This phonograph was in our basement when we bought the house 35 years ago. The arm could be copper or brass. An inscription reads: Edison Disc Phono, Thomas A. Edison Inc., Orange, NJ, USA 19 SM-9989.

If you think of records as platters, you are of a certain age. If you don’t remember records at all, you are even younger. But there was a time when audio records were not flat — they were drums, ...

Edison disc recording in its original sleeve. (Hallie Cotnam/CBC) The phonograph, later also called the gramophone, wasn't invented with music in mind. Edison thought it would be a useful tool for ...

Thomas Edison was America's premier inventor of new technologies. He was a genius at the work. His nearly 1,100 U.S. patents include the electric light, motion picture camera, film projector, electric ...

Ethan Hatcher from Saturday Night On The Circle went on quite the adventure and he tells us all about it! Recently I traveled all the way to the suburbs of Chicago to acquire this somewhat scarce ...

Imagine if your couch or your coffee maker suddenly started talking to you — or perhaps launched into the chorus of “She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain.” What would your reaction be? Consider that, ...

Thomas Edison seated beside a phonograph in 1921. Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division (The original image is no longer available, please contact KCRW if you need ...