Fred Gaisberg

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

January 1, 1873: Born: Fred Gaisberg, musician, recording engineer, and pioneer producer of classical and world music.

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Fred's autobiography, "The Music Goes Round" chronicling FG's early years as a recording technician for the Gramophone Co. is a fascinating read.
Online copy for downloading -- https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dl ... 9/mode/2up

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Thanks for that much improved image! With your permission, I'll substitute it for the one I've been using each January 1st.

George P.

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Thanks for that much improved image! With your permission, I'll substitute it for the one I've been using each January 1st.

George P.

Sure, go ahead. I enhanced it with the online tool I wrote about here -- viewtopic.php?t=62152

It does an excellent job, compared to earlier versions by other companies, though it sometimes takes me a few tries before I'm satisfied with the results. For some strange reason I've yet to figure out, I have to open the unblurred image file in Paint and then copy and paste it into a new/fresh image file before posting it on this forum.

OrthoFan

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Thanks! I must admit that I'm quite deficient technologically. I've never even posted a video. I don't know how...

George P.

[Nat]

I had dinner at Rule's last week, in Maiden Lane (London). Gaisberg established the world's first purpose-designed recording studio next door, and had a loud-voiced barmaid from Rule's help in setting up equipment. I believe there's a marker, but on Google Earth, there's a delivery van parked blocking the view.

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Hi Nat --

Here's some information about the plaque -- https://www.emiarchivetrust.org/rock-ro ... ng-studio/

This image shows the rather hard to spot plaque. (Click to enlarge).

[Inigo]

The barmaid was Syria Lamonde, the first records made in London were sung by her. As said by Brian Rust.