Category: Famous Gear

jupiter trumpet

Forget the harmonica, carry a Pocket Trumpet

When most people think of portable music, they think harmonica, mouth harp, kazoo or something of that ilk. What if you play the trumpet, you’re about to go on vacation […]

phonautograph

Earliest Recordings ever made

It was once thought that the earliest recording of the human voice was made by Thomas Edison in 1877, when he recorded Mary had a Little Lamb on his new […]

First ever recording of digital Music

In 1951, some groundbreaking progress in the world of music technology was transforming the way music would be made today. The University of Manchester housed the Ferranti Mark 1 computer, […]

jimi hendrix

For Sale: History.

In March of 1967, Jimi Hendrix went up on stage at London’s Finsbury Astoria and gave an electrifying performance – it built up to a frenzied dramatic ending, when he doused […]

radiophonic workshop

The Lost tapes from the Dr. Who engineer

Delia Derbyshire is the composer of the original theme music to the cult favorite TV show Dr. Who. She worked for the BBC’s Radiophonic Workshop in 1963 and was asked […]

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