History

What has changed here, year by year.

2026

September 17^th: Fresh new website look and some housekeeping; New article: "Blue Amberols: A Myth that will not die"

2023

August 13^th: New Title: "Einsam steh' ich, verlassen" from Il Trovatore, ca. 1901

2020

October 21^st: New title, 'Kind ich schlafe so schlecht' by Proto-Orchester from ca. 1913
January 11^th: New Title: Rigoletto: Teurer Name, dessen Klang; a rare recording by Minna Jovelli from 1909

2019

February 10^th: Shipping fees for glass diaphragms restructured;
E-mail address changed due to increasing spam.
Due to constant lack of free time, I have decided to move the transform the record of the month section into a featured record section, which will be updated more occasionally.

2018

October 1^st: New title, 'Arie aus Samson und Dalila' by Marie Götze from 1905
Resource article updated: The First Commercial Disc Records
July 14^th: New title, 'Whistling Rufus', and instrumental selection from 1904
June 15^th: New resource article by researcher Stephan Puille: The First Commercial Disc Records
New title, 'Durch die Wälder, durch die Auen' by Marian Alma from late 1901
March 8^th: New title, 'La Prière de Guillaume Tell: Sois immobile', from 1904
April 1^st: New title, 'Schweizer Echolied' by Franziska Krug-Elfgen from late 1905

2017

September 11^th: New title, 'The International Cakewalk ', from ca. 1898
June 7^th: New title, 'Polonaise (Mignon)' by Blanche Arral from 1908
March 8^th: New title, 'Dancing on the Housetop', from ca. 1900
January, 6^th: New title, 'How'd you like to be Iceman' by Will F. Denny from ca. 1899

2016

December 12^th: New title, 'The Salvation Army Patrol', an unsual Christmas selection from ca. 1900
September, 25^th: New title, 'Air de Bijoux' by Bernice de Pasquali from 1905
July, 2^nd: New title, 'Les Sapins', a French classical selection from 1904
Minor updates on the German article Fürst Bismarck und Graf Moltke vor dem Aufnahmetricher
June, 10^th: New title, 'I'm the man' from ca. 1908
April, 2^nd: New title, 'A sfurtunata', a Neopolitan selection from 1909
March, 8^th: New title, ' Vater, Mutter, Schwestern, Brüder' from ca. 1901
February, 6^th: New opera title, 'O, kehr zurück, du kühner Sänger' from ca. 1902

2014

December, 7^th: New title, 'Sleighride' from 1898
November, 21^st: New title, 'Donnybrook Fair' from ca. 1903
October, 10^th: New title, 'Out went the Gas' from 1908
September, 14^th: New title, 'Boys, she's a Dream!' from ca. 1896
August, 2^nd: New title, 'Home, Sweet Home' from 1902
June, 4^th: New title, 'The Washington Waddle' from 1911
May, 14^th: New title, by Louis Dupouy 'Le rêve du prisonnier' from 1911
(No updates in May due to heavy workload)
April, 14^th: New title, 'The Washington Waddle' from 1911
March, 14^th: New title, Dan W. Quinn sings 'What's the matter with Maudie?' from 1899
Links to other sites updated
February, 14^th: New title, Will F. Denny sings 'The tick-tock tocking of the clocking on her stocking' from 1900
January, 24^th: New title 'La Marseillaise' from 1897

2013

December, 14^th: New title, a quartet arrangement of 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht' from 1906/07
November, 26^th: New title 'Come take a Trip in my Airship Medley' from 1904
October, 6^th: New title 'A Trip to Chinatown, Lancers with Figures Call' from 1899
September, 5^th: New title 'Der Vogelfänger' from Mozart's Magic Flute from 1901
August, 5^th: New title 'Ich weiß nicht was soll es bedeuten' from 1907
July, 5^th: New title 'Because' from March 1899
June 5^th: New title 'Verlorenes Glück' from ca. 1901
May, 19^th: New title 'Es ist bestimmt in Gottes Rat' from 1906
February 2^nd: New title 'Marriage is sublime' from ca. 1901
Janury, 10^th: New title 'Polly Prim March' from ca. 1904
February 2^nd: New title 'König Marsch' from ca. 1905
Janury, 10^th: New title 'Liebchen am Bache ' from 1917

