Phonograghs

By Maddykstra
  • The Phonograph announcement and demonstation

    The Phonograph announcement and demonstation

    Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound. He also demonstrates the phonograph for the first time.
  • Birth of North American Phonograph Company

    Birth of North American Phonograph Company

    The phonograph and graphophone are joined under the North American Phonograph Company in a failed attempt to market the machines for dictation.
  • Victor is born

    Victor is born

    The Victor Talking Machine Company is incorporated by Eldridge R. Johnson following the complex demise of the Berliner Gramophone Company.
  • First Jazz Recording

    First Jazz Recording

    The first jazz record is made for the Victor Talking Machine Company by the Original Dixieland Jazz Band.
  • Recording Radio Broadcasts

    Recording Radio Broadcasts

    Recorded transcriptions for radio programs are introduced as a result of the rise of syndicated programs.

  • Stereophonic Sound Recording is Invented

    A patent is awarded to W. Bartlett Jones for a means to record stereophonically, utilizing one stylus and producing one groove with right and left channels on either groove wall. It would be twenty-five years before stereo recordings are sold commercially.
  • Dawn of Magnetic Tape Recording

    Dawn of Magnetic Tape Recording

    The Magnetophon, a pioneering tape recorder, is introduced at the Berlin State Fair.