Recording Collection

MGM LION
Recording Leo the Lions famous roar for MGM (Metro Goldwyn Mayer) Studios

His Broadcast Masters Voice by George Studdy
A spoof on the famous His Masters Voice logo featuring a dog listening to a gramophone; Bonzo, the comic canine creation of George Studdy

Seance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Undated photograph of corner of the sance room at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, with trumpets on table. HPG/1/2/1 (vi)

Phonograph Recording
Recording a man playing the piano using Edisons improved model phonograph

The method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums
Undated photograph showing the method of linking up hands and feet of sitting mediums by means of electrical control

Indoor filming
Televising a Spanish scene at the Crystal Palace, filmed on cine-film at the studios of the Baird Television Company

Recording Studio 1980
A sound engineer gets the balance right at John Wood Studios, London

Schneider contest nerve centre by G. H. Davis
The Schneider contest nerve centre: timing at over 300 mph. How the amazing speeds of the seaplanes were recorded: the timekeepers and their work on Ryde Pier. Date: 1929

Couples enjoying the music in a dance hall, while a lady changes the vinyl record. Date: 1926

Mr Wilkie Bard - Vaudeville Music Hall Recording Artist
Mr Wilkie Bard (William August Smith - 1874-1944) - Vaudeville Music Hall Recording Artist and Entertainer. Best known for his songs I Want to Sing in Opera and The Night Watchman'

Brussels International Exposition Of 1935
An illustrated front cover of a book recording the buildings and surrounding areas of the venue for the Brussels International Exposition of 1935. Date: circa 1935

Sheet Music Cover, Paper Doll, performed by Geraldo
Sheet Music Cover, Paper Doll by Johnny Black, words by Dardanella, music by the Mills Bros on Brunswick record, featured and broadcast in the distinctive Geraldo style. Date: 1942

Vinten Aircraft Reconnaisance & Recording Cameras - W.Vinten Ltd. Date: 1951

Vinten Instrument Recording Cameras - W.Vinten Ltd. Date: 1950

Peggy Sue, by Buddy Holly, 78prm record label
Peggy Sue, by Buddy Holly, 78rpm record label Date: circa 1957

Eastern musicians on Columbia record sleeve
Javanese or Indonesian musicians on Columbia 78rpm record sleeve Date: early 20th century

Enrico Caruso, HMV label, Addio by Tosti, 78 rpm record
Enrico Caruso, opera singer, Addio by Tosti - HMV record label, 78 rpm Date: early 20th century

Sir Harry Lauder recording with an orchestra Date: 1949

George Formby Snr and Luisa Tetrazzini, recording studio
George Formby Snr recording his voice, with opera singer Luisa Tetrazzini watching Date: 1949

New York police identifying criminals using different methods, known as the Bertillon System. Face and head measurement were taken to ensure identity

Charter (Fragment)
Fragment of a charter, parchment, apparently recording the sale of a house by (-) Wingartman and his wife in the neighbourhood of Trier in the year (13-)

Charter (Fragments)
Charter recording a mortgage for a house, cut into two pieces for use as book binding material. On parchment. Text in dark brown-black ink in a gothic cursive hand

Advert, Twin Deck Celebritone Gramophone, complete installation £125 Date: 1929

Francoise Garrigues talks fashion, novelty 7 inch cardboard 45 rpm record Date: 1961

Graphophone, Paris Exhibition of 1889
Graphophone, Universal Exhibition of Paris, 1889 Date: 1889

Record sleeve, Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
78rpm record sleeve advertising Yehudi Menuhin, violinist, on HMV, His Master's Voice, playing music by Sarasate and Brahms. Date: circa 1949

Record sleeve, Salon Decca gramophone
78rpm record sleeve advertising the Salon Decca gramophone - the musician's instrument. Date: circa 1940s

Record sleeve, His Master's Voice
78rpm record sleeve advertising HMV, His Master's Voice. Date: circa 1940s

Record sleeve, Peter Dawson, baritone
78rpm record sleeve, Peter Dawson, baritone - The Floral Dance. Date: circa 1940s

Record sleeve, Woolworth's Embassy 45rpm record Date: 1950s

Advert, The Edison Phonograph, wax cylinder player
Advert for The Edison Phonograph, wax cylinder player, National Phonograph Company. Date: 1901

Recording the nation's anxiety outside Buckingham Palace in London. Waiting for a bulletin notifying of the development of King Edward illness. Date: May 1910

Avro 652 Anson I N4877 - G-AMDA of the Skyfame museum at Staverton Airport N4877 was built at the Avro factory at Newton Heath, Manchester and was taken on charge by the Royal Air Force on Nov 17

Ben Salvin and his Colombia Recording Orchestra, 1928 Date: 1928

The Surrender Room, Hotel de Wereld, Wageningen
The old Hotel de Wereld was the scene of the German surrender to the Dutch

Everest expedition, 1922 - General Bruce and Captain Noel
Captain John Baptist Lucius Noel, the official photographer of the 1924 Everest expedition, pictured on shooting a film from the roof of a train carriage during the journey up the Teesta Valley

Gramophone Company, Gilbert and Sullivan records
Advert for The Gramophone Company, recording of Gilbert and Sullivans comic operetta, The Mikado. 1907

Winifred Atwell on the cover of her recording of Make it a Party which was a top ten chart success

BBC Broadcasting House, Studio 3D for Talks
BBC Broadcasting House, May 1935, Studio 3D for Talks. 1935

Variety of Telegraph machinery including a Single needle telegraph of Cooke Date: circa 1850

Speedometer for Motor Cars 1910
Patent machine that recorded the pace of a motor car by S. Smith & Sons, showing at the Olympia Motor Show. Date: 1910

