Over the course of the last few weeks I’ve traced the history of recorded music from tinfoil, to wax cylinders, to shellac disks that typically spun at 78rpm. […]
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1974)
The Resurrection of Gothic Charm: A Review of “The Satanic Rites of Dracula” Vampire movies are not new. Nosferatu was perhaps the first “vampire movie” from a still-infant […]
Nosferatu (1922)
Nosferatu: A Review of the Classic Horror Film Nosferatu is a 1922 silent film directed by F. W. Murnau and loosely based on Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. It […]
Harvard Disc Records
The “Harvard Disc Record” label was manufactured in the U.S. by the American Graphophone Company (Columbia) between 1905-07, and were sold through Sears Roebuck & Co as a […]
Orthophonic Recording
Evolution of Recorded Music: The Rise of Orthophonic Recording The evolution of recorded music has been, to this point, a series of incremental advances: cylinders, to 7 inch […]
78 RPM Growth: Rise of the Victor Talking Machine Company
The Rise and Shine of the Victor Talking Machine Company This is the fourth in Blind Skeleton’s “History of Recorded Music” series. Last week’s episode was all about […]
White Zombie (1932)
Movie Review: “White Zombie” (1932) Rating: ★★★☆☆ “White Zombie,” released in 1932, is a seminal work in the horror genre, often credited as the first feature-length zombie film. […]
Bell Records
Bell Records was an American record label founded in 1952 in New York City by Arthur Shimkin, the owner of the children’s record label Golden Records. It was […]
Beyond Edison and Bell: The Evolution of the First Disc Records
The Preceding Technologies: Wax Cylinders In the late 19th century, the field of sound recording was dominated by the inventions of Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell. Edison’s […]