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The Record Player Orchestra, the Old Vinyl Factory, Hayes, west London at The Old Vinyl Factory, Hayes, west London

April 20, 2013 from 10am to 6pm

Organised by Roger Clarke, Course Leader, MA Fine Art at Bath Spa University.Do you have a working record player?If so, bring it to an event that we will be holding at the Old Vinyl Factory in Hayes, where record players, radios and vinyl records were produced for most of the last century.It will be a day of sharing information and stories about record players, the history of the old EMI Factory as well as the playing of record players.At this inaugural meeting of The Record Player Orchestra we…See More

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Richard Ranft commented on Nigel Bewley's blog post From digits to a groove

"See the video below for more info See also: 3D Printing Of Vinyl Records Not Yet A Threat To Copyright Holders"

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From digits to a groove

How to print an analogue disc from a digital audio bit-stream:http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-records-digital-source-files/25598/See More

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Magnus Bergsson liked Nigel Bewley's blog post Chirrup Chirrup. Grasshoppers change their tune.

Nov 18, 2012

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Chirrup Chirrup. Grasshoppers change their tune.

Pasted from an article in The Times (UK Newspaper, 14 November 2012). Written by Tom Whipple, the paper's science correspondent.http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/biology/article3599257.eceThe male grasshopper’s chirrup is a song of love. A serenade for the lady grasshoppers, it advertises his attractiveness, strength – and superiority over less virile competitors. In the past century an acoustic rival has…See More

Nov 14, 2012

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Richard Ranft commented on Nigel Bewley's blog post Alan Blumlein stereo sound recordings from 1933

"oops, here's the blog link: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/2012/07/alan-blumlein-and-the-invention-of-stereo.html"

Jul 3, 2012

Richard Ranft commented on Nigel Bewley's blog post Alan Blumlein stereo sound recordings from 1933

"See also this blog from our British Library colleague and patents expert, Steve van Dulken: http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/patentsblog/"

Jul 3, 2012

Nigel Bewley commented on Nigel Bewley's blog post There are images on the British Library Sounds website too

"Chris Clark has commented on this (via Facebook):Extraordinary! I wonder what the compilers of this catalogue thought they meant by 'jazzing' in 1916 as the term had only just started to be applied to music - Chicago in 1915, New Orleans…"

Jun 27, 2012

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Nigel Bewley replied to Cheryl Tipp's discussion Using British Library Sounds in the group British Library Sounds

"I enjoy listening to files in British Library Sounds. Mostly to wildlife in Environment & Nature; Decca West African Recordings, in World & Traditional Music and to Early Spoken Word in Oral History. I send out on Facebook a 'recording…"

May 2, 2012

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From digits to a groove

Posted on January 2, 2013 at 16:34 1 Comment 1 Like

How to print an analogue disc from a digital audio bit-stream:

http://www.gizmag.com/3d-printed-records-digital-source-files/25598/

Chirrup Chirrup. Grasshoppers change their tune.

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 10:35 0 Comments 2 Likes

Pasted from an article in The Times (UK Newspaper, 14 November 2012). Written by Tom Whipple, the paper's science correspondent.

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/biology/article3599257.ece

The male grasshopper’s chirrup is a song of love. A serenade for the lady grasshoppers, it advertises his attractiveness, strength – and superiority over less virile competitors. In the past century… Continue

There are images on the British Library Sounds website too

Posted on June 27, 2012 at 10:09 1 Comment 0 Likes

An early record catalogue, from 1916: "His Master's Voice, New Records of Dance Music - All Suitable for Jazzing".

http://sounds.bl.uk/related-content/TEXTS/029I-HMVDX1916XXX-0000A0.pdf

Alan Blumlein stereo sound recordings from 1933

Posted on June 26, 2012 at 11:42 2 Comments 1 Like

Alan Dower Blumlein (1903-1942) was a prolific inventor and innovator of technology and was involved in projects as diverse as the development of radar and sound recording. In 1933 he developed his ideas on recording audio in stereo and the rest, as is often said, is history....

Listen to his experiments on the British Library Sounds website here:…

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