Phonograph Monthly Review Explained

Music Lovers'
Phonograph Monthly Review
Editor:Axel B. Johnson
Editor Title:Editor
Frequency:Monthly
Founder:Axel B. Johnson
Firstdate: (Vol. 1, no. 1)
Country:United States
Based:Jamaica Plain, Boston
Language:English
Oclc:11380159

Music Lovers' Phonograph Monthly Review (PMR) was an American magazine for record enthusiasts founded in Jamaica Plain, Boston, by Axel B. Johnson. The first issue was dated October 1926 (Vol., no. 1) – after the first issue of Gramophone, a similar magazine founded in London by Compton Mackenzie. As put by George Wilson Oman (1895–1947) – an Edinburgh-born Chicago-based telegraph operator and organizer of the Phonograph Art Society of Chicago – "This magazine is to the United States what the Gramophone is to Great Britain and bids fair in its splendidly edited pages to rival the Gramophone. The magazine ran for 66 issues – six and one-half years – ending March 1932 (Vol. 6, no. 6), under financial duress during the Great Depression. Although, the suspension of the April and May 1932 issues has been attributed to, according to Gramophone magazine, "a misfortune of which we have only just heard from an American reader." "He says that the Editor, Mr. Axel Johnson, was kidnapped late in March, 'robbed, beaten unconscious and thrown from a speeding ." PMR – through the succession of Music Lovers' Guide (1932–1935) and The American Music Lover (1935–1944) – is considered the forerunner to the American Record Guide.

History

The magazine launch occurred (i) after Columbia (May 1925) and (ii) after Victor (November 2, 1925; "Victor Day") debuted their new systems – orthophonic (electrical) recording technology – electronically-amplified sound developed by Bell Labs-Western Electric in an effort to replace the limited properties of the acoustic recording horn. The mid-1920s was also the beginning of the Golden Age of Radio and prior to the introduction of the new technology, consumer demand for old-style phonographs waned in favor of radios.

Reviews of recordings were first published in 1906 in Berlin by Phonographische Zeitschrift (de); but, The Gramophone, in England, and the Phonograph Monthly Review, in North America, were the first non-record label periodicals that focused primarily on reviewing musical recordings.

In 1932, Axel B. Johnson and R.D. Darrell purchased the Music Lovers' Guide. The magazine ran monthly for 31 issues, from September 1932 (Vol. 1, no. 1) through March 1935 (Vol. 3, no. 7).

Phonograph Monthly Review (digitized online)

  1. Book: October 1926 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|pg=PP7}} ''Vol. 1, no. 1'' ]. Google Books.
  2. Book: November 1926 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=49}} ''Vol. 1, no. 2'' ]. Google Books.
  3. Book: December 1926 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=98-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 3'' ]. Google Books.
  4. Book: January 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=144-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 4'' ]. Google Books.
  5. Book: February 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=192-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 5'' ]. Google Books.
  6. Book: March 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=240-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 6'' ]. Google Books.
  7. Book: April 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=288-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 7'' ]. Google Books.
  8. Book: May 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=328-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 8'' ]. Google Books.
  9. Book: June 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=368-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 9'' ]. Google Books.
  10. Book: July 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=408-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 10'' ]. Google Books.
  11. Book: August 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=448-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 11'' ]. Google Books.
  12. Book: September 1927 . [{{GBurl|8Cw5AAAAIAAJ|p=488-IA3}} ''Vol. 1, no. 12'' ]. Google Books.
  13. Book: October 1927 . Vol. 2, no. 1 . .
  14. Book: November 1927 . Vol. 2, no. 2 . .
  15. Book: December 1927 . Vol. 2, no. 3 . .
  16. Book: January 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 4 . .
  17. Book: February 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 5 . .
  18. Book: March 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 6 . .
  19. Book: April 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 7 . .
  20. Book: May 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 8 . .
  21. Book: June 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 9 . .
  22. Book: July 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 10 . .
  23. Book: August 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 11 . .
  24. Book: September 1928 . Vol. 2, no. 12 . .
  25. Book: October 1928 . Vol. 3, no. 1 . .
  26. Book: November 1928 . Vol. 3, no. 2 . .
  27. Book: December 1928 . Vol. 3, no. 3 . .
  28. Book: January 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 4 . .
  29. Book: February 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 5 . .
  30. Book: March 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 6 . .
  31. Book: April 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 7 . .
  32. Book: May 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 8 . .
  33. Book: June 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 9 . .
  34. Book: July 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 10 . .
  35. Book: August 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 11 . .
  36. Book: September 1929 . Vol. 3, no. 12 . .
  37. Book: October 1929 . Vol. 4, no. 1 . .
  38. Book: November 1929 . Vol. 4, no. 2 . .
  39. Book: December 1929 . Vol. 4, no. 3 . .
  40. Book: January 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 4 . .
  41. Book: February 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 5 . .
  42. Book: March 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 6 . .
  43. Book: April 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 7 . .

