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Edison Bell and James E Hough, 1925-25.
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- čas přidán 28. 11. 2019
- This Video is dedicated to Björns Records! It is a speech recording made in late 1924. Hough had been the boss of companies under the 'umbrella name' of Edison Bell since 1890. He was by 1924 in poor health, and his family persuaded him to make a speech recording. It was sent in the Xmas season of 1924 to factors, & favoured dealers. It is a hard to find disc & is apparently not on CZcams, until now. Also, at the same time, a publicity brochure was produced, and it is tempting to assume that the the commemorative disc and the brochure were both parts of a co-ordinated effort to celebrate Edison Bell in general, and James E Hough in particular, as he came towards the end of his life. The 36 page brochure has been scanned, the text OCR'd &c., and all can be seen at www.early78s.u...
I am proud to say I am James E Hough's great, great and at least a couple more greats, niece. I have just heard his voice for the first time and I am quite choked up by this experience.
My Dad is far more knowledgeable on this great man than me, so hopefully will also contribute here, but may I thank you on behalf of the more recent Houghs, Mr Field, for this truly amazing glimpse into our family history.
That is most remarkable and indeed, wonderful! If you email me at jazz@normanfield.com , I will be able to give you a few more links, where you may be able find out a little more. The Gramophone Company (=HMV) were always 'God's Wonderful Record Label', but they only started in 1898, by which year your ancestor had been in the trade for, I should think, the best art of 10 years! Kind records, Norman.
@@bixanorak Thank you so much Norman, I shall email you at once :) Your video has propelled me into the world of research and I have managed to find out so much about James now, but I would welcome any links that may take me further. James was a very strong personality, Im sure there is much more to discover.
Lycan - I would be fascinated to know how you fit into the family tree. I am a great grandson of JEH and have been researchinng the family and Edison Bell
@@tomfhough Hi Thomas and wow, another relative :) I have traced the lineage on our side through to Arthur, JEH's brother, younger by 2-3 years. I would also be fascinated to to hear more from you and your discoveries, as there is so much to learn about James, and indeed, all of the family.
@@tomfhough Very nice to hear from you! Of course, please feel free to copy down & use anything from the web page in the video description, if by chance you haven't got the booklet &c. Best wishes and hope your research goes well! Best regards, Norman.
Stay save, Mad Professor!
Thank you for sharing your encyclopedic knowledge Mr. Field!
Hi there! Thanks for writing & glad you enjoyed the posting. Best regards, Norman.
Thanks to Lycan Contacting me I’ve been able to listen to the recording. I am James great great great granddaughter and this is a treasure to my family. Thank you Norman.
That's absolutely marvellous, to hear from two people related to a now legendary figure in British recorded sound! Also, though you probabbly found it, if you click 'show more' on the video description, there's a link to a 36 -page brochure, issued I believe, at the same time as the record, and may even bave accompanied the disc, when it was sent out by your g-g-g-grandfather. One thing I haven't done, is to update the transcription of his speech on the website - so many people have sent in corrections and suggestions , that I should have done it long ago. There's no excuse now, especially under Lock-Down! Take care and again thanks, Norman.
@@bixanorakHello and thank you for the You Tube entry. Fascinating! I am a great grandson of JEH and the family seems to have entrusted me with a fair deal of the archive. Although I never knew JEH my father and uncles did and were involved with Edison Bell. I would love to share our mutual information in this man
Laura I would love to know from which branch as I too am a descendant - great grandson. Furthermore I have a fair amount of Edison Bell "archive"
I meant to add that I have a 78 rpm of a lifting of the film soundtrack of Calling Blighty (I think) which was an interviewing of our soldiers (the lost 14th?) who were marooned in Burma (there was a lot of bitterness that the Americans were repatriated first)
The portion I have is my Uncle Eric Hough (working for the BBC) introducing my Uncle Harold Hough one of the 14th, I believe also referred to as the Forgotten Army.
Brings a sniffle and a tear, thanks for sharing
Glad you liked it, even if it is rather wistful... but it's part of history of record making, and I was surprised not to find it on YT already. All the besy & again thanks, Norman.
@@bixanorak don't forget people find value in different ways, what you may not feel is something can mean so much heartfelt emotion or need to the next, a guy I watch on CZcams have been working his way through life and built his own business, he needs a bigger property for work and his followers keep telling him to do a gofundme, he being who he is was very reluctant as he didn't feel he was providing a service or value to someone, but he is really humbled as he is at like $26,000 to help him move and the messages he has had is that of his life stories and the way he shows how he does his job provides value even if 99% of the followers won't ever do his job but still value what he does.
If you're interested in this his name is Louis rossmann, he does apple laptop repair usually live on CZcams.
Anyhow 'nuff of my ramblings lol 73 de m6yru Bartley green
Thanks!
We haven't heard from you in a while Mr. Field...I hope you and yours are safe and well!
What a find and what a fascinating video Norman. Your productions are too few and far between, so please haste ye back with some more in the near future.Many thanks as always.
