Written by Frank Philips (First published here with the expressed permission of the Estate of Mr. Phillips. No reproduction allowed whatsoever.) In April 1920 Carl Lindstrom AG of Berlin made an application for the registration […]
Written by Frank Philips (First published here with the expressed permission of the Estate of Mr. Phillips. No reproduction allowed whatsoever.) Born out of a desire by the Lindstrom organization of Berlin to re-enter the […]
Researched and compiled by Terry Brown Carroll Gibbons (4/1/1903-10/5/1954) was born in Clinton, Massachusetts and attended the New England Conservatory in Boston to study classical piano. Popular music became his major diversion and in 1924 […]
Written by Terry Brown Charles Nat Star was an important and highly talented British musician who majored in reed instruments and was one of the first to play sub-tone clarinet on electrically made UK dance […]
Written by Terry Brown Dinah Miller, was a superb ‘rhythm’ and swing singer whose career has been completely overlooked compared to many of her contemporaries. She was a highly successful band singer and radio performer […]
Written by Wes Williams In late November/early December 2016, a batch of Zon-o-phone discs came up for auction on eBay uk. These were not the usual Zonophones issued by the Gramophone Company (HMV) or Victor […]
Written by Wes Williams A member of the 78rpm Community’s recent contribution of a 1902 recording of Emma Calvé singing an aria from Bizet’s Carmen (below) has raised some interests (see full discussion and audio […]
Researched and Prepared by Bryan Bishop For an article on the Virtuoso String Quartet written and research by Bryan Bishop, please see here. SECTION I – CHRONOLOGICAL LOG OF RECORDING SESSIONS Matrix/Take No. Issue No. Composer/Work Session […]
Researched and Written by Bryan Bishop The Virtuoso String Quartet was founded late in 1923 by four British musicians, apparently for the express purpose of making recordings. Each of its members was a veteran of […]
Researched and Written by Bryan Bishop Visit Bryan’s blog here William Kroll, first violin Nicolai Berezowsky, second violin Nicholas Moldavan, viola Victor Gottlieb, cello These were the founding members of the Coolidge Quartet, which was […]
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