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Description: | A photograph of a machinist making a Vocalion gramophone record, taken by Leslie Cardew for the Daily Herald newspaper on 20 January, 1932. The machinist cuts the grooves into a 78 rpm phonograph record. Spiral grooves were cut or pressed into the disc surface to record the sound. Early records were made of shellac, a hard resin. The Vocalion record label was founded in America in 1916, a part of the Aeolian Company - manufacturers of pianos and player pianos. Taken over by Brunswick records in 1925, Vocalion became a subsidiary label recording swing, jazz and dance band music. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | gelatin silver print photograph | Temporal: | 20/01/1932 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Cardew, Leslie | Identifier: | 1983-5236/A04845 | Go to resource |
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