Recorded anthology about the history of the phonography and sound recordings from 1888 to 1930.~Includes: extract from a song by Sam Mayo, "Put That Gramophone Record On Again"; comments by Florence Nightingale, retired nurse, July 1890; comments by William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1889; comments by Sir Frederick Arthur Stanley, Governor General of Canada, 11 September 1888; comments by Phileas T. Barnum, circus owner, 1890; comments and playing of the trumpet by Kenneth Landfrey, trumpeter, 2 August 1890; comments by Sir Arthur Sullivan, composer, 5 October 1888; song "Turkey in the Straw" by Billy Golden, 1898; "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" by Philip Sousa's band; "Lend Me Your Aid" by the Home Guards Band; comic routine, Auction Sale of a Piano, by Burt Shepard, 1900; comic song "Troubles of a German Street Band" by Russell Hunting; comic routine, A Little of What You Fancy, by Marie Lloyd; comic routine, The Difficulties of Recording, by George Formby; song "P.C. Green" by Harry Champion; "Light Cavalary" by the Premier Concert Orchestra; song "Tu Non Vuoi Piu Bene" by Enrico Caruso; song "When the Gramophone Shop Caught Fire" by Stanley Kirby; part of a speech by Thomas Alva Edison at the Electrical Exhibition, 1908; "The Busking Band Contest" by the Busking Band; song "Whistling Pete" by Billy Golden; "Di Quella Pira" by Franisco Tamagno, 1903; song "Nymphes et Sylvains" by Nellie Melba, March 1904; song "Sympathy" by Albert Whelan; song "Batti Batti" by Adelina Palti, December 1905 with piano accompaniment by Landon Ronald; violin music "Ziguenerweisen" by Pablo de Sarasate, 1904; song "Your King and Country Need You" by Harrison Latimer; song "Three Cheers for Little Belgium" by Violet Lorraine; speech by Horatio Bottomley at Albert Hall, 1915; song "Somebody's Boy is Out at the Front" by Harry Fay; and actuality of gas shell bombardment by the Royal Garrison Artillery at Lille, 9 October 1918.~Continues with: song "The Tanks that Broke the Ranks" by Peter Dawson; the songs "Arrival of the Troops in London", "When Tommie Comes Marching Home", "Home Sweet Home", "The British Grenadiers", and "Rule Britannia" from the Grand Peace Record; part of a speech by Ernestine Schumann-Weink, 1918; "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" by the Original Dixie Jazz Band; music and the song "I'm Gonna Bring a Water Melon" by the Mayfield Dance Orchestra; song and music "Eddie Steady" by the Carnival Dance Band"; part of a talk by George Bernard Shaw about languages and English, 1927; piano music by Anderson Tyrer with the British Symphony Orchestra; music "The Flying Dutchman" by John Barbirolli; and music "Horn Concerto" by Aubrey Brain with the Royal Symphony Orchestra. <1h 55mn>
