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Videos tagged with phonograph
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Come Take a Trip in my Airship, sung by J.W. Myers, on an original Harvard Record from 1904. This was the first Sears Roebuck Record Label. The Gramophone is an original Victor Type II from around the same time period.
Author: victrolaman
Keywords: Victor Gramophone Phonograph Airship Record
Added: August 20, 2008
3 hours 58 min ago
This phenomenal classic animated propaganda film has the basic Cold War anti-communist theme, but talks about it in a unique and entertaining way. A traveling salesman called Dr. Utopia, selling bottles of "ISM" (communism), takes in four unsuspecting dopes who believe his promises about the powers of ISM to solve all their problems. They sample his wares, falling into a waking nightmare where they get a nasty taste of the lack of freedom they would face after relinquishing control over their factories and farms to the parent state. When a lone politician dares speak up, he is brainwashed and later shown with a phonograph for a head that plays “Everything is fine!” over and over. In the end, the character “John Q. Public” declaims about the way communists try to incite race hatred, class warfare, and religious intolerance, and the townspeople drive Dr. Utopia out of town, pelting him with bottles of ISM as he flees. This is must-see vintage animation with hilarious political themes.
Author: QualityInformation
Keywords: animations capitilist citizenship commons communism debate histories nationalism ownership patriotism quote uprisings
Added: August 20, 2008
16 hours 34 min ago
A Real RARE HISTORICAL Treasure from the Acoustic recording era.
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Arthur Nikisch plays Beethoven's Fifth Symphony for HMV. Recorded in 1913, this was the first full-lengthed Symphony recording made. (Unfortunately, I only have the first movement.)
Played on my Victrola (Victor J1-50) with Mica Soundbox and Laubscher Forte Needle. Sorry for the low quality of the label picture as it was extremely small and very hard to get a well-focused photograph. (This is a 9-Inch Acoustic Record and almost 3 1/2 minutes were recorded on each side!!)
I didn't know the correct speed, so I played in 78rpm. The Sound quality is poor by today's standards, but still interesting. And I think that this acoustic playback sounds much better than the LP or CD transferred version of this recording. (I first tried to play it with modern equipment, but the surface noise was terrible.)
Author: transformingArt
Keywords: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Arthur Nikisch Beethoven Fifth 5th Symphony 1913 Victrola Phonograph Gramophone 78rpm
Added: August 19, 2008
17 hours 1 min ago
Wilhelm Backhaus plays Chopin's famous piece, 'Fantasie Impromptu' for Victor in 1933. Played on my NEW HMV 102 Portable player - a special gift from YouTube user merrihew - with Fidelitone Needle. Recorded with my Shure Microphone. (Many Thanks for merrihew)
The sound quality, and the performance itself is FANTASTIC!
Author: transformingArt
Keywords: Wilhelm Backhaus Chopin Fantasie Impromptu 1933 78rpm HMV102 Phonograph Gramophone
Added: August 19, 2008
August 19, 2008 - 07:07
The Peerless Quartet is said to be the most commercially successful vocal group of the acoustic recording era.
Personnel changed frequently. The Quartet is an off shoot of the Columbia Male Quartet. In 1904 it consisted of tenors Henry Burr and Albert Campbell, baritone Steve Porter, and bass Tom Daniels. In 1906 Frank C. Stanley replaced Daniels and assumed lead singing and managing responsibilities.
The "Peerless Quartet" name appeared in 1906-1907. The group was called the Columbia Quartet on Columbia records for many years after other companies adopted the Peerless name.
Arthur Collins filled Porter's slot in 1909. When Stanley died in 1910, John Meyer became the bass and Burr sang the lead. Frank Croxton joined the group when Collins left in 1918.
In 1925 Burr changed to personnel to include himself, Carl Mathieu, Stanley Baughman and James Stanley. The Quartet disbanded in 1928.
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Henry Burr was the pseudonym of Harry McClaskey, a world famous pop singer and recording artist of the 1902-1929 period. Credited with making over 5000 phonograph recordings for almost every record company and performing in many concerts throughout North America, this Canadian-American remains one of the most famous, and yet, one of the most forgotten recording artists of all time. Most information about Burr has come from a series of article written by Jim Walsh and the New York Times obituary.
Peerless Quartet with Henry Burr
In the Evening By the Moonlight
(1926) Victor-20055
Author: edmundusrex
Keywords: Peerless Quartet Henry Burr 1926 20's
Added: August 18, 2008
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