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“On This Day in the History of Recorded Sound…”

February 6, 1867: Born: Eldridge R. Johnson, founder of the Victor Talking Machine Company.

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I read that before he died in 1945 he regretted selling Victor.edisonplayer.

He may have regretted selling VTM but his timing was very good-1926--roughly the year radios started taking off and 3 years before the great depression.

From -- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128 ... es-johnson

here's around 40 minutes of tidbits on ERJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8L7ibbPaZE

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing!