Phonograph record Gramophone trademark, Berliner started marketing records of 7 inches diameter with somewhat more substantial entertainment value, along with somewhat more substantial gramophones to play them. Berliner's records had poor sound quality compared to wax cylinders, but his manufacturing associate Eldridge R. Johnson eventually improved it. Abandoning Berliner's "Gramophone" trademark for legal reasons, in 1901 Johnson's and Berliner's separate companies reorganized to form the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden, New Jersey, whose products would come to dominate the market for many years. Emile Berliner moved his company to Montreal in 1900. The factory, which became the Canadian branch of RCA
This Is the Record of John This Is the Record of John "This Is the Record of John" is a verse anthem written by the English composer Orlando Gibbons (1583–1625). It is based on a text from the Gospel of John in the "Geneva Bible" and is a characteristic Anglican-style composition of the Tudor period. "John" (whose record is being told) refers to John the Baptist. The anthem is usually performed with organ or viol, and a consort of voices. The piece is divided into three sections, each beginning with a verse for solo contratenor (more like a modern tenor, but often now sung by a