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Carnival Weekend 23 Aug 2013 | 10:54 pm
If you see the Hound at Notting Hill Carnival this bank holiday weekend remember to shake your maracas and holler……… Chica Chica Boom Chic! Odeon 1940s South American Catalogue – Carmen Miranda Copy...
Recording Pioneers- Part 4 23 Aug 2013 | 10:52 pm
Trevor Lloyd Williams “The money behind the music” Name: Trevor Lloyd Williams Born: 18 July 1859, Deudraeth Castle, Penrhynd, Merionethsh...
Mystery Object # 3 Answer 22 Aug 2013 | 03:31 am
Full points to Rob, Andy and Russell who deftly identified last weeks Mystery Object of the Week as an early Tin Foil Phonograph. Mystery Object # 3 Answer Tin Foil Phonograph Courtesy of EMI Archive...
Syria Lamonte 21 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
The Hound would like to thank Mr Tony Locantro for sending these rare images of one of the first recording artists for the Gramophone Company, Miss Syria Lamonte. ‘Courtesy of John Culme’s Footlight...
Gaisberg’s Travels # 3 20 Aug 2013 | 02:34 pm
There’s no place like home… 114 years ago, 20th August 1899, Fred Gaisberg and fellow sound engineer William Sinkler Darby were on their way back to London from Madrid via Bordeaux. They came across ...
Friday Mystery Object # 3 16 Aug 2013 | 12:13 pm
This weeks mystery object might set you in a spin…. Mystery Object # 3 …….. can you tell what it is yet?
Friday Mystery Object # 2 Answer 15 Aug 2013 | 03:08 pm
Congratulations to Russell Medcraft who not only knew the correct answer but supplied the Hound with a fascinating piece of information on lasts week’s Mystery Object of the Week! For Hound follower...
Friday Mystery Object # 2 9 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
Can you identify the hand that helped shape The Gramophone Company and Electric and Musical Industries Ltd … ……………………the clue to the identity of this wheeler dealer pioneer is in hand!
Friday mystery object #1 Answer 8 Aug 2013 | 02:45 pm
The Hound knew you where a knowledgable bunch, points awarded all round for getting the correct answer to last weeks question…BRAVO! Special mention goes to Rob Spenser for not only knowing the right...
Gaisberg’s Travels #2 8 Aug 2013 | 01:01 pm
“8-8-1898” The young Fred Gaisberg arrived in Liverpool and made his way to London to set up his studio. Despite the long journey and unfamiliar country Gaisberg was in high spirits and recalls “Arr...
