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Vitaphone was a sound film system that used discs instead of film to record sound for feature films and short subjects from 1926 to 1931. It was developed by Western Electric and introduced by Warner Bros., and became famous for launching the talkie era with The Jazz Singer (1927).
Warner Records is an American record label and a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It was founded in 1958 as the recorded music division of Warner Bros. studio and has signed many famous artists such as Madonna, Prince, and R.E.M.
Intertitle before a 1927 short. Vitaphone Varieties is a series title (represented by a pennant logo on screen) used for all of Warner Bros.', earliest short film "talkies" of the 1920s, initially made using the Vitaphone sound on disc process before a switch to the sound-on-film format early in the 1930s.
High fidelity (Hi-Fi or HiFi) is the high-quality reproduction of sound, popular with audiophiles and home audio enthusiasts. Learn about the origins, innovations and challenges of hi-fi equipment and recordings, and how to test sound quality with blind tests.
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL or MoFi) is a record label that produces audiophile vinyl, CDs, and SACDs. It was involved in a controversy over using digital masters instead of analogue for some of its releases, which led to a class action lawsuit and a settlement.
The band recorded a number of sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show, [3] introducing the use of the omnichord, a vintage synthesiser, with which they performed a number of songs including a version of "Silent Night". [3]
High Fidelity is a musical with music by Tom Kitt, lyrics by Amanda Green, and a book by David Lindsay-Abaire.. Based primarily on the 1995 Nick Hornby novel of the same name, the plot focuses on Rob Gordon, a Brooklyn record shop owner in his thirties obsessed with making top five lists for everything, always observing rather than participating in life.
High Fidelity — often abbreviated HiFi — was an American magazine that was published from April 1951 until July 1989 and was a source of information about high fidelity audio equipment, video equipment, audio recordings, and other aspects of the musical world, such as music history, biographies, and anecdotal stories by or about noted performers.