Category:Disc-type record players
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See also categories: Cylinder-type record players and Disc-type record players.
See also Wikipedia article: en:Phonograph#Introduction of the disc record.
Further reading
[edit]- History of the Edison Disc Phonograph [after the introductions of the disc types, most notably the Victrolas]. Collection: Inventing Entertainment: The Early Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the Edison Companies. Library of Congress."Cylinders peaked in popularity around 1905. After this, discs and disc players, most notably the Victrolas, began to dominate the market. Columbia Records, an Edison competitor, had stopped marketing cylinders in 1912. The Edison Company had been fully devoted to cylinder phonographs, but, concerned with discs' rising popularity, Edison associates began developing their own disc player and discs in secret. Dr. Jonas Aylsworth, chief chemist for Edison, and later after his retirement in 1903, a consultant for the company, took charge of developing a plastic material for the discs. ... "
- Frow, George L. The Edison Disc Phonographs and the Diamond Discs: A History with Illustrations. Kent, U.K.: Flo-Print, 1982.
- Gelatt, Roland. The Fabulous Phonograph: From Tin Foil to High Fidelity. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1955.
- Marco, Guy A., ed. Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound in the United States. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993.
- Read, Oliver, and Walter L. Welch. From Tin Foil to Stereo: Evolution of the Phonograph. Indianapolis: Howard W. Sams & Co., Inc., 1959.
Subcategories
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