Housed in the laboratory and other buildings in Essex County, New Jersey, are more than five million documents and 390,000 artifacts of Thomas Alva Edison. Most are uncatalogued, deteriorating and in danger of being lost to decay. See page 3.

Also in this issue:

• Auction Bidding Techniques by Don Wetzell
• Historical Re-Issues of Classical Recordings on CD by Barry R. Ashpole in conversation with Keith Hardwick
• Play It Again ... And Again ... And Again ... Till You Get It Right! by David Lennick
• Edward Johnson and Raoul Jobin on CD by John E. Rutherford
• Hand-Cranked Phonographs: It All Started With Edison .... (reviewed) by Bill Pratt

The late Brian Boyd threw down the gauntlet and CAPS members Colin J. Bray and Jack Litchfield promptly took up the challenge ... to research the Canadian Columbia group of labels produced during a ten-year period beginning in 1921. The findings of their research are detailed in an article beginning on page 7.

Also in this issue:

• Care and Preservation of 78s by Gilles St-Laurent
• Signor Hurdi-Gurdi on Disc by Lynn E. Andersen
• Chaliapin's Booklet by John E. Rutherford
• Phonograph Repair and Restoration: an introduction by Don Woodrow

A paper presented by Barry R. Ashpole at the recent Conference of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections focused on a particularly troubled and controversial period in the career of the great Italian tenor Beniamino Gigli ... that of pre- and post-World War II. A condensed version of the paper begins on page 3. It presents previously unpublished information.

Also in this issue:

• Edison Class M's Unique Place in Canadian Phonographic History by Paul Dodington
• Burke Callahan, Pupil of Robert Watkin-Mills by John E. Rutherford
• The Complete 78 rpm Dating Guide (reviewed) by Colin J. Bray

Steven Ramm adds to the fascinating - but far from complete - Universal Autophone "jigsaw puzzle". In a special feature beginning on page 3, Steven supplements information presented by Bill Pratt in an earlier article on the mysterious phonograph (Antique Phonograph News, 1992: July-August: 9-12).

Also in this issue:

• The Sheet Music of Robert Watkin-Mills (1849-1930) by John E. Rutherford
• A CBC Earful of Canadiana by Barry R. Ashpole

An exhibit at the CAPS meeting in January offered an opportunity to see and hear something of the early history of the phonograph. Several members of the Society participated in a "show-and-tell" of the rare and the out-of-the-ordinary from their collections. This Graphophone 'AK' owned by John Peel was one machine exhibited. A special feature begins on page 7.

Also in this issue:

• Proper Playback of 78 rpm Records by Gilles St-Laurent
• Phonographic Ephemera: home cylinder recording by Bill Pratt
• An Assumption Concerning the "Amour" Label by John E. Rutherford
• On David Lennick's Continuing Voyage of Discovery

There is more to the playback of acoustic vocal recordings than meets the ear. Getting the best performance out of your early "78s" is not only a question of which playback machine you use, as Barry R. Ashpole discusses in a feature article beginning on page 3.

Also in this issue:

• Arthur Sullivan: a Victorian Musician (reviewed) by John E. Rutherford
• Memoirs of the Famous Basso Andreas Perello DeSegurola (reviewed) by Barry R. Ashpole
• Label Types of Bluebird Records by Colin J. Bray and Jack Litchfield