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Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Brass Band In Studio Recording

Brass Band In Studio Recording
(Original Caption) New York, NY: Gramophone recording session in Edison Studio in New York. Brass band performing. Photograph, ca. 1908

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Frank Sinatra And Dinah Shore

Frank Sinatra And Dinah Shore
(Original Caption) Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore record, "Tea for Two" on a special Columbia record for the benefit of the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for5 Cancer Research. Undated photograph

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: French Musicians At A Recording Session

French Musicians At A Recording Session
(Original Caption) Grammaphone: French musicians during a recording session. Master disk can be seen in machine in front. Photograph, ca. 1905

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Woody Herman & His Band Recording

Woody Herman & His Band Recording
(Original Caption) Woody Herman, Columbia Records star, leads the "Herd" as they make another hit recording in the Columbia Studios

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Tommy Dorsey Playing The Trombone

Tommy Dorsey Playing The Trombone
(Original Caption) Tommy Dorsey playing the trombone during a recording session. Undated photo circa 1940s

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Duke Ellington And Count Basie

Duke Ellington And Count Basie
(Original Caption) Picture shows Duke Ellington (1899-1974) and Count Basie (1904-1984), American Jazz musicians, together in a recording studio. Undated photo circa 1950s

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Woodcut Gramophone W/Long Soundhorn

Woodcut Gramophone W/Long Soundhorn
(Original Caption) Woodcut, 1904. Early gramophone with a long, decorative soundhorn

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: John Hays Hammond, Jr

John Hays Hammond, Jr
(Original Caption) 12/28/1914: Photo of John Hays Hammond, JR. record producer, standing alone, full length, in a room

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: John Hays Hammond, Jr

John Hays Hammond, Jr
(Original Caption) 12/28/1914: Photo of John Hays Hammond, JR. record producer, sitting alone, full length, in a room

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Indian Chief Recording War Songs

Indian Chief Recording War Songs
(Original Caption) 2/24/1916 - Smithsonian Institute - Washington, DC: Mountain chief of the Blackfoot Indians in full tribal uniform seated infront of grammaphone singing war songs

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Lenin Making Recording

Lenin Making Recording
Bolshevik revolutionary and first leader of the Soviet Union, Vladimir Lenin, speaks into a recorder

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Leo the Lion Being Recorded

Leo the Lion Being Recorded
(Original Caption) 1/28/29- Now that the talkies are making all the human stores sound their vowels and constants properly, Leo, the M.G.M. Lion has decided that he had better look to his laurels

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Judy Garland Sings with Bing Crosby

Judy Garland Sings with Bing Crosby
(Original Caption) Photograph of Judy Garland and Bing Crosby singing into a microphone in a studio, reading from sheet music. Crosby wears a hat. Undated photograph

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Woody Herman at Recording Session

Woody Herman at Recording Session
Jazz musician and bandleader Wood Herman smiles with his clarinet during recording sessions at Columbia Recording Studios

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Tommy Dorsey's Saxophone Section

Tommy Dorsey's Saxophone Section
(Original Caption) 5/7/1940- Maestro Dorsey's five-man saxophone section is strutting its stuff here in a test pressing. The boys do a lot of blowing to make a recording

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Tommy Dorsey with Engineer in Studio

Tommy Dorsey with Engineer in Studio
(Original Caption) 5/7/1940-New York

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Count Basie, Richard Wright at Recording Session

Count Basie, Richard Wright at Recording Session
(Original Caption) 11/24/1940-Richard Wright (r) and Count Basie at recording session where Basie band recorded music by Clinton R. Brewer, a convict who has been in prison since 1931

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Soundman Recording Ann Miller Tap Dancing

Soundman Recording Ann Miller Tap Dancing
Swift-footed Ann Miller, Columbia's number one dancing attraction, establishes a new record in hot foot circles by tapping out 585 taps per minute

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Frank Sinatra In The Recording Studio

Frank Sinatra In The Recording Studio
(Original Caption) 03/27/1944-New York, NY: Portrait of Frank Sinatra singing in the recording studio. Full frame photo

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn In Studio

Cary Grant & Katharine Hepburn In Studio
Actors on the set of the 1940 film The Philadelphia Story

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Man Records Street Vendor On Phonograph

Man Records Street Vendor On Phonograph
(Original Caption) Paris, France: Parisian street scene: Asparagus seller's sales talk is recorded on a grammaphone. Undated photograph

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Operatic Soprano Recording

Operatic Soprano Recording
(Original Caption) Galli Curci, Operatic Soprano recording in early London sound Studio

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Senator Warren Harding Making a Recording

Senator Warren Harding Making a Recording
(Original Caption) Senator Warren Harding, campaigning in 1920, making a phonograph record of a speech in his office. Photograph

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Paula And Dorothy Stone Singing Together

Paula And Dorothy Stone Singing Together
(Original Caption) - Paula and Dorothy Stone with Hunt Stromberg, Jr

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Man Recording Voice On Film

Man Recording Voice On Film
(Original Caption) A man demonstrates the early process of recording sound on film. Undated photograph

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Nurse Recording The Names Of Newcomers

