Tim Gracyk's Phonographs, Singers, and Old Records - - Essential Books About Phonographs and 7. By Tim Gracyk. I pick up most new books related to my hobby. So many books. come out that I must build new shelves each year! I discuss here. books that are especially useful for those interested in. I listened to thousands of 7. Jim Walsh. who wrote for a magazine called Hobbies), and I felt it was time. I have been delighted by the. I've received from readers in America and. Thanks for the comments! Popular American. Recording Pioneers: 1. Exclusive: the superstar DJ talks about working on a new album in between Ibiza residencies, with plenty of hits along the way. MUSIC SEARCH: Use this page to find albums to purchase or to find album details including liner notes, composers, performers and more. If you already know exactly.Haworth Press. It opens with an. Gaskin, Carl Fenton, Sam Ash, Aileen Stanley, Henry. The best and most complete source of information on antique 78 rpm children's records. Is Allison. By Jack Heart & Orage “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – Peter Pan. The reality of the herd is nothing more. Burr, the Peerless Quartet, Arthur Collins, Byron G. Harlan, the. duo Collins and Harlan (separate entry- -new info!), S. Dudley. Al Bernard, Edward M. Favor, Rudy Wiedoeft, Sousa, Walter B. Ossman, Sam Lanin, Bert Williams, Frisco Jazz. Band, Olive Kline, J. Myers, Ben Selvin, the Green Brothers. Haydn Quartet (the quartet that sang . Denny, Frank C. Stanley, Nat Shilkret, Frank. Ferera (did his wife and fellow recording artist Helen Louise die. The book is carefully documented- -all my sources. This is the ONLY book that. A. pre- electric method for recording was used, with musicians. This encyclopedia. American artists who recorded Tin Pan Alley numbers. Broadway show tunes, ragtime, . Over. 1. 00 of these kinds of artists covered in detail, with info. This book has a GREAT INDEX if you want. Gorgeous color photographs. Every year these two guys produce. How do they manage it? This is the book all. Phonographica is a top- quality. Schiffer (ISBN. 0- 7. X). Photographs are stunning because (as is the case. Fabrizio- Paul book) high quality glossy paper is. See below for a review of the new book ANTIQUE PHONOGRAPH. ADVERTISING: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY by Tim Fabrizio and George. Paul! top. Two of the best books about the hobby have been published. One is called The Talking Machine: An. Illustrated Compendium. You can probably find a copy in. Schiffer, is good about getting copies into stores - - ISBN. The books are by co- authors Timothy C. Fabrizio and George. F. Paul, who are recognized authorities in the field. They were. educating themselves about rare machines in the days when such. Now. they are publishing what they know, and the collecting community. The Compendium features. I wish one museum had so many rare machines!) and the. Antique Phonograph Gadgets, Gizmos & Gimmicks is the kind of book that I wish had been. I started collecting in the early 1. It would. have given me at an early stage in my collecting years a full. Never. before has a book duplicated so many charming old photographs. We see kids listening to machines. This book includes wonderful photographs of Bettini cylinder. Name. some kind of phonograph accessory and you'll find it here. The. text that accompanies each illustration is thoughtful, the facts. The price guide is helpful. Citing prices for. To buy either one of these books, contact the authors. Ask for a signed. Also out is a third book by these two busy authors: Discovering. Antique Phonographs, which I review in another article. What does it tell you that the publisher has. Fabrizio and Paul, a third book in. It means they do quality work. This third one may be. The guide to Victor horn machines and Victrolas is Robert. Baumbach's Look for the Dog. He revises this. book periodically, so it gets better and better. I'm looking now. at my copy of the sixth printing (1. I use this same phrase to. These non- collectors sometimes phone and ask. I catch myself. saying, . Look for the famous. If you find a dog. Victor product. My favorite. Koenigsberg sells it for. It is a wonderful hardback book that covers. Columbia disc machines. Also available is Columbia. Phonograph Companion, Volume I, by Howard Hazelcorn. It. covers Columbia cylinder machines. It mostly duplicates the rare paper slips, or. The book's compiler, Edison authority Ron Dethlefson. The slips are full of. The book also gives fascinating details about how Blue Amberols were made. The book is packed with wonderful. Dethlefson's explanatory text is excellent. Blue Amberol enthusiasts. You get 5. 4 pages of record slips, catalog. Italian and Mexican Amberols, facts. Amberols, and record production photos- -all. This information is not in Dethlefson's. Blue Amberol books- -and, believe me, you want the. This is a huge book (5. The first edition, in hardcover, was considered a . I'm glad the book is available again (in softcover) to all. He sells it for $4. All 3 books are available as a set for $9. Dethlefson has been busy in 1. He co- wrote with. George Copeland a definitive history of Pathe talking machines in. America, Pathe Records and Phonographs in America. For the first time, Pathe's activities in. America- -all the machines, the unusual record production methods. Pathe discs- -are discussed in detail in a. Included are many superb visuals of the machines and of. Pathe artists. I especially like the one of Wilbur Sweatman on. There is also information about Actuelle and Perfect. This 2nd edition. Collectors sent new information. The two. authors ended up with 1. The book will delight collectors who missed the. In fact, many advanced collectors will want the. The book is $4. 