British Library Sound Archive - History of recorded sound

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Don't know if anyones posted this but amongst the new online British Library sound archive are hours of interviews from balance engineers, inventors, you name it covering the history of recorded sound from wax cylinders through he first stereo recordings and beyond - the whole legacy and history of the recording industry as was is recounted for posterity in interviews made at the time- this is what the page says :

100 interviews with people involved in all areas of the recording industry: artists, engineers, managers, producers, musicians, record company personnel, wildlife recordists, journalists and broadcaster, including accounts of the work of pioneers such as Fred Gaisberg (who first recorded Caruso), Cecil Watts (pioneer of direct cut disc recording), Alan Blumlein (microphones), Arthur Haddy ("father of hi-fi"), and Berliner


heres the link

Oral history of recorded sound - Archival Sound Recordings

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that's really cool

thanks for the post!