2012

December 12^th: New title 'Sale of toys, dolls and so forth on Christmas Eve Night' from 1896
November 10^th: New title 'Tu m'en donneras' from 1904 by Victor Lejal
October 3^rd: New title 'American Patrol' from 1905
September 1^st: New title 'Gli Ugonotti: Qui sotto it ciel' from 1903 by Enrico Caruso
August 1^st: New title 'She was bread in old Kentucky' from 1898
July 7^th: New title 'Pâle et blonde' from 1904
June 1^st: New title 'Katzenliebe' from 1907
No March update due to heavy workload, March title 'Sylvan Glen' added to the archive
May 6^th: New title 'Marching thro' Georgia' from 1900/01
April, 7^th: New title 'Lina Yorke' from 1897
No March update due to heavy workload, March title 'Sylvan Glen' added to the archive
February 24^th: New title 'Babbie Waltzes' from 1898
January, 21^st: New title 'Hail to the Spirit of Liberty', one of the great Sousa marches from 1900
December 14^th: New title 'Weihnachtslieder-Potpourri', a Christmas Medley from 1910
November, 4^th: New title 'Sunshine will come again', an outstanding quartet number from ca. 1901
October 4^th: New title 'Ich hatte einst ein schönes Vaterland' by Else Wichgraf from 1910
New resource article in German by Stephan Puille about Emile Berliner's Gramophone
September, 9^th: New title 'Turkey Trot', a band two-step from 1908
June 2^nd: New title 'Sunbeam Dance', a barn dance with ragtime influence from 1908
May, 10^th: New title 'Lumbering Luke', a concertina solo from 1904
June 2^nd: New title 'Bettelarie aus Prophet' (Beggar's Aria from Le Prophete) from 1905
May, 10^th: New title 'Liberty Bell March', by Baldwin's Cadet Band from 1895
April 2^nd: New title 'Wiener Drahrer Marsch' from 1907
March, 1^st: New title 'Die holde Weiblichkeit', sung by Oscar Stolberg, written by Otto Reutter
January 30^th: New resource article about the historically important find of the genuine recording of Otto von Bismarck, which is also the cylinder title for February, from 1889
Janury, 10^th: New title 'She never comes Home 'til Morning' by Dan W. Quinn from ca. 1898

2011

December 2^nd: New title 'Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen', a Christmas traditional from 1908
November, 12^th: New title 'Fantasie aus Walküre' from 1905, used in the recent film A Dangerous Method
October 26^th: New title 'Money Musk Medley' a raggy number from 1912
September, 11^th: New title 'Du är min ro (You ease my mind)' from 1906, a sacred selection, to the 10th anniversary of 9/11
August 7^th: New title 'Trans-mag-ni-fi-can-bam-dam-u-al-i-ty' from 1909
July, 9^th: New title 'Heimweh ' from 1902
June, 9^th: New title 'Two-Step tanzt man heut' ' from 1912
May , 1^st: New title 'A Job like that' from 1899
Introducting a new section Resource Articles, starting with Johannes Brahms
April, 11^th: New title 'Komm', mein Schatz, in den Lunapark' from 1910
March , 18^th: Late update: New title 'At a Georgia Camp Meeting' from 1898
February, 6^th: New title 'Tosca, e lucevan le stelle' by Enrico Caruso himself, 1903!
January , 1^st: New title 'Winter' by Billy Murray from 1911 - HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2010

December , 5^th: New title 'O, Tannenbaum' a German Christmas carol from 1905
November , 21^st: New title 'Don't take me Home' from 1908
October , 21^st: New title 'La Donna e mobile' from 1906, a late update due to excessive work load
September , 2^nd: New title 'Shaky Eyes' from an indestructible cylinder from ca. 1910
August , 2^nd: New title 'A Hot Time March', a brown wax Edison cylinder from 1900/01
July, 4^th: New title 'Los Diamantes de Corona' a Mexican series Blue Amberol from ca. 1912
June , 6^th: New title 'Bicycle-Couplet', a German Edison series recording from 1902
May, 2^nd: New title 'Los Diamantes de Corona' a Mexican series Blue Amberol from ca. 1912
April , 4^th: New title 'The Ragtime Drummer', an unusual drum solo from ca.1908
March, 4^th: New title 'Annie, my own' a fox trot version of Annie Laurie from 1920
February , 4^th: New title 'Das träumende Schneeglöckchen', a xylophone solo from ca.1908
January, 1^st: New title 'Under the Anheuser Bush' by Billy Murray from 1903

