#MusicMonday: Vinyl, Record Company Growth - Mid 1900's

#MusicMonday is dedicated to records officially transitioning from shellac 78s to vinyl 33s (long play or LPs) and 45s (extended play or EPs), with the continued growth of Columbia, EMI, and RCA record companies.

• American Record Company (ARC) / Columbia / Decca / Epic / CBS
• EMI / Capitol / Universal Music Group
• RCA Victor

#MusicMonday: Shellac, RCA & EMI - Early 1900's Continued

#MusicMonday is dedicated to the phonograph disc record, also called a gramophone disc record, disc record, or record originally made from shellac and the continued development of record companies in the early 1900's, with Victor Company officially transitioning to the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and Electric and Musical Industries (EMI). 

#MusicMonday: Developing Records Late 1890's - Early 1900's

#MusicMonday is dedicated to the companies in the late 1890's to early 1900's who developed new ways to mass produce cylinders by adjusting sizes and materials to create records that could be widely distributed to further advance the growth of the recording industry.

• Columbia Phonograph Company
• North American Phonograph Company & National Phonograph Company
• Edison Gold-Moulded Cylinders
• Edison Amberol Cylinders
• Victor Talking Machine Company, RCA Red Seal, Monarch and De Luxe

Edison "Blue Amberol" cylinder record posted by Jason Curtis (2017) with update by Slyadam (2018).

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#MusicMonday: Berliner & National Gramophone Companies 1890's

#MusicMonday is dedicated to disc albums, also called records and the birth of the recording industry.

"The recorded sound-component of the Berliner Collection consists of several hundred disc albums produced by the Berliner Gramophone Company. These records represent one of the first successful attempts to mass-market and commercially distribute popular sound recordings. All the Berliner discs were produced from the mid-1890s to 1900."

"François Barraud (in his studio, painting Nipper - 'His Master's Voice' - 1899)" posted by Cea. 
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