Nathan Davis

Written by our Staff Editor
On December 14th 1931, EMI engineer Alan Dower Blumlein filed a patent for a two-channel audio system, for what we now know as ‘Stereo’.
Alan Dower Blumlein (1903 – 1942) was an Engli […]

Researched and Prepared by Terry Brown
For a biography on Reginald Foresythe, please see article here (part 1) and here (part 2)
[Key: ⦿ 78rpm Electric]

PAUL HOWARD’S Quality Serenaders: Paul Howard (ts), Geo […]

In 1939, Alex Steinweiss, at just 23 years old, landed a job at Columbia Records where he worked as the label’s first art director. CBS had recently opened a new headquarters in Bridgeport, Connecticut and their […]

Eccentricity must go hand in hand with collecting – particularly if you have the odd hobby of collecting jazz 78s records, playing bluegrass records to the cat in the basement and love to run miles day after day w […]

Written by Wes Williams
This is the strange story of how recordings made about 1906 for a cylinder record company turned up on a flat disc manufacture about 1920 with sound fidelity better than I ever would have […]

Written by Jonathan Holmes
Jonathan Holmes is a member of the 78rpm Collectors’ Community and has an impressive and extensive collection of English Dance Dance and Jazz 78s. He also currently works for the B […]

Researched and Prepared by Terry Brown & Tony Middleton
The following discography has been compiled by Terry Brown & Tony Middleton, based on Alasdair Fenton’s original, with corrected recording dates/matrix nu […]

Vogue picture records were phonograph records on the “Vogue” label which featured elaborate illustrations embedded in the transparent vinyl of the record.

The illustrations on each side of the record were […]

Researched and Prepared by Doug Hamilton
KEY – ⦿ 78rpm Electric ⦾ 78rpm Acoustic
Our article on Jim Davidson can be accessed here.
JIM DAVIDSON AND HIS NEW PALAIS ROYAL ORCHESTRA
Ray Tarrant-t/Jim Gus […]

Prepared by Doug Hamilton
James Hutchinson Davidson was born in Sydney on 6 August 1902. By 1922, Jim had become a competent drummer in a band lead by Jimmie Elkins.

He worked in this band for some years until […]

Social media is a great way to connect with other collectors – take the 78rpm Collectors’ Community for example!

So we’ve put together a list of what we consider to be the top 7 Instagram accounts related to […]

Researched and Prepared by Terry Brown
Dorothy Carless 78 RPM Discography
London 28 June 1934 – New Mayfair Dance Orchestra – Directed by Ray Noble
OB-7431-2 – Nasty Man (Yellen/Caesar/Henderson) – Vocal D […]

Written by Lawrence Davies
Lawrence Davies is a blues researcher, pianist and PhD student at King’s College, London. His current interests are devoted to research in blues and jazz, particularly in Britain b […]

Written by Erin Elisavet Kozak
Erin has written for us and our Discographer Magazine before, creating original articles of content based on music and movies.
When Peter Bogdanovich spoke with director Leo […]