2009

December, 3^rd: New title 'O du fröhliche, o du seelige Weihnachtszeit', a Christmas carol in German from 1906
November, 4^th: New title 'Norma: Me protegge, me difende', an early master from 1901
October, 3^rd: New title 'Smokey Mokes', a snappy ragtime number from 1904
The new logo does now features te 1895 Type N Graphophone
September, 4^th: New title 'Let us not forget', the famous speech by Thomas Alva Edison himself from 1918
August, 7^th: New title 'A lucky Duck, a Webfoot Promenade' from April 1903
Pantograph update at brown wax cylinder guide
July, 4^th: New title 'El Capitan', an early rendition by the U. S. Marine Band, ca. 1897
June, 1^st: New title 'Air, Ah, quel plaisir d'étre Soldat' by Pierre Cornubert from 1908
The Cylinder Guide is now also available in German
May, 1^st: New title 'Tralala', by Josephine Kraus, Berlin, 1905
April, 8^th: New title 'Fern im Süd' das schöne Spanien', a German vocal selection from 1908
March, 7^th: New title 'Spinn, spinn', a Swedish traditional from ca. 1906
February, 6^th: New title 'Llewellyn March', an uncommon dulcimer solo from late 1903
First phase launched of a major update of the cylinder guide, all texts rewritten and amended plus new pictures taken for each cylinder type
January, 2^nd: New title 'That's when I come in', a comic song by Edward M. Favor from 1908

2008

December, 2^nd: New title 'Cantique de Noël: Minuit, chrétiens!', the popular French Christmas (1914)
Introducting The Berlin Phonograph Works under 'New Cylinder Records'
November, 8^th: New title 'Dixie', the popular number played lively, from ca. 1908
October, 3^rd: New title 'Angel's Serenade' - an instrumental duet from 1899
September, 8^th: New title 'Roses remind me of you', a beautiful fox trot from 1926
August, 6^th: New title 'Sadie Salome' - comic song by Ed Favor from 1909
July, 5^th: New title 'Cecilia', a genuine charleston from 1925
June, 1^st: New title 'Down at the Huskin' Bee' - a ragtime-style duet by Collins & Harlan from 1909
May, 4^th: New title 'The Junk Man Rag', one of the latest direct 4-minute recordings from 1913
Major update is still on schedule but will take more time than previously estimated.
April, 4^th: New title 'La Traviata: Lorsqu'a de folles amours', a French opera selection from 1912
March, 1^st: New title 'Country Bred and chicken fed', recorded in 1926
Preperations for a major update are on schedule.
February, 8^th: New title 'The Record March', from November 1906
January, 10^th: New title ' 'A Ricciulella', from Il Trovatore, recorded in 1909
Happy New Year!

2007

December, 3^rd: New title 'Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht', ca. 1906
Link page updated
November, 9^th: New title 'Miserere', from Il Trovatore, recorded in 1914
October, 3^rd: New title 'Stars and Stripes forever', ca. 1908
September, 4^th: New title 'Lollypops', a xylophone solo from 1908
August, 1^st: New title 'Faust: Air de Bijoux', a very interesting French opera selection from 1903
July, 1^st: New title 'Shimmee Town', a fox trot from 1919
June, 2^nd: New title 'Carrie Marry Harry' from ca. 1908
May, 5^th: New title 'Runnin´ Wild', a blues-fox trot from 1923
April, 17^th: New french glass diaphragms for early reproducers now available!
April, 1^st: New title 'Die süßen kleinen Mägdelein' from 1904
March, 7^th: New title 'Arie aus Traviata' from 1908
February, 1^st: New title 'Du süße, Süße' from 1905
January, 1^st: Happy New Year!
New title 'Hungarian Rag'

2006

December, 14^th: Finally, here comes the new title, 'If Winter comes' by the Atlantic Dance Orchestra
November, 16^th: A late but great update: New title, 'Red hot Henry Brown' from 1925 - compare the Blue Amberol with the Diamond Disc version!
October, 3^rd: New title, 'The Old Folks at Home' from 1895
September, 1^st: New title, 'John, go and put your trousers on' from ca. 1906
August, 3^rd: New title, 'The Prisoner's Song' from 1925
July, 1^st: I am happy to announce a cooperation with the Internet Archive Library to host several of my previous releases now in excellent quality in the Cylinder Archive collection.
From now on, the monthly release will be presented thru an Internet Archive media page where you listen to the title right online and/or download it in various common formats.
There won't be any huge difference to the download site here as you will find the direct to the monthly release here.
New title 'Rainbow Medley' a snappy ragtime/waltz number from ca. 1904.
June, 6^th: New title, 'El Capitan' from 1904, a popular Sousa march
May, 6^th: New title 'Stop your Tickling Jock' by Sir Harry Lauder on a rare take for Pathé Company
April, 1^st: New title, 'Moonbeam! Kiss her for me' from 1927
March, 2^nd: New title 'He goes to Church on Sunday' performed by famous Billy Murray from 1907
Febuary, 4^th: New title, a German opera title 'Dort vergiß leises Fleh'n' from "Figaro" from 1909
January, 4^th: Happy New Year!
New title 'Miss Dixie' from 1907, nice Ragtime tune