  1. Book: May 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 8 . .
  2. Book: June 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 9 . .
  3. Book: July 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 10 . .
  4. Book: August 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 11 . .
  5. Book: September 1930 . Vol. 4, no. 12 . .

  1. Book: October 1930 . Vol. 5, no. 1 . .
  2. Book: November 1930 . Vol. 5, no. 2 . .
  3. Book: December 1930 . Vol. 5, no. 3 . .
  4. Book: January 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 4 . .
  5. Book: February 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 5 . .
  6. Book: March 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 6 . .
  1. Book: April 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 7 . .
  2. Book: May 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 8 . .
  3. Book: June 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 9 . .
  4. Book: July 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 10 . .
  1. Book: August 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 11 . .
  2. Book: September 1931 . Vol. 5, no. 12 . .
  3. Book: October 1931 . Vol. 6, no. 1 . .
  1. Book: November 1931 . Vol. 6, no. 2 . .
  2. Book: December 1931 . Vol. 6, no. 3 . .
  3. Book: January 1932 . Vol. 6, no. 4 . .
  4. Book: February 1932 . Vol. 6, no. 5 . .
  1. Book: March 1932 . Vol. 6, no. 6 . .

The Google Books versions were digitized from originals held at the Stanford University Libraries

The Internet Archive versions were uploaded in August 2016 by the National Recording Preservation Board

Bibliography

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    1. Book: . April 1, 1922 . "Ward 22, Precinct 11." "Hyde Park Avenue" → "Johnson, Axel B." → "Barber" . 5 . Internet Archive (Boston Public Library) .

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  2. Book: [{{GBurl |q4mXh7krTxkC |p=5|dq="axel b johnson"}} ''Link 2'' ]. Google Books (limited preview) .

The author, David Hall, was the founding Editor of the ARSC Journal, and, from 1980 to 1982, President of the ARSC. He was the founding curator of recorded sound at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, which grew into a division known as the Rodgers and Hammerstein Sound Archives. He also had been a record critic for Stereo Review.

See Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound.

    1. Book: 1939 ed . December 5, 2023 . registration . . Garden City Publishing Co., Inc. . 39027032.
    2. Book: . 1939 ed . December 5, 2023 . . . .
    3. -->,none. 1947 ed . December 5, 2023 . registration . . Internet Archive (Alibris). 47003087. 1947 re-print.
    4. -->,none. 1950 ed . December 5, 2023 . registration . . Internet Archive (Kahle/Austin Foundation).
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    1. Book: . Collier . James Lincoln . James Lincoln Collier . "Jazz." → § III. "The Spread of Jazz." → 6. "Jazz in the Entertainment Industry and the Press" . December 5, 1994 . registration . 587–588.

    For 18 years, Lindahl was an assistant professor and reference librarian at the Eastman School of Music.

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    2. Book: 1st printing, 2nd ed. (1976) . December 5, 1976 . registration . . ;

    1. News: May 6, 1988 . R. D. Darrell, 84, Dies; Recorded Music Critic. The New York Times . A31.
    2. News: May 7, 1988 . R. D. Darrell, 84, Dies; Recorded-Music Critic. The New York Times . 31.

    Note: Prescott, was responding to contributor, George Wilson Oman (1895–1947). Prescott, a recording pioneer on various levels, had been affiliated with International Zonophone Company, which incorporated in Jersey City March, 7, 1901. His brother, Frederick Marion Prescott became managing director and J.O., himself, was one of the shareholders.

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