Historical information
Photograph Record
Significance
This gramophone represents a step in the evolution of recording sound. In the 19th century, the human voice was first recorded on wax cylinders and replayed. It was the beginning of a new era in sound. Then, in the 1880s, voice could be recorded onto flat discs like this record, reliably reproduced and replayed many times, even on portable devices. Later, in the mid-20th century the following generation of electronic audio recording began, and later that century, digital recording gave even better reproduction.
The record represents a popular means of entertainment for personal and social activities, as well as in some businesses.
Physical description
Shellac gramophone record with a black and gold label.
Title: Left All Alone With The Blues
Artist: Lincoln Dance Orchestra
Publisher: The Lincoln Record Corporation, N.Y. 2153
Number:700
Size: 10 inch
Subjects
- flagstaff hill,
- warrnambool,
- maritime village,
- maritime museum,
- flagstaff hill maritime museum and village,
- shipwreck coast,
- great ocean road,
- gramophone,
- phonograph,
- sound waves,
- record,
- reproduction,
- audio record,
- music,
- sound,
- thomas edison,
- emile berliner,
- 1887,
- shellac,
- rpm,
- william barry owen,
- edmund trevor lloyd williams,
- the gramophone company,
- his master’s voice,
- hmv,
- francis barraud,
- nipper,
- the lincoln record corporation n.y. 2153,
- left all alone with the blues,
- lincoln dance orchestra,
- 700
References
- Britannica Shellac
- National Science and Media Museum Making gramophone records
- Wikipedia Photograph Record