2005

December, 1^st: New title, a German Christmas medley 'Weihnachtslieder-Potpourri' from 1910
Changed layout to Helvetica font group
November, 5^th: New title 'A Coon Band Contest' from ca. 1904, a great and early Ragtime song by Sousa's Band
October, 5^th: New title 'As a Porcupine pines for its Pork' from the 1925
September, 5^th: New title 'Under the Double Eagle March' from ca. 1898
August, 1^st: New and famous title 'The Whistler and his Dog' from 1905
July, 4^th: New title 'Das Heidenröslein' from ca. 1905
June, 6^th: New title 'Skylark' from ca. 1904
May, 1^st: Sorry, but I had to remove the archive page due to high amount of webspace and traffic use.
A different title will be still available every month as now also:
"Will you love me in December as you do in May" from ca. 1905
April, 2^nd: New title 'Texas' from 1918
Other Sites updated
March, 1^st: New title 'On the Banks of the Rhine with a Stein', a crazy duet (they try hard to speak some German)
Some minor redesign done for 'New Blanks' and 'Brown Wax' at the cylinder guide
February, 2^nd: New title 'Toodles' from 1921
January, 2^nd: May this year be better to all of us than last year was
New title 'Träumerei', a beautiful slow song
Cylinder differences changed to Cylinder showcase with some little re-design

2004

December, 3^rd: New title 'Christmas Eve in Old England' from 1905
November, 15^th: New title 'Music vot's Music must come from Berlin', a nice comic song
October, 9^th: New title 'I'm a poor married Man' from 1917
September, 10^th: New title 'In einem kühlen Grunde', a German traditional
Picture gallery updates, old photos removed and replaced with the latest set from the MME show
August, 7^th: New title 'You look all wrong because you're bandy' from ca. 1905
July, 4^th: New title 'Flanagan at the Doctor's (Irish Sketch)', a comic sketch by Steve Porter
June, 7^th: New title 'Meadow Lark' from 1926
May, 9^th: New title 'Tout Passe Waltz', a whistling solo from 1911
April, 4^th: New title 'What's what and who's who?'
March, 7^th: New title 'I'd rather two-step than waltz, Bill - Medley', a popular two-step from 1907
February, 8^th: New title 'Narcissus' from a Columbia Concert cylinder
January, 4^th: Happy New Year!
New title 'Keep it under your Hat', a nice comic song from 1924

2003

December, 8^th: New title 'Christmas Bells' from August 1919
November, 9^th: New title 'Pals', a British cylinder from ca. 1906
October, 9^th: New title 'Schönau, mein Paradies' from 1912, a late German 2-min wax cylinder
September, 6^th: New title ' Bringin' Home the Bacon ', a hot jazz number from the mid-20s
August, 5^th: New title 'The Crack Regiment Patrol' from 1908
Some re-work done on the Cylinder Guide (corrections, additions, etc.)
July, 5^th: New title 'Ich laß' mich nicht verführen', an original brown wax recording from around 1902
June, 1^st: New title 'My blue Heaven', a very late Blue Amberol from 1928. The master recording was made electrically, then dubbed by acoustic way from Diamond Disc to cylinder.
May, 5^th: New title 'Das Sumpfhuhn', a rare German Cake-Walk
Again a media format change, now any upcoming title will be presented in glorious Ogg Vorbis.
Player support is given for BeOS, MacOS, Linux, OS/2 and Windows, check out at www.vorbis.com for further information.
April, 8^th: New title 'Tu non mi vuoi piu bene', a very clean cylinder record performed by Enrico Caruso
March, 9^th: New title 'Immer an der Wand lang'
Other Sites updated
February, 2^nd: New title 'I remember you', a comic song by Ada Jones
E-Mail site updated, reminding visitors to not ask me about any value.
January, 1^st: Happy new year!
New title 'Gold and Silver' added, Other Sites and New Blanks updated

