on Record

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21-03-23 Listen here

Theo Morgan - Bob and Alf Pearson: The Musical Duo

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21-02-23 Listen here

Howard Hope - Advertising Records

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17-01-23 Listen here

Theo Morgan - First UK Singles Chart 70th Anniversary

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15-11-22 Listen here

Steve Paget - American Musicians in Great Britain

18-10-22 Listen here

Further Information:

* CLPGS Website

Photo: Gramophone Company Studio 1898 First Commercial Disc Recording Studio, Fred Gaisberg EMI Archive Trust