Nurse Recording The Names Of Newcomers
(Original Caption) The Foundling Hospital - Recording the names of newcomers. Undated illustration

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Ad For Columbia Cabinet Phonograph

Ad For Columbia Cabinet Phonograph
(Original Caption) Advertisement for the Columbia Grafonola "Nonpareil" cabinet phonograph. Undated illustration

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Poster For The Edison Concert Phonograph

Poster For The Edison Concert Phonograph
(Original Caption) Poster advertising the Edison Concert Phonograph. Illustration depicts a "conductor" playing a recording in front of a large concert hall audience. Copyright 1899

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Illustration Of Early Recording Phonogra

Illustration Of Early Recording Phonogra
(Original Caption) A new recording phonograph from Edison; the latest apparatus presented to the Academy of Sciences by Monsieur Col. Gourand

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Illustration of a Quipu, a Peruvian Calculating Device

Illustration of a Quipu, a Peruvian Calculating Device
(Original Caption) Illustration of The Quipu. Employed by the ancient Peruvians for record-keeping and calculating. The cords are variously colored and are knotted as reference marks. BPA2# 869

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Phonograph Recording Apparatus For Piano

Phonograph Recording Apparatus For Piano
(Original Caption) Illustration depicting an apparatus for registering piano music by the phonograph. Woodcut circa 1890. (Photo by AS400 DB/Bettmann Archive)

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Woman at Window Display Recorder

Woman at Window Display Recorder
Window shopping, once wholly in the category of pastimes, has been given a new and practical turn

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Sigmund Romberg Composing At Home Studio

Sigmund Romberg Composing At Home Studio
(Original Caption) 08/11/1950. Because of its "Orchestra Quality, " Sigmund Romberg does most of his actual composing at his Hammond organ

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Joseph McCarthy Recording Testimony

Joseph McCarthy Recording Testimony
(Original Caption) 5/5/1952- Washington, DC- Senator Joseph R

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Senator Joseph McCarthy Recording Testimony

Senator Joseph McCarthy Recording Testimony
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy stands by the tape recorder that caused all the row at the pre-trial hearing of his slander suit against Senator William Benton

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Louis Jordan In A Recording Session

Louis Jordan In A Recording Session
(Original Caption) 1/8/54-New York: Louis Jordan records under a new label, cutting 16 sides in three days. This year he is the biggest star of Aladdin Records under a new contract. UPI photograph

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Peers Celebrating Caruso's 50th Anniversary

Peers Celebrating Caruso's 50th Anniversary
(Original Caption) 1/26/1954-New York

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Frank Sinatra And Rosemary Clooney

Frank Sinatra And Rosemary Clooney
(Original Caption) Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra at a recording session at Columbia Field 1955

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Elvis Presley Performing

Elvis Presley Performing
A crowd of screaming teenage girls reach for Elvis Presley as he sings on stage

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Dorothy Collins and Husband Raymond Scott in Recording Studio

Dorothy Collins and Husband Raymond Scott in Recording Studio
(Original Caption) 5/3/1957-Manhasset, New York: Composer-conductor Raymond Scott and his wife, singer Dorothy Collins, conduct a recording session in their home studio

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Sharp Notes

Sharp Notes
Hand-clapping, foot-stamping and other sounds of audience participation fill the M.G.M. recording studio to get Sister Rosetta Tharp into the proper mood for a rousing spiritual

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Count Basie and Frank Sinatra

Count Basie and Frank Sinatra
(Original Caption) 1962: Count Basie and Frank Sinatra recording with a big band in a studio

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Sinatra and Crosby in Recording Studio

Sinatra and Crosby in Recording Studio
(Original Caption) 7/29/1963-Hollywood, CA: Recording history is made as Frank Sinatra (L) and Bing Crosby cut their first record together for Sinatra's Reprise Records

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg

Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg
(Original Caption) LSD drug advocate Timothy Leary and Allen Ginsberg (L) at the Village Gate Theatre where the League for Spiritual Development sponsored film

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Hank Williams, Jr. in Recording Studio

Hank Williams, Jr. in Recording Studio
(Original Caption) 12/6/1967- Hollywood, CA- One of the eariest sounds in all of show business can be found on a couple of record albums featuring the duets of Hank Willams, Jr

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Erich Leinsdorf Conducting for Recording

Erich Leinsdorf Conducting for Recording
(Original Caption) 12/16/1967- Intense concentration, tremendous involvement-- conductor Erich Leinsdorf is caught during an RCA-Victor recording session

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Mastering of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass

Mastering of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass
(Original Caption) 10/31/70- NEW YORK: "Beatle" George Harrison, sporting below-the-shoulder-length hair

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Karen and Richard Carpenter with Herb Alpert

Karen and Richard Carpenter with Herb Alpert
Recording artist Herb Alpert (right)

Background imageAudio Recording Collection: Stephen Sondheim Listens To Recording

Stephen Sondheim Listens To Recording
(Original Caption) 3/12/1979-New York, NY: Composer Stephen Sondheim, closeup, as he listened to playback of the original cast recording of the musical "Sweeney Todd" at the RCA Studios, NYC


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