2001

December, 1^st: New title for Christmas 'Silent Night', a 1912 Blue Amberol
Correction for 'The Picnic' by Harry Lauder, recording was made in 1910, many thanks for that info to Robert English!
Other Sites updated
In case of a high increasing spam mails, I changed the mail address again. It is no longer available as a text or link that no automatic program can catch it, please have a look on the E-Mail page, thanks.
November, 5^th: A little late this month, new title 'Keep a little cosey Corner in your Heart for me' by Ada Jones
October, 3^rd: New title 'The Picnic', a late recording by Harry Lauder
September, 1^st: New title 'Lohengrin - O mon cher cygne' - to remember last year
Other Sites updated
August, 1^st: New title 'A Bunch of Rags' - an early Banjo solo recording by Vess L. Ossman
July, 7^th: New title, 'The Bonnie Banks O' Loch Lomond' by Marie Narelle
June, 1^st: New title 'My Gal Irene' - a snappy tune by Collins & Harlan
Cylinder Guide updated (Brown Wax & Lambert)
May, 7^th: New title, a British selection performed by Hamilton Hill: 'My Irish Molly O'
April, 1^st: New title 'They were all doing the same'
Some minor logo changes
March, 8^th: Finally, here's the update:New title 'Lied an den Abendstern' (Song to the evening star), changed to MP3 format
During the time of RealAudio^TM this standard was just perfect for easy sound presentation. But the now called RealOne^TM player is simply overdosed with advertisement nag-screens.
The format and compression is still wonderful, but the player isn't at all. No way for me to continue with that format!
February, 2^nd: New title 'Selections from Bocaccio'
Other Sites updated
January, 26^th: Performer information added to 'Scrooge's Awakening'
Thanks to Christian Zwarg fromTruesound Transfers!
January, 5^th: New title 'Why don't you try' - Happy new year!
December, 4^th: New title 'Scrooge's Awakening' - Something different from the early Christmas selections
November, 3^rd: New title 'Rose of Bombay' - a nice Fox Trot from the early 20s
October, 1^st: New title 'My own United States'
Other Sites updated
September, 15^th: In case of the terrible attacks of September 11th:
New title for mid-September 'Nearer my God to thee'
September, 3^rd: Menue style changed back to text for faster loading
I am going to change all pages the next time
September, 2^nd: New title 'I know dat I'll be happy 'till I die'
Other Sites updated
August, 5^th: New title 'Over a Cup of Tea'
July, 1^st: New title 'Hiawatha'
June, 16^th: Well, one day too late, but now open: Our CD shop.
June, 3^rd: New title 'Southern Blues'
CD Order preview - opens on 15th
May, 1^st: New title 'While the Birds are singing to me'
Stay tuned for our CD, I just got some additions to become part of this selection. Should be ready at the latest next month.
April, 2^nd: New title 'Vogerl fliegst in die Welt hinaus'
Other Sites updated
March, 2^nd: New title 'Dance of the Honeybells'
Other Sites updated
February, 17^th: Due to fact that I receiving regularly virus mails from someone, I had to change my mail address again.
My new contact address is support@cylinder.de. The old one is no longer valid.
February, 3^th: New section 'Wanted' introduced
New title: 'Du Süsse, aus der Operette'
'Other Sites' updated
Comment of the last cylinder corrected
January, 7^th: Other Sites updated
January, 4^th: Happy new year to all visitors!
New dance title: 'Canary Cottage' by Frisco "Jass" Band

