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Definition - 'Talking Machine'
a machine that reproduces sound by means of a needle in contact with a grooved cylinder or disc,
(phonograph), and a mechanical device constructed using mechanisms and instruments to replicate
the human vocal organs and throat.
A History of the Talking Machine - Web Articles and Books
Links to Web Articles and Ebooks on the History of the Phonograph Talking Machines,
Cylinders & Early Record Labels
A Brief History of Recording to ca. 1950 - AHRC Research Centre
A Brief History of the Talking Machine - Lightandsound.net Australia
Charles Pathé and the Phonograph - Grahame N's Webpages
Earliest Sound Recordings - Short History of Cylinders (Hagley.org)
Joseph Faber and the Euphonia Talking Device - Complete History
History of the Cylinder Phonograph - Library of Congress Article
History of Recording of Recorded Music Timeline - EMI Trust
How the Phonograph Changed Music Forever - Smithsonian
Complete Manual of the Edison Phonograph Google Books (1897)
by George Tewksbury
The Fabulous Phonograph 1877-1977 Library of Congress (1954)
by Roland Gelatt
Recording History - The British Record Industry 1888-1931 (2013)
by Peter Martland
CLPGS Links - The Recording Labels
Further Information:
* The Remarkable Life of Colonel George Gouraud by Howard Hope
Photo: Joseph Faber's Talking Machine, Euphonia, Photo, 1846