Western Electric recording machine – American Epic BBC

[Phil StevensonParticipant @philstevenson54758]

Don't know if anyone else saw the American Epic music series on BBC – I've just watched it on my recorder. The final part was a series of live performances of Americana music recorded on what I think was the first real recording / record making machine. Whether the music is your cup of tea or not (I think it's fantastic!), the machine is quite amazing – a mechanical / electric hybrid based in part on a lathe. It seems this episode is no available on iPlayer but searching the machine yields some info.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08t9yvk

This FT article is interesting.

https://www.ft.com/content/892b50ba-400d-11e7-82b6-896b95f30f58

[Phil StevensonParticipant @philstevenson54758]

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

Fascinating set of programmes. Lovely lacquered brass machinery – bit frightening when the strap holding the drive weight broke

Rod

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