Mystery Object of the week #11 Answer
Congratulations to Martyn Dowel, Rolf Christian Holth Olsen and Robert Spencer who all correctly identified this weeks mystery object – The Auxetophone designed by the British engineer Sir Charles...
View ArticleChekhov’s Band – Eastern European Klezmer Music from the EMI Archives,1908-1913
Chekhov’s Band – Eastern European Klezmer Music from the EMI Archives,1908-1913 All recordings used in this the making of this CD form part of The EMI Archive Trust, a heritage organisation set up to...
View ArticleRecording pioneers- Part 8, William Conrad Gaisberg
“We realised how many different degrees of smells there are in the world” -William Gaisberg’s observation of Hyderabad, India Name: William Conrad Gaisberg Born: 26th June...
View ArticleFriday Mystery Object of the week #7 Answer
And the answer is….A Klingsor gramophone, well done to those of you who answered correctly! The Klingsor Gramophone, Krefeld and Polyphon. 1910Courtesy of EMI Group Archive Trust
View ArticleRecording Pioneers- Part 7, William Barry Owen
Name: William Barry Owen Born: 15 April 1860 Resident: Born in Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts Occupation: Sent to London to raise investment funds for the Gramophone...
View ArticleTop 10 Aussie Sopranos
By Roger Neil Someone started a thread on the unofficial BBC Radio 3 message boards asking for nominations for the top ten sopranos. It seemed to me that the emerging lists were filled with the usual...
View ArticleAlan Blumlein Stereo Model
Lets say that you are a scientist, a physicist and mathematician. You are a genius and have just invented a new technology that could revolutionise the music industry… How would you pitch the idea to...
View ArticleWin a copy of Scott’s Music Box
The hound has come across this competition from the folks over at the EMI Archive Trust and thought it was worth sharing with you all! Sign up and Good luck! This Christmas we are offering you the...
View ArticleFriday Mystery Object #6 answer
To those who got it right, well done! This is an experimental Digital Desk from around 1980. This is the work surface and there were also 3 full sized racks of machinery to do all the processing. It...
View ArticleA ghost in the machine
Deep in the vaults of the EMI Archive lies a mysterious Ghostly Gramophone player. Despite laying dormant for many years, while showing visitors around the collection an unsuspecting intern and her...
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