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Arthur GILBERT  .... - 1928 arrowarrow PIONEER    PARENTS    LIFE    NOTES    LABELS    PHOTOS    THANK YOU

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Arthur GILBERT  .... - 1928

aka A. Gilbert
nationality
occupation
birth ............
baptism
death Dec 1928 or Jan 1929, Hong Kong, CHINA (in Jan 1929 it was reported that he had died (FRAGMENTA, p. 74 (re. 1929))
burial
remark stage name: Arthur OSMOND; WARDLE; ELLIOTT; Johnny WAKEFIELD

PARENTS

father
mother
children

LIFE


As music hall artist made comic song recordings for Edison cylinders 1906
assistant recording engineer for the National Phonograph Co. Ltd.
Then joined BEKA Records in London as chief recording engineer.
chief recording-engineer for CARL LINDSTRÖM (London) Ltd.
Then joined the Sound Recording Co. Ltd.
(source: The recordings of 1907 in Britain by F. Andrews, Hillandale News No. 98. Oct 1977, p. 241)
also: The Talking Machine Review, No. 49b / 1977, p. 1192


NOTES

  • The recordings of 1907 in Britain by F. Andrews (in: Hillandale News No. 98. Oct 1977, p. 241)
  • The Talking Machine Review, No. 49b / 1977, p. 1192
  • A FONOTIPIA FRAGMENTA. A History of the Societa Italiana di Fonotipia - Milano 1903-1948 by Frank Andrews (Historic Singers Trust, 2002), p. 74
    (this (revised) edition originally appeared as a series of articles in The Talking Machine Review - International between June 1976 and December 1977)


COMPANIES & LABELS


BEKA COMPANY (BUMB & KÖNIG)


PHOTOS

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