Broadway Phonograph Recording Had Humble Start
The story traces phonograph origins from 1857 with Leon Scott and the phonautograph to Edison's 1877 foil-wrapped cylinder. It covers Berliner disc records, Bell wax records, and early Royalties. It notes rising output, notable artists like Caruso and Rogers, and the Victor trademark His Master’s Voice.
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Leon Scott
Thomas A. Edison
Emile Berliner
Alexander Graham Bell
Edison
India
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Rca-Victor
Bemper Pidelis
Serge Koussevitsky
Boston Symphony
Globe
Mary
Eldridge Johnson
Camden
N. J
Victor
Johnson
Victor Talking Machine Co
Eugene Field
George Broderick
Kert Sheppard
Taper
Carnegie Hall
Louise Homer
Johanna Gadski
Antonio Scotti
Emile de Gorgoza
Pol Placon
Alma Gluck
Ol’ Virginny
Enrico Caruso
Industry & Sport
Jimmie Rogers
Francis Barraud
Nipper
New York
Iham Jennings Bryan
Willam Howard Taft
Mr. Bryan
Mauldin Cartoon Covers Early Recording Oddities
Bill Mauldin sketches the quirks of recording artists with anecdotes. Chaplin as Mephistopheles wore horns, Emma Calve danced and sang badly, Schumann-Heink kissed technicians, and Toscanini demanded specific microphone setups.
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Chaplapin
Mephistopheles
Emma Calve
Amusing World War II Era Opera Trial Notes
Clipped text recalls a sedition trial involving Marion Farrar and a Madam Butterfly performance with Caruso and Puccini references. Mentions mistrial, dismissal, and Farrar singing during resumed proceedings. Also notes a trivia line about highballs and a record release. Ends with a comparison about Great Lakes surface area versus Illinois and Indiana.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Oeg
Caruso
Stewart Farrar
Madam Butterfly
Fede
Farrar
Total District Court
Puccini
Perjury Trial Set in Mass Sedition Case
Douglas M. Stewart of Chicago pleaded innocent to a perjury charge arising from the 1944 mass sedition case. His trial was scheduled for January 2. Stewart, former editor of Scribner's Commentator, allegedly lied about finding $16,000 in his office and not knowing its source.
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Washington
Douglas M. Stewart
Chicago
Stewart
Scribner's Commentator
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