A fun video, if you haven't already seen it . . .

[CharliePhono]

I just discovered this yesterday, filmed in 1977 -- The Wonder of the Age - A History of Recorded Music. Many of you likely already know of it or have watched it, but in case not:

https://youtu.be/KvMBU-fCcww

[epigramophone]

This brings back memories of my good friend the late Albert "Joe" Pengelly (1924-2020), some of whose machines were used in the re-creation of his great uncle Ernest's Talking Machine Depot in Plymouth, where he held the earliest agency in the city for the Gramophone Company.

Joe was a presenter on BBC South West for many years, and loaned me his personal VHS copy of the programme to enable me to dub it onto DVD. His co-presenter the late Hugh Scully was also a BBC man, fronting the Antiques Roadshow for many years.

[CharliePhono]

Thank you, Epigramophone, for those observations. I'm no expert in videography, and certainly you all have forgotten more than I'll likely ever know about phonographs, but I found the video to be very well done and essentially factual. It was also a very clean copy for being almost 50 years old.

Best regards,
Charlie