The Talking Machine World was a monthly trade journal published in New York starting in 1905 and running into the late 1920s. It served as the leading industry magazine for phonographs and early sound-recording media (including cylinders and discs), offering regional market reports, new technology and product announcements, and articles about recording artists and manufacturers. As the recording business grew, the magazine’s issues expanded dramatically in size—by 1920 many were over 200 pages—and its content evolved to include early radio equipment and industry trends. After its founder Edward Lyman Bill passed away, his son Raymond Bill took over editorial duties; the publication later shifted names as its focus broadened, eventually ceasing under its original title around 1928.
All of the book titles that are included in this DVD are listed as follows:
Talking Machine World - Volume 1 (January - December 1905)
Talking Machine World - Volume 2 (January - December 1906)
Talking Machine World - Volume 3 (January - December 1907)
Talking Machine World - Volume 4 (January - December 1908)
Talking Machine World - Volume 5 (January - December 1909)
Talking Machine World - Volume 6 (January - December 1910)
Talking Machine World - Volume 7 (January - December 1911)
Talking Machine World - Volume 8 (January - December 1912)
Talking Machine World - Volume 9 (January - December 1913)
Talking Machine World - Volume 10 (January - December 1914)
Talking Machine World - Volume 11 (January - December 1915)
Talking Machine World - Volume 12 (January - December 1916)
Talking Machine World - Volume 13 (January - December 1917)
Talking Machine World - Volume 14 (January - June 1918)
Talking Machine World - Volume 14 (July - December 1918)
Talking Machine World - Volume 15 (January - June 1919)
Talking Machine World - Volume 15 (August - December 1919)
Talking Machine World - Volume 16 (January - June 1920)
Talking Machine World - Volume 16 (July - December 1920)
Talking Machine World - Volume 17 (January - March 1921)
Talking Machine World - Volume 17 (April - June 1921)
Talking Machine World - Volume 17 (July - September 1921)
Talking Machine World - Volume 17 (October - December 1921)
Talking Machine World - Volume 18 (January - June 1922)
Talking Machine World - Volume 18 (July - December 1922)
Talking Machine World - Volume 19 (January - June 1923)
Talking Machine World - Volume 19 (July - December 1923)
Talking Machine World - Volume 20 (July - December 1924)
Talking Machine World - Volume 21 (January - June 1925)
Talking Machine World - Volume 21 (July - December 1925)
Talking Machine World - Volume 22 (July - December 1926)
Talking Machine World - Volume 23 (January - June 1927)
Talking Machine World - Volume 23 (July - December 1927)
Talking Machine World - Volume 24 (January - June 1928)
Talking Machine World - Volume 24 (July - December 1928)