It is with great sadness that we learned last week of the passing of Simon Blumlein after a brief illness. He was 87. Simon was an incredible friend to and supporter of the EMI Archive Trust. If the name ‘Blumlein’ is familiar to followers of the Trust it is because Simon was the eldest son… Read more »
The launch of the most extensive and detailed catalogue ever of the Gramophone Company’s legacy of era-defining recordings from all around the world – ‘The Gramophone Company Discography’
Music’s tech nightmare part 1: The quiet storm – the 1920s witnessed astonishing technological change, and music was being left behind
Music’s tech nightmare part 2: The legendary Louis Sterling
Music’s tech nightmare part 3: No spoils for this Victor
Why the UK messed up the ‘Jazz Age’
The roaring and soaring 1920s
In a bonus episode to round off Series 2, Dave and James talk to Simon Blumlein about his father Alan Dower Blumlein, the extraordinary man who among others things invented stereo sound. Alan Dower Blumlein was an electronic engineer and one of the most significant inventors in the first half of the twentieth century, being… Read more »
This series of The Sound of the Hound ends with an interview with Giles Martin, the Grammy-winning record producer and son of Beatles producer Sir George. With this episode it feels as though we’ve come full circle: Giles was there at the plaque unveiling that we featured in the first episode of the series. And… Read more »
Bonkers, basically. The story of opera singer Adelina Patti is one of the most eye-popping of all the tales we explore in this series. The saga starts in Madrid, where Patti was born in 1843, before it takes us to Clapham in South London, moves around the world and ends in a haunted castle in… Read more »