Ah! My old friend - glad you liked it. There are two more pieces of gear I've cobbled together in the last year or so, and both are due for YT videos. One is a home-made electric cylinder player (rather more sophisticated than the piezo-electric effort), and the other is recording speech mechanically (=acoustically) on vertically-cut wax discs. Yes, both of these things are a bit 'silly', as Monty Python would say; but, they're also quite good fun! All the best to you & yours in the approaching Festive Season. Cheers, Norman.
@@bixanorak None of your videos is 'a bit silly' rather all of them are most enjoyable and I am looking forward to watching both of the new ones.. I have just been looking at the magnificent job you have made on your other site of the Edison Bell history booklet. Wow! It is amazing and a real treat to read the info and ogle at the pictures. Are you a star or what? Not having seen any activity on YT from you I was beginning to worry about you, but all's well it seems, thankfully. As regards to Christmas et al, I wish you and you family a marvellous time and health, wealth and happiness in the coming year. Best wishes, and, yes, Cheers! Richard.
This area of study for lack of almost any words at all
Is new to me
You Norman make great video of great quality and interest !
TNX :)
It is kind of you to write, and very pleased that you found the video interesting. Best regrads to you & yours, Norman.
Most interesting. Thank you for posting!
Thanks, Paul. Cheers, Norman.
Thank you!
Спасибо Валерий. Я готовлю еще несколько видео! Надеюсь, вам это тоже понравится. Наилучшие пожелания тебе и твоей семье, Норман.
Some of my corrections/suggestions for the transcript:
1. "......many milestones ONE SEES on the way." (4:11)
2. "...contemplate the past HISTORY of our industry". (4:21)
3. "Of these, in THESE later years to, HAS come ANOTHER PRODUCT...." (4:30)
4. "accessories required for this new CONCEPT...." (4:50)
5. "...take the trouble to generously "GILD"( or "yield"?) it..." (5:30)
Hi there. Pardon this 'one size fits all' reply, but thank you for your updates on the transcription of James Hough's speech. It's really great, how many of you have picked out new things - I couldn't hear 'em at all. Eventually, I'll put up a fully corrrected transciption on the website. All the best for now, Norman.
"some of the many milestones one sees on the way" and not "have come upon us", it's "has come another product"
Hope this helps.
Hi there. Pardon this 'one size fits all' reply, but thank you for your updates on the transcription of James Hough's speech. It's really great, how many of you have picked out new things - I couldn't hear 'em at all. Eventually, I'll put up a fully corrrected transciption on the website. All the best for now, Norman.
Hi everyone I have a very good copy. Off this record in my possession what could it be worth
I _think_ he refers to the radio as "this new cult". And I suspect "take the trouble to generously yield it those manly qualities" is correct. From the several inappropriate pauses it sounds like it was written out on very small sheets of paper.
Hi there. Pardon this 'one size fits all' reply, but thank you for your updates on the transcription of James Hough's speech. It's really great, how many of you have picked out new things - I couldn't hear 'em at all. Eventually, I'll put up a fully corrrected transciption on the website. All the best for now, Norman.
3:45, The third paragraph is DECIDEDLY WRONG!The PIONEER of the Gramophone industry in Britain, is the off-shoot operation of Emile Berliner's "Deutsche Grammophon Gesselshaft", being "The Gramophone Company of England". established in the late 1880s, well ahead of Edison Bell.
Thanks for writing. Of course, this company brochure tells the 'History According to *Edison Bell in 1924*', so we would not expect it to ackowledge priority to anyone else! Actually, the Gramphone Company was first established in the U.K. (from the U.S.) in 1898. Admittedly, hand-wound toy gramophones and their 5" discs had appeared here as early as 1889 as you say, but they were imported from Germany by Parkins & Gotto of Oxford Street, London. There was no actual 'Berliner' company here until 1898. Cheers, Norman.
Too bad that the link for the brochure doesn't work :(
It usally does from here; but to make it more certain, I've changed the link to the following:
www.early78s.uk/index.php/edison-bell?
What I heard: once (?), another (????), culture (????), ????, yield (?).
Hi there. Pardon this 'one size fits all' reply, but thank you for your updates on the transcription of James Hough's speech. It's really great, how many of you have picked out new things - I couldn't hear 'em at all. Eventually, I'll put up a fully corrrected transciption on the website. All the best for now, Norman.
Can you not filter out the background noise should be able to virtually eliminate it. At least try a shop roll-off at the higher frequencies above 1.6 kilohertz
Sorry, I don't think so. Noise - hiss &c - is quite broad-band. So when you use de-noising software, it tends to take out a lot of the 'information' present in the signal. Worse still, 'digital artefacts' may be introduced. These sound awful (or at least I think they do) & make your ears ache within a minute or two. (Acute Listening Fatigue.) There actually is useful information up to about 2.5 KHz, even on Winners; the sound 'shh' comes over quite well. Singers like Stanley Kirkby were adept at emphasising them!
"radio is no FEATHER BED occupation;" ????
Hi there. Pardon this 'one size fits all' reply, but thank you for your updates on the transcription of James Hough's speech. It's really great, how many of you have picked out new things - I couldn't hear 'em at all. Eventually, I'll put up a fully corrrected transciption on the website. All the best for now, Norman.
Sedentary?