Production of phonograph records, the Glossary
In the production of phonograph records – discs that were commonly made of shellac, and later, vinyl – sound was recorded directly onto a master disc (also called the matrix, sometimes just the master) at the recording studio.[1]
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54 relations: Album cover, Alloy, Aluminium, Amos 'n' Andy, Apple Records, Bobbsey Twins, Coney Island, Conneaut Lake Park, Disc cutting lathe, Dubbing (music), EMI, Empire State Building, Fiber, Grayscale, Harvest Records, His Master's Voice, History Detectives, Independent record label, Industrial processes, KXSP, Lacquer, Lamination, Led Zeppelin, Majestic Radios, Marx Brothers, Music for Pleasure (record label), New York City, Nipper, Omaha, Nebraska, Packaging, Paperboard, Parlophone, PBS, Pink Floyd, Polyethylene, Printing, Progressive rock, Punk rock, RCA Records, Record label, Ribs (recordings), Samizdat, Soviet Union, Swan Song Records, Tape recorder, The Beatles, The Big Store, The Blockheads, The Specials, Vestax, ... Expand index (4 more) »
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Album cover
An album cover (also referred to as album art) is the front packaging art of a commercially released studio album or other audio recordings.
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Alloy
An alloy is a mixture of chemical elements of which in most cases at least one is a metallic element, although it is also sometimes used for mixtures of elements; herein only metallic alloys are described.
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Aluminium
Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Amos 'n' Andy
Amos 'n' Andy was an American radio sitcom about black characters, initially set in Chicago then later in the Harlem section of New York City.
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Apple Records
Apple Records is a British record label founded by the Beatles in 1968 as a division of Apple Corps Ltd.
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Bobbsey Twins
The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for 75 years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate's longest-running series of American children's novels, written under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope.
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Coney Island
Coney Island is a neighborhood and entertainment area in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
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Conneaut Lake Park
Conneaut Lake Park is a summer resort and event venue located in Conneaut Lake, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Disc cutting lathe
Presto 8N Disc Cutting Lathe (1950) used by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to record radio programs A disc cutting lathe is a device used to transfer an audio signal to the modulated spiral groove of a blank master disc for the production of phonograph records.
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Dubbing (music)
In sound recording, dubbing is the transfer or copying of previously recorded audio material from one medium to another of the same or a different type.
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EMI
EMI Group Limited (formerly EMI Group plc until 2007; originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London.
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Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is a 102-story Art Deco skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City.
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Fiber
Fiber or fibre (British English; from fibra) is a natural or artificial substance that is significantly longer than it is wide.
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Grayscale
In digital photography, computer-generated imagery, and colorimetry, a grayscale image is one in which the value of each pixel is a single sample representing only an amount of light; that is, it carries only intensity information.
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Harvest Records
Harvest Records is a British-American record label belonging to Capitol Music Group, originally created by EMI in 1969.
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His Master's Voice
His Master's Voice (HMV) was the name of a major British record label created in 1901 by The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
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History Detectives
History Detectives is a documentary television series on PBS.
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Independent record label
An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME.
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Industrial processes
Industrial processes are procedures involving chemical, physical, electrical, or mechanical steps to aid in the manufacturing of an item or items, usually carried out on a very large scale.
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KXSP
KXSP (590 AM) is a commercial radio station licensed to Omaha, Nebraska.
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Lacquer
Lacquer is a type of hard and usually shiny coating or finish applied to materials such as wood or metal.
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Lamination
μCT scanning) through the length of a knitting needle that consists of laminated wooden layers: the layers can be differentiated by the change of direction of the wood's vessels Shattered windshield lamination keeps shards in place Laminate flooring A flexible thin-film solar cell for aerospace use (2007) Lamination is the technique/process of manufacturing a material in multiple layers, so that the composite material achieves improved strength, stability, sound insulation, appearance, or other properties from the use of the differing materials, such as plastic.
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Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.
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Majestic Radios
Majestic Radios was an American radio brand from 1927 to 1955, trademarked as "The Mighty Monarchs of the Air".
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Marx Brothers
The Marx Brothers were an American family comedy act that was successful in vaudeville, on Broadway, and in 14 motion pictures from 1905 to 1949.
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Music for Pleasure (record label)
Music for Pleasure (or MFP) and Classics for Pleasure (CFP) were British record labels that issued budget-priced albums of popular and classical music respectively.
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New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Nipper
Nipper (1884 – September 1895), also known as the RCA Victor dog, was a dog from Bristol, England.
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Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County.
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Packaging
Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use.
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Paperboard
Paperboard is a thick paper-based material.
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Parlophone
Parlophone Records Limited (also known as Parlophone Records and Parlophone) is a record label founded in Germany in 1896 by the Carl Lindström Company as Parlophon.
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PBS
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.
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Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.
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Polyethylene
Polyethylene or polythene (abbreviated PE; IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene)) is the most commonly produced plastic.
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Printing
Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template.
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Progressive rock
Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog) is a broad genre of rock music that primarily developed in the United Kingdom through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s.
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Punk rock
Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s.
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RCA Records
RCA Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.
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Record label
"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
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Ribs (recordings)
Ribs (рёбра, translit. ryobra), also known as music on ribs (Музыка на рёбрах), jazz on bones (Джаз на костях), bones or bone music (roentgenizdat), are improvised gramophone recordings made from X-ray films. Production of phonograph records and ribs (recordings) are audio storage.
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Samizdat
Samizdat (lit) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the documents from reader to reader.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
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Swan Song Records
Swan Song Records was a record label that was launched by the English rock band Led Zeppelin on 10 May 1974; however, its first record releases (in UK and US, respectively) were Silk Torpedo by another English rock band, The Pretty Things, and the self-titled album, Bad Company.
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Tape recorder
An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. Production of phonograph records and tape recorder are audio storage and sound production technology.
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The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
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The Big Store
The Big Store is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho, Harpo and Chico) that takes place in a large department store.
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The Blockheads
The Blockheads are an English rock band formed in London in 1977.
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The Specials
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, were an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry.
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Vestax
Vestax Corporation was a Japanese musical instrument, turntable and audio equipment firm founded by Hidesato Shiino in 1977.
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Wax
Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures.
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WoodmenLife
WoodmenLife (officially Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society) is a not-for-profit fraternal benefit society founded in 1890, based in Omaha, Nebraska, United States, that operates a large privately held insurance company for its members.
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X-ray
X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.
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2 Tone Records
2 Tone Records was an English independent record label that mostly released ska and reggae-influenced music with a punk rock and pop music overtone.
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See also
Audio players
- Boombox
- CD player
- CDJ
- Cassette deck
- Center channel
- Compressed air gramophone
- DeaDBeeF
- Graphophone
- High-end audio
- Home audio
- Multi-room audio
- Phonograph
- Portable audio players
- Production of phonograph records
- Radiogram (device)
- Seeburg 1000
- Sony CDP-101
- Sony Rolly
- Sony TC-50
- Stereobelt
- Talkboy
- Turntables
- Vehicle audio
- Victor Orthophonic Victrola
- Volta Laboratory and Bureau
- Walkman
- Walkman DD series
- Yak Bak
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_of_phonograph_records
Also known as Matrix (record production), Production of gramophone records.
, Wax, WoodmenLife, X-ray, 2 Tone Records.