Who will deny the beneficial influence which civilisation will experience when voices of dear friends and relatives long departed, the utterances of great men and women who have lived centuries before ... can be heard and reheard in every well-jurnished parlour
(EMILE BERLINER: 1888)
Jerrold Northrop Moore narrates a short history of the gramophone in England during its 75 years among us.
With recordings by Caruso, Chaliapin, Clara Butt , Gigli, Melba, Elgar and others, and reminiscences by MRS ARTHUR GIBBS , ISABELLA WALLICH and DAVID BICKNELL.