Is this the beginning of the L.A. record business?

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  • Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
  • John Levin, a wax cylinder collector, purchased a box of cylinders from someone in the Midwest. After months of research, he thinks he discovered some of the earliest musical recordings from Los Angeles.
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Комментарии • 18

  • @wbail3109
    @wbail3109 3 года назад +3

    Bless you, sir. 💕

  • @BrentMorgan
    @BrentMorgan 3 года назад +4

    This is great. Maybe John can be a regular feature in the LA Times?

  • @bergfish7328
    @bergfish7328 3 года назад +3

    That was super interesting
    and fascinating.
    Thank you 🌺

  • @whatnow9159
    @whatnow9159 3 года назад +3

    Very good. Thank you.

  • @babybloc
    @babybloc 3 года назад +2

    Marvelous story! So many details on the development of the technology.

  • @stratobee
    @stratobee 3 года назад +2

    Absolutely fascinating.

  • @musingsofrock
    @musingsofrock 9 месяцев назад +1

    That's the melody to Yankee Doodle.. lol He's playing that on banjo I suppose?
    Yankee Doodle went to town
    A-riding on a pony,
    Stuck a feather in his cap
    And called it macaroni.

  • @bertrandszoghy364
    @bertrandszoghy364 3 года назад +4

    Collectors are the ones who preserve culture.

  • @superblondeDotOrg
    @superblondeDotOrg 3 года назад +1

    Now scratch that cylinder to cut a sick beat, I dare you. wacka wacka waaah

  • @PRECIADOR
    @PRECIADOR 3 года назад +3

    I LOVE THIS. THIS IS LIKE A SOUND (AUDIO) ARCHEOLOGIST 👍🏻

    • @josiahcole3186
      @josiahcole3186 3 месяца назад

      It’s a real branch of archaeology called Archeophony!

  • @HandyAndyTechTips
    @HandyAndyTechTips 3 года назад +2

    As an Aussie, I'm very interested in that "Australia Moulded" cylinder. Does anyone have more information on that?

    • @johnlevin2368
      @johnlevin2368 3 года назад +2

      The company operated very briefly between about 1904 and 1909. Its records (and boxes) rarely surface.

    • @HandyAndyTechTips
      @HandyAndyTechTips 3 года назад +1

      @@johnlevin2368 Thanks for the info! You're doing a great job preserving all of these historic recordings.

  • @terrorshark6836
    @terrorshark6836 3 года назад +2

    Wow

  • @ksteiger
    @ksteiger Год назад

    This is great but I hear a lot of 'flutter". Is that on the original recording?

    • @organfairy
      @organfairy 5 месяцев назад +1

      Yes, there is often quite a lot of flutter on those early cylinder recordings. I believe the primary reason was that the wind-up motor on the recorder was regulated, but the movement was transferred to the cylinder holder with a leather belt that had a bump in it where it was joined together. As an engineer I have always wondered why they made them like this. If they had just attached a flywheel of some sort to the cylinder holder it would record and play much smoother.