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 Machines,
WebArticles, Books, and Media
Links to Articles, Ebooks, Media on the History of the Phonograph
Talking Machines, Wax Cylinders, Early Record Labels and Artists
Web Articles Books/Essays & Media
A Brief History of Recording to ca. 1950: - AHRC - Research Centre
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A Brief History of the Talking Machine: Lightandsound.net - Australia
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A Day With Thomas A. Edison: 1922, Early Film Footage of His Life
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Against All Odds: - Commercial Sound Recording and Reproduction
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A Homemade Edison Tinfoil Phonograph by Andrew McNeese et al.
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Charles Pathé and the Phonograph: Grahame N's Online Webpage
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Earliest Sound Recordings - Short History of Cylinders, (Hagley.org)
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Edison Talking Doll Cylinder Sounds: Thomas Edison National Park
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Europeana Recording and Playing Machines, Wax Cylinder & Discs
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History of the Cylinder Phonograph: The Library of Congress Article
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How a Columbia Record is Made: - Parts One and Two, (1928) Film
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How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever - Smithsonian: - Web
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How the Cylinder Phonograph Works - Physicist Bob Lillquist Video
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Indigenous American Cylinder Recordings, The Library of Congress
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Joseph Faber and the Euphonia Talking Device: - Complete History
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Native American Cylinders Connect Cultures Across Time - Website
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Optical, Reproduction of Sounds - From Phonograph Wax Cylinders
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Optical Scanning Technology Indigenous Languages from Cylinders
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Phonographic Industry & Recorded Music a Long Misunderstanding
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Playing History: The Digital Rebirth of Old Media, by Patrick Feaster
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Science Museum Group: - Eavesdropping on History, by Kerry Grist
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The Early Years of the Acoustic Phonograph, 1877-1921, McQueary
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The History of Recorded Music, and it's Roots: Abbey Road Studios
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The Painstaking Art of Record Restoration The BBC Archive (1971)
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The Phonograph in the Preservation of the Languages of the Indian
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The Story of Thomas A. Edison: Documentary from the Film Archive
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Canna Sound Archive by F. Mackenzie
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Where do Cultures go when they Die: The Indian & the Phonograph
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Women & the Rise of Sound Recordings: United States, 1877-1913
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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
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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
Links:
The RecordingLabels
Cylinder Manufacturers
(CLPGS Links)
Clarion
Columbia
Edison Bell
National Phonograph Co Ltd
Pathé Freres
Sterling
The Four Minute Record
Other
* A Collection of Cylinder Indexes and Catalogues
* The Association of Recorded Sound Collections Presentations
Further Information
* CLPGS Website
* CLPGS Reference Series
* The Remarkable Life of Colonel George Gouraud by Howard Hope
* ARSC Website
Surrealist Depictions of the Phonograph
* Jamais by Oscar Dominguez Photograph by JL Denoix, Museu Picasso
* The Hearing Trumpet by Leonora Carrington (A Surrealist Novel) (1974)
1950s Popular Rock n Roll on Record
* All I have to do is dream by the Everly Brothers Cadence Records (1958)
Photo Credits:
The Edison Talking Machine, Early Drawing (1887)
Zonophone on Speaking Terms Trademark (1907)
Joseph Faber's Talking Machine Euphonia (1845)
Joseph Faber Mavellous Talking Machine (1845)
Euphonia Recreation by Bigans from Indonesia
