Thursday, 15 May 2014

Boosey & Hawkes Wire Recorder

Live Wire ...

Boosey and Hawkes wire recorder, made for military use was a popular non-professional recording device.  Germany had perfected tape recording in the 1930's but the machines were expensive and not mobile ...

Boosey & Hawkes wire recorder 



Museum of Technology ...
 

One of the first bootleg recordings, made by a fan in 1949, on a wire recorder...
 
Woody Guthrie - Black Diamond 1949 ...
 


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