About this minute

Title
Recording Angels - Wax Works Part 1
Creator
Aleks Kolkowski
Performer
Ensemble SPOK
Year
1896 – 1915
Location
England
Collections
Collection 1
Related resource guides
Compositions , Gramophones

Collection 1 #24

This is the sound of live music that has been recorded in a very old-fashioned way! The music was recorded on to a wax cylinder using an ‘Edison phonograph’. Wax cylinders were the earliest way to record sound. These cylinders would be ‘engraved’ or scratched on the outside surface to record a sound. These scratches...
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