Michael's Music Museum

The plan is simple. Put it all here. Music I restored. Music I produced. Music I collected. Starting with the collections. 600 Piano Rolls. 2000 Amberols. 2500 78 Shellac records. Stay tuned.


Michael's Music Museum

I’ve decided to start calling piano rolls “records” again — because they are recordings.

Did you know RCA successfully sued to stop other companies from using the word “record” and "recording"?

Another fact:

Claude Debussy recorded 14 of his own works in 1905. But when RCA won their lawsuit in the 1930's all of the tracks lost the ability to be called a "recording" or a "record". Don't worry, I have 10 of the 14 coming to the channel.

What do you think? Do the piano rolls deserve to be called a "Record" or a "Recording"?

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