Phonograph "gramophones" or "talking-machines". His "gramophone record" was the first disc record to be offered to the public. They were five inches (12.7 cm) in diameter and recorded on one side only. Seven-inch (17.5 cm) records followed in 1895. Also in 1895 Berliner replaced the hard rubber used to make the discs with a shellac compound. Berliner's early records had poor sound quality, however. Work by Eldridge R. Johnson improved the sound fidelity to a point where it was as good as the cylinder. By 1901, ten-inch (25 cm) records were marketed by Johnson and Berliner's Victor Talking Machine Company, and
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