0, plus. To get your copy, write to Ron Dethlefson, 3. Christmas Tree Lane, Bakersfield CA 9. Ron has a packet of. Photographs are good. I do not. urge collectors to use glass styli, as Reiss does- -glass can chip. An expanded third edition is now available. Want to know more about your Victor labels? Search hard for a. Mike Sherman's The Collector's Guide to Victor. Records. I promised not to talk about out of print books. I think this will be reprinted eventually, so I'll say. Well- illustrated, it defines all. Victor labels and cites dates for. This helps us determine when most of our Victor. You'll learn. when Victor announced its first double- sided discs (October 1. You'll learn terms for different Victor labels, like. You'll learn that on Victor's. That price disappeared in May 1. Columbia, incidentally, continued to put prices on. There may be one change in the . For most wing label records issued from April to October. Victor had nothing to the left of the spindle hold- -it. I mean when. Victor dropped the slogan . Victor dropped the plug for Tungs- tone Needles around. I have a Jan Garber record (1. Tungs- tone Needles. The Garber seems to be atypical. There is no meaningful. Sherman provides dates that are accurate, but one that should. On page 5. 6 he shows Victor 1. Tungs- tone slogan on the left of the spindle hole, and he says. When the Oakland plant began pressing. May 1. 92. 4, those early records had the slogan to the. Sherman and Kurt Nauck have recently published a guide to. Columbia labels. Since they are planning to revise it in the. I might as well mention here where the text could be more. Consider records shown on page 2. Figure. III. A. 1 is from 1. See Figure III. B. I am sorry that Sherman and Nauck show mere halves of labels. I have memorized when prices for ten- inch popular. Columbia discs changed in this period- -from 7. August 1. 91. 8 (my copy of A2. July, states 7. 5 cents, and there is no sticker placed over it. October?) Columbia stopped citing prices on labels (the price. April 1. 92. 1, when Columbia began. These prices are important to the labels and. At the. top of page 2. Columbia dropped the. I am surprised that the authors claim. The trade journal. Talking Machine World, an excellent primary source, indicates. Columbia made this change to its labels in late April or. May (see page 1. 8 of the May issue). But it is a fine book. I recommend it. Allen Koenigsberg sells it. Pathe, Flexo, Romeo? Inside the book is a pocket. CD- Rom with over 1. The. book covers over 4. U. S. It covers the first half of the 2. U. S. Obscure labels and common- -they are here! Excellent. use of primary sources, great documentation, a wonderful index! I alluded earlier to the Columbia Master Book. This covers ten- inch discs. Columbia from 1. 90. Volumes II (1. 91. III (1. 92. 4- 1. Brian Rust, the world- famous. Volume IV covers twelve- inch discs and is credited. Brooks and Rust. The set goes for $3. All books published by. Greenwood Press (8. The publisher's. attitude seems to be this: . I wish. the folks at the publishing house understood that simple point! For example, matrix 4. It was never issued. The one existing copy has a blank label though you. It is. single- sided, which is unusual for something that should have. November- December 1. My friend Dave Rocco. Victor, Zon- o- phone, Berliner, and. Columbia discs than anyone on the planet, owns the one known. Some friends have asked for my views on the new four- volume. Columbia Master Book, by Tim Brooks and. Brian Rust. It is a superb set of books. I am slowly working my. Volume I, credited to Brooks. I learn something new each time I. Page 4. 29 surprised me by reporting that George J. Was it a trial record or a personal record? Surviving logs do not say. But it seems that. Gaskin was not guaranteed a commercial recording session when he. Columbia with his plan for a comeback. From around. 1. 89. Gaskin had earned as much money for Columbia as any. I wonder if company executives in 1. Gaskin's value to the company in earlier. Dovovan was in charge of Columbia's. I learned from a 1. Talking. Machine World. These are wonderful books, a stunning discographic. It is as perfect as any project like this can be. I'll. toss out some random thoughts along with a few bits of info not. Columbia set. For folks who like to pencil in information, please note that. Climax 5. 3, . I remember. I would have to go through my discs to say whether. John S. Macdonald); Columbia 6. Favor, and I. suspect that other takes of this are by Favor since he seems to. Riggs compared the voices of Mayew and Merle. Tillotson- -a perfect match! I know Quentin well enough to trust. Quentin Riggs, it. Jim Walsh's articles in Hobbies magazine). I can also understand why the information did not make its. It was a great loss to the. Bryant, a superb researcher. I doubt that Steve Porter played the chimes on numbers 4.
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