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Long article about the legendary 78 collector, reprinted from Washington City Paper.
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Joe Bussard Somewhere deep in the heart of the boonies, Joe Bussard, the self-proclaimed king of record collectors, was lost. A few miles back, he had made a wrong turn, and now he didn't know where in the hell he was. All...Information pertaining to antique phonographs, gramophones, records, Victor, Edison, Columbia, and of course, Nipper. Contains cylinder and disc sound recordings, a phonograph gallery, repair instructions, and resource listings.
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Nipperhead Antique Phonograph Site (Victor Victrola, Edison, Columbia, etc Edison first turned the crank of his tinfoil machine and heard the scratchy, barely recognizable rendition of Mary Had A Little Lamb the phonograph has been a source of awe and facination. A hundred years later, the technology developed by...A collection of handbooks, manuals and catalogs for vintage phonographs and records.
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Antique Phonograph Books (Victor Victrola Edison Columbia Bettini) Click phonograph to hear an Edison Cylinder if you need RealPlayer (free go HERE! Welcome to Information Central for antique phonographs and records! For over 30 years, we have offered great books to help you identify, repair, research, and evaluate...A site with MP3 files of vintage jazz and hot-dance music. Also has a how-to page.
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Welcome to the Hot-Dance Vintage Jazz Pages! There are recordings here in MP3 format, many pictures of well-known (and not so well-known) musicians and radio stars, scans of various popular music and radio publications, information about how I create the MP3 files, a discussion forum, some info...Publication for 78 collectors; includes a sample article and information about the next issue.
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7 8 Q u a r t e r l y...The complete resource for 78 collectors. Pictures of labels, many good articles and lots of links.
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The 78rpm Record Home Page Collection with tips on selling Value of 78s Selected major discographies and references Repair and cleaning 78s Labels, History, etc. Center-Start 78s Spindle holes The first vertical-cut records: Neophone Playback of Pathe vertical records The story of Flexo From Brunswick...An introduction to the hobby of collecting cylinder records.
http://www.usinternet.com/users/danixon/
Focused on under-the-counter 78 RPM records and specialty series produced by very small labels.
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The Blue Pages Rectum is the legal term for righting a wrong (well, just what did you think it meant and this project is an attempt to rectify the omission of party records from discographies. The Blue Pages is a work in progress...A safe place to talk about those talking machines. Covers Edison cylinders, 78s, Diamond discs and 10" LPs.
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Phono-holics Anonymous A safe place to talk about those talking machines. Dateline: March, 1999 Earthlink names Phono-holics Anonymous the winner in Earthlink's Monthly Homepage Contest! Phonographs on the Internet Looking for more phonograph related sites? A page of links to other sites...Book publishers specializing in discographies, particularly the German National Discography -- a systematic listing of all recordings of the 78rpm shellac era that were made in Germany.
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Birgit Lotz Verlag Welcome to the website of the Birgit Lotz Verlag 78rpm discs and books we specialize in discographies and international mail auctions related to recorded sound: 78rpm gramophone discs, phonograph cylinders, sheet music, needle tins, catalogs, books, photographs, postcards and just...Articles, entire recordings, a collection list, and a comprehensive set of links on 78rpm, cylinder, and odd records, and the phonograph machines to play them on.
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Tyrone's Record and Phonograph Page Pictures of unusual labels, unusual records. ARTICLES: Find out more about records! MY COLLECTION: What I own, available for research. LINKS: Other great places to visit. ABOUT ME: Boring stuff, such as what possesses me to do this, and how...Includes sound clips from some historical recordings, and a guide to dating 78rpm records.
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Helmut Weber's Gramophone Hobby Page Best results will we obtained by Netscape Navigator 3.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0. Sound clips (long and short) Informations for dating 78rpm records Links for 78rpm collectors and addresses related to talking machines Books and publications on talking machines...Online magazine about vintage recordings; shop and museum devoted to old records in England.
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Dinosaur Discs Index Page To start into our nostalgic site, just click on one of the NAMES below- Dinosaur Discs With over 80,000 78rpm records, there are lots for you to buy or have transferred to CD. Dinosaur TV Rare British black/white tv programmes...Listen to a collection of 78 RPM records, transcribed in streaming Real Audio, accompanied with background information, photos and record labels. In English and Dutch.
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Jan's 78 RPM Record Warehouse/Jan's 78-toeren Pakhuis All comments and suggestions are welcome, just e-mail the webmaster. Original Design/Content Copyright 1999-2005 Jan Hovers, The Netherlands. Copyrights held by various and respective owners who may request their withdrawal by e-mail. This site is a member of WebRing. To...This site is devoted to vintage music from the early decades of the 20th century. Features RealAudio streams of acoustic and electrically recorded records.
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Dismuke's Virtual Talking Machine This site is devoted to vintage music from the early decades of the 20th Century. All recordings have been transcribed into streaming Real Audio from the original 78 rpm discs in my personal collection. It is my hope that this...Information about vintage recordings and reissues of vintage recordings. New RealAudio selections every month.
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Dawn of Sound Vintage Audio on the Net Canada’s oldest surviving recording Edison’s Talking Doll This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here 1998-2005 Dawn of Sound All rights reserved Home Sound Archive Shop v:rect id _x0000_s1095 alt href index_files/shop.htm style position:absolute; left:10665668...About the history of English 78rpm records and cylinders, with Gramophone record labels and advertisements to view, and early sounds to listen to.
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Bill Clark's 78rpm Record Website On this site you will find information about 78rpm records, which were the main method of recording sound from the 1890s to the late 1950s. You can order 78rpm records, gramophone needles and Music Hall CD re-issues by mail. There...Audio selections from a collection of 78 RPM records, rotated monthly. Also, demonstration clips of noise reduction, and a trivia quiz.
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Swazoo Koolak's Web Jukebox I have provided several selections from my collection of 78 RPM records. I change the selections about once a month. I must ask all users of this site not to make permanent copies of my sound files on their systems....Information about the man and his 78 RPM microgroove records released on the Audiophile lable. Includes a label discography.
http://www.flash.net/~bobgh/nunn.htm
Free online articles from a publisher of discographies of vintage 78s and cylinder records.
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78 RECORDS CYLINDERS Books and articles for collectors from MAINSPRING PRESS Free online articles and discographies Feature Articles: NEWParamount's Legacy: What Happened to NYRL's Inventory Alex van der Tuuk) NEWDating Paramount's L-Series Matrixes (Alex van der Tuuk) NEWMarsh Laboratories: A Preliminary Discography (Revision 3.2, Updated 9/25/05) NEWWhen Did Marsh Laboratories Begin...