Hillandale News back issues.

If you wish to check out the Hillandale News magazine from the first issue to its last, you can now purchase them from the CLPGS.

Hillandale News magazines issue 1 to 220 now available in CDr PDF format only. All on a single disc, price £60 including postage.

Cheques payable to CLPGS Ltd. or via Paypal. Contact Dave Roberts.

CLPGS - Vulcan Live Acoustic Recordings

CLPGS

The Vulcan Cylinder Record Company specialise in manufacturing new, hard-wearing, plastic cylinder records designed to be played on original Edison and Columbia phonographs. Below are a number of recordings from the CLPGS sets.


Vulcan Live Acoustic Recordings


These recordings are a selection of standard 2-minute records, recorded using traditional methods of acoustic recording, either in our own recording studio or on location.


*CLPGS – The City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society. Recordings designated CLPGS were recorded live at the Society’s Annual General Meeting of the named year, with various artistes as they were available.


312 Mandy Make Up Your Mind – 2-minute

CLPGS Jazz Band, instrumental.

Composed by Geo. W. Meyer and Arthur Johnston, lyrics by Grant Clarke and Roy Turk, 1924.

Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK, 2008.


315 Sweet Mama – 2-minute

CLPGS Jazz Band, instrumental.

Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK, 2007.


319 Sensation Rag – 2-minute

CLPGS Jazz Band, 2008.

Composed by Joseph F. Lamb, 1908, arranged by Scott Joplin.

Recorded at the Lord Leicester Hotel, Warwick, UK.


Joseph F. Lamb (1887-1960) was one of the “Big Three” classic ragtime composers along with Scott Joplin (1867-1917) and James Scott (1885-1938). Lamb was a self-taught composer and amateur pianist whose early works were endorsed and highly rated by Scott Joplin (who was 20 years older than Lamb). Only 12 rags were published during Lamb’s lifetime (by John Stark) and eventually several more were were posthumously published after 1960. Lamb’s style is generally more “individualistic” and “harmonically daring” than Joplin’s style.


For orders and more info, please go to http://www.phonographcylinders.com.


The Vulcan Cylinder Record Company


Sheffield, England


Orders: +44 (0)114 240 2214

Technical: +44 (0)114 256 1431

CLPGS Videos: CLPGS Southwest AGM 2011

At the recent CLPGS Southwest AGM, The Night Owls were kind enough to record their performance.

CLPGS Reference Series as of 2011

The CLPGS is proud to present the CLPGS Reference Series.

Current titles include:

RS1         The Tale of Two Toms – An Indestructible Saga, by Keith Harrison.  This traces the development of the indestructible cylinder from Lioret to modern times, and includes a detailed time line of significant events.  The CD included contains some rare examples of the genre including early Lamberts through to Edison Bell, Everlasting, Indestructible and Edison Amberols.

RS2         Mr Edison’s Sublime Gift to Man, by Dominic Combe.  This short history of the Edison Diamond Disk was presented to the CLPGS in 2009 and explores the history of the machine, the Tone Tests and other developments.  The CD contains a number of superb Diamond Disc recordings.

RS3         The British Record Industry during the Reign of Edward VII : 1901-1910, by Frank Andrews.  Frank’s exhaustive study of the British scene in the early 20^th Century is a detailed account of the development of the industry, covering the evolution of the disc and cylinder market.  The story is a fascinating one, and opens a window into the formative years of the industry.

RS4         Caledoniana, by Dominic Combe is another CLPGS presentation, this covering Scottish history and the music arising from it.  The CD included contains early disc and cylinder recordings, and the text supports the music with history of both the performances and the performers.  A must for Scots and Sassenachs alike.

RS5         Caledoniana 2, by Dominic Combe, which is the sequel to RS4, provides additional fascinating facts and music along the same theme.  The subject is a large one, and the second presentation on Scottish music and artists is as informative as the first.  The CD contains another 22 tracks of music with a Scottish theme.

RS6         The Ultimate Phonograph Cylinder Handbook, by Keith Harrison.  This is a larger book containing a history of most cylinder manufacturers and coloured pictures of many cylinders and boxes.  It will be invaluable to those who study manufacturers of cylinders and the artists who recorded on them.  The database CD included provides sortable and cross referred details of over 60,000 cylinder numbers, with details of performers, titles, composers, lyricists and other information.  Anyone who is interested in cylinder recordings will find this an invaluable asset.

RS7         Restoring the Edison Gem phonograph, by Mike Field.  Mike is an acknowledged expert in phonograph and gramophone restoration and this is a reprint of his informative work, published by the CLPGS in 1986 and long out of print.  It has been updated by Mike in 2011 and is a must for anyone attempting to maintain one of these fine little machines.

RS8         Favorite Records, by Frank Andrews and Bill Dean-Myatt.  This is a meticulous discography of the Favorite and Imperial labels, and includes a history of the labels and a CD containing a sortable database of the records they produced.  The database contains fascinating data regarding matrix numbers, recording dates and other information.

RS9         Phonograph Cylinder Histories 1 - Britannia, British Lambert and Star, by Frank Andrews, is another example of his superbly detailed research. Frank charts the founding, rise, and fall of these little companies, and rare samples of their music are included on the associated CD.

RS10       The Divine Ones, by Richard Taylor.  In this work Richard studies the divas of jazz from the twenties and thirties to the present day and has included some rare and seminal recordings on the evocative CD enclosed.

RS11       Beka Records, by Frank Andrews and Bill Dean-Myatt.  This complements RS8, and is an exhaustive study of the label, including a history and a CD containing a computer searchable discography and examples of Beka company record labels.

RS12       The Story of Edison Bell, by Dominic Combe, provides a detailed insight into the company, from its beginnings with cylinders through its battles with Edison and on to its disc production.  There are plenty of pictures of artists and records of all types, supported by a great CD of 25 tracks.

Available at Christmas 2011:

RS13       Phonograph Cylinder Histories 2 - Electric, International Indestructible and Russell.  Frank Andrews provides characteristic detail of the arrival and short lives of three more little British cylinder manufacturers, adding further detail to the turbulent Edwardian age of early recording.  This is an ideal companion to RS9 and includes a CD containing rare recordings.

RS14       Early Duplication Methods, by Dominic Combe.  In this work Dominic researches the various methods used to duplicate acoustic recordings in the early days.  Examples of each are included on the enclosed CD, demonstrating the differing levels of success that were achieved.  This is an interesting study into an often overlooked problem confronting recording pioneers.

Available Spring 2012:

RS15       Phonograph Cylinder Histories 3 – Lambert, by Keith Harrison.  This traces the evolution of the Chicago Lambert company., its cylinders and its links with companies in the UK.  In contains many pictures and details of each cylinder type, and comes with a CD of rare recordings.

RS16       Sound Recordings in Britain 1890-1903.  This is another of Frank Andrews’ fine accounts of early recording development, and covers the very early days of record companies in the UK when the industry was in its infancy.  It makes a fine ‘prequel’ to RS3 and sets the scene for the boom in the record medium in the early 20^th century.

Welcome to The CLPGS - History & Reference Series Blog

Hello and welcome to the new CLPGS blog.

Here we aim to inform and update members (and non members too) of the history and inception of the Society as well as the latest news regarding our Reference Series of Books.

Please keep checking for further information here, and at the links on the right of this blog!


Regards,

The CLPGS.