Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone

In this episode, author Peter Doggett discusses his book “Electric Shock: Recorded Music from the Gramophone to the iPhone.” Peter explains how he came to take on such an ambitious project, why he started with the advent of recorded music rather than the advent of sheet music, the first format wars between Thomas Edison’s phonograph and Emile Berliner’s gramophone, the first recorded music superstars, and one unfortunate early hitmaker who found himself having to do a new recording every time a copy of his hit record was made.

More featuring Peter Doggett:

• Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and the Swing Era

• Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner
• The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Bert Williams & Al Jolson