Register Book at St. Andrews Church, Hempstead - Turpin
circa 1910s

Autographed promotional postcard for Star Artist recording star Nat Gonella - a trumpeter who recorded for Columbia

Early Recording Machine

Colonel George E. Gouraud, Vanity Fair, Ape
Colonel GEORGE EDWARD GOURAUD (1841-1912) American Civil War soldier who later acted as agent for Thomas Edison

TELEVISION SOUND 1930
Making a sound recording for television. Date: 1930

LIORETS PHONOGRAPH 1897
Fig.1 Phonograph recording at the Trocadero in Paris Fig. 2 Phonograph ensemble Fig.3 Needle and cylinder Date: 1897

Futuristic recorded message
A futuristic recorded message, brought on a tray by a servant. Date: 1899

78 rpm record cover, Saville Pianos Ltd, offering piano tuning and repairs, records and musical instruments. 20th century

LFDCA-LFB Breathing apparatus control board
All front line fire engines which carry breathing apparatus also carry a BA control board

The Last Night of the Proms. Stanford Robinson conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall. The television camera can be seen on the right

Advert for Siemens Cine Cameras 1933
Woman holding a portable Siemens Cine Camera. 1933

Poster, the Rolling Stones latest disc
Poster advertising the Rolling Stones latest disc. Date: 1960s

Two girls with gramophone, Balham, SW London
Two little girls with an old wind-up gramophone and a 78rpm record on a pavement in a Balham street, SW London. Date: circa 1961

Bristol 170 Freighter CF-TFX Wardair, Yellowknife
Ex-Wardair Bristol Freighter CF-TFX on a plinth at Yellowknife recording it as being the first ever wheeled aircraft to land at the North Pole in 1967 Date: 1981

Suffragette with Brick. Suffragette holding umbrella and brick stands outside the Houses of Parliament

Cartoon, His Masters Voice, WW1
Cartoon, His Masters Voice, showing Kaiser Wilhelm as a German dachshund looking back at a British bulldog inside the amplifier of a wind-up gramophone

Mr. Cockings Parachute
Poster for The Casket July 29 1837 advertising A History of Parachutes recording a full description of Mr

Music cover, Shot Gun Boogie, words and music by Tennessee Ernie. 1950

Omani man in uniform in Oman
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani man in uniform holding rifle. People standing on the beach. Cameraman recording. People standing next to cameraman. Date: 1977

Music cover, I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus, words and music by Tommie Connor, featured and recorded by The Beverley Sisters 1952

King George V, message to the Empire record (verso), HMV, His Masters Voice, 78 rpm. Broadcast on Christmas Day, 1935. 1935

Man plays gramophone record for baby. early 20th century

Cameraman in Oman on wooden platform
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Cameraman wearing traditional clothes recording standing on a wooden platform. Date: 1977

Clan Gathering on the beach for meeting with Sultan Qaboos
Salalah Sultanate of Oman. Omani Clan wearing traditional clothes and hats sitting on the beach, backs to camera, for a gathering with Sultan Qaboos. Cameraman recording. Shoes on the sand. Date: 1977

Christian Evangelist Missionary - Mexico. Date: 1902

Ken Achurch with spying equipment -- a fly bug in a glass tube, and a reel-to-reel tape recorder. Date: 1970s

Music cover, O-Kay for Sound, from a London Palladium production by George Black, with words and music by Jimmy Kennedy and Michael Carr. 1936

Portsmouth street scene, exact location unknown, used for training classes and for recording the activities of the CCFF under fire

Holiday Group Hastings
Its a sunny day on the beach at Hastings, Sussex, luckily for the photographer recording this group of holidaymakers. Date: circa 1912

Recording New Guinea
New Guinea : Frank Hurley records the native speech of the Aramia people Date: 1924

Seismograph on display, Selfridges, Oxford Street, London
Seismograph on display in the Information Bureau, on the third floor of Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London, used for recording earthquakes. Date: circa 1932

Poster, the Moody Blues new disc, Go Now
Poster in strip cartoon style, advertising the Moody Blues new disc, Go Now. Released in late 1964, it reached the top of the charts in late January 1965. Date: circa 1964

Parisians celebrate peace treatry, France, 1919
A series of photographs recording of French citizens celebrating the peace treaty in the streets of Paris

Leatherback / Leathery Turtle - Scientist recording hatching process for scientific research / study (Dermochelys coriacea). Malay protection project. Distribution includes Trinidad & Tobago

Notebook recording quantities of comforts for soldiers
Small manuscript notebook recording quantities of comforts for soldiers and their destination units between 4 Aug 1914-1917 and 2 Sep 1939-1940

Behind the scenes at Broadcasting House
How recorded programmes are mixed and made by the BBC in 1946. Date: 1946

Reporters writing up their stories at the Daily Chronicle
Reporters just back from public functions, meetings, fires, accidents and so forth are seen transcribing their copy for press at the offices of the Daily Chronicle

Record sleeve, 1920s
A record sleeve for the music label His Masters Voice, featuring an illustration showing a lady about to play a record on her gramophone

Travelling cinematograph with Austrian army, WW1
A travelling cinematograph for the troops near the Isonzo front during the First World War. Date: 1916

Woman and Cupid listening to music. Date: 20th century

His Masters Voice, military band recording World War One
Advertisement for a recording on His Masters Voice music label during World War One, of Major Mackenzie Rogan and the band of the Coldstream Guards, playing

Columbia Recording Studio. Sydney
Sydney, C. 1926. Columbia Gramophone Co. LTD. Columbia Recording Studio. Australia Date: C. 1926

Record label - The Winner
A record label for a recording of The Sweetest Flower That Blows, composed by C. B. Hawley and sung by Robert Carr. The label features a winning racehorse crossing the finish line. Date: c.1920

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