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1897 Berliner Gramophone Record
by George W. Johnson
A more detailed description of this record A 7-inch single sided Emile Berliner Gramophone disc record. ... George Washington Johnson (c. ... A 7-inch single sided Emile Berliner Gramophone disc record. ...

Berliner Gramophone was an early record label, the first company to produce disc "gramophone records" (as opposed to the earlier phonograph cylinder records). To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour (1967) as a 33 â…“ LP vinyl record A gramophone record (also phonograph record, or simply record) is an analogue sound recording medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed modulated spiral groove starting near the periphery and ending near the centre of the disc. ... The earliest method of recording and reproducing sound was on phonograph cylinders. ...


Emile Berliner started marketing his disc records in 1889. These records were five inches in diameter, and offered only in Europe. At first use of his disc records were leased to various toy companies, which made toy phonographs or gramophones to play them on; the audio fidelity of these earliest discs was well below that of contemporary phonograph cylinder records. Emile Berliner with disc record gramophone. ... Edison cylinder phonograph ca. ... High Fidelity is also the title of a book by Nick Hornby and a film directed by Stephen Frears, based upon Hornbys book. ...


In 1892 he incorporated the United States Gramophone Company in Washington D.C.. This company offered the first disc records (now seven inches in diameter and no longer intended as a toy) in November 1894 on the Berliner Gramophone label. After various mergers, divisions, lawsuits, and injunctions, this company was to give rise to the Victor Talking Machine Company in the United States in late 1900. In 1929, Victor was purchased by RCA. Aerial photo (looking NW) of the Washington Monument and the White House in Washington, DC. Washington, D.C., officially the District of Columbia (also known as D.C.; Washington; the Nations Capital; the District; and, historically, the Federal City) is the capital city and administrative district of the United... Victor logo with the famous Nipper dog. ... RCAs logo as seen today on many products. ...


In 1897 Berliner opened up his United Kingdom branch in London. This was called The Gramophone Company, then from 1900 The Gramophone & Typewriter Ltd for a few years, and much later in 1931 becoming part of EMI. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... The Gramophone Company, based in the United Kingdom, was one of the early recording companies. ... The EMI Group is a music company comprising the major record label, EMI Music, based in Brook Green in London, England, and EMI Music Publishing, based on Charing Cross Road, London. ...


In 1898 Berliner started a German branch of the Gramophone Company to produce his disc records: Deutsche Grammophon. Logo Deutsche Grammophon is a German record label. ...


E. Berliner Gramophone of Canada was established in 1899 in Montreal and first marketed records and gramophones the following year. Early recordings were imported from masters recorded in the United States until a recording studio in Montreal was established in 1906. The Berliner name as a record label lasted longest in Canada, until 1924 when it was bought out by USA's Victor. Motto: Concordia Salus Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 City Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area    - City 366. ... A recording studio is a facility for sound recording. ...


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Emile Berliner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (322 words)
Berliner worked for Bell Telephone in Boston from 1877 to 1883, when he returned to Washington and established himself as a private researcher.
Berliner also invented a new type of loom for mass-production of cloth, acoustic tile, and experimented with an early version of the helicopter said by some accounts to have successfully lifted two men off the ground as early as 1909, although other accounts put the date a decade later.
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Berliner's gramophone was displayed for the first time in 1888, at the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia.
Berliner made a trip to Germany 1889-90 and arranged for the first gramophones to be manufactured.
The gramophone was first commercialized in the USA in 1893 by the 'United State Gramophone Company' a company founded by Emile Berliner and some of his friends.
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