2000

December, 28^th: Performer of the current cylinder corrected (of course, not played by Jaudas' Society Orchestra)
Thanks, Luis!
December, 15^th: Website moved back to BerlinWEB
December, 10^th: The New Blanks - another resource added
Other Sites updated
December, 4^th: New title added 'Santa Claus Song' - have a happy Xmas!
November, 2^nd: New title added 'Waltz Memories'
October, 3^rd: New title added 'Sing me to sleep'
September, 28^th: Temporarily moved back to xoom.com
September, 15^th: All cylinders are available again
Webspace now powered by BerlinWEB
September, 2^nd: New title added 'Sourire d'avril'
Some updates on the Cylinder Guide with some better guidelines
Also some tiny additions on the Credits
The old webspace server still occures problem, at least for European access. So I had to change to another server that has limited webspace. Therefore I had to remove some earlier cylinder download releases until I will find a better place for The Cylinder Archive. I promise that they will return soon. Thanks.
August, 1^st: New title added 'Edward German's Shepherd Dance'
'The Author' page is updated.
July, 2^nd: Statement moved to the history page
New title added 'Abide with Me'
Again a new menue for easier navigation, pictures pages moved to the 'Picture Gallery'
In occasion to the E-Mail problem I've changed the mail address into author@cylinder.de
June, 2^nd: Because of these E-Mail problems I placed a statement on the start page:
Today I've noticed that the redirection of my e-mail adress was disabled. I am very sorry about that but I did not receive any mail that was written between late January and late April this year. Sorry again, this problem is now fixed. It was an error caused by my provider. I always like to receive mails from other people who are interested in phonographs. So if there is something to ask me please do it again. Thank you.
New title added 'Du bist zu schön um treu zu sein' [German]
May, 1^st: New title added 'Gasoline Gus and his Jitney Bus' - our first Blue Amberol release
New logo with my own Edison Suitcase HomeNew, more sophisticated menue created
Sign changed for 'The Automated Music Show'
Cylinder Guide text for Amberols updated
April, 2^nd: New title added 'Gnadenarie aus Robert der Teufel' [German]
March, 3^rd: New title added 'Les entfants et les mères'
February, 1^st: New pages 'The new Blanks'
The Cylinder Guide is updated
New title, a German band selection 'Tiroler Holzhacker Buab'n Marsch'
This website is now also available under www.phonatic.de
January, 1^st: Happy new year with the title 'Champaign Gallop'

1999

December, 21^st: Merry Christmas and a happy new year to all you out there!
new title, a Christmas Carol 'Hail! Smiling Morn'
Well, the last historic cylinder century passes away but we can say we've shared this century.
Let us keep up our work of collecting and preserving these early sounds.
December, 3^rd: The Cylinder Guide '2-Minute Indestructibles' corrected
new title 'Forbes Farewell'
November, 1^st: Some changes on the design and navigation
new title 'Virginia Skedaddle'
links updated with two new great sites
October, 1^st: Download problem fixed. Songs are now zipped and available for download.
new title 'Uncle Josh at a Camp Meeting'
August, 30^th: The Cylinder Archive gets a new download structure.
The webspace-hosts just now have a download barrier for the VQFs. That's the reason why I cannot longer provide these file types. This time the server also causes problems with saving the RealAudio files. So this time only streaming is available. I will try to fix this problem soon to provide a download again.
I also removed the German part because it now existed for over a year and I did not receive any response to it. This gives me the possibility to concentrate more on the English part.
'Some Questions and Answeres' are removed and will be replaced by the 'Cylinder Guide'
that will come up next month.
July, 14^th: pre-update for August:
new title 'Buncle Hill'
July, 8^th: new link to 'Cylinder Records 101'
July, 1^st: new titile 'Oh Promise Me'
new section 'The Author'
June, 1^st: first concert record on The Cylinder Archive 'Hearts and Flowers'
new section 'File-Formats'
some table design changes
new cylinder download page
new advertisement in 'Machines and Advertisements'
May, 1^st: new title 'Beautiful Eyes'
new section 'The Phono-Show'
new section 'A wonderful Collection'
April, 25^th: Description in Cylinder Differences of Nr. 11 corrected, thanks Rob!
April, 1^st: new title 'Come take a Trip in my Airship'
also created a new logo
March, 2^nd: new title 'Autoduett aus Hochparterre Links'
February, 2^nd: new title 'Lanky Yankee Boys in Blue'
links updated
January, 1^st: new title 'The Girl I left behind me'

1998

December, 1^st: now available at www.cylinder.de
moved the page to a faster server
new title 'Alle Jahre wieder'
November, 2^nd: new title 'Trink ma noch a Flascherl Wein'
October, 1^st: Mail adress has been changed.
new title 'Sei gegrüßt du mein schönes Sorrent'
September, 2^nd: new title 'Dass wir scheiden muessen'
August, 1^st: resizing pictures and fonts for better view on 800x600
removed some pictures to provide a faster download
added a new cylinder title
German version released
created this history page
added one new cylinder picture, two advertisements pictures and four new machine pictures
added another link to a phonograph website
remade the RealAudio file with comment and a little bit better quality
July, 17^th: some bugs removed, translated faq page added
July, 16^th: changed to frames
joined to The Phonograph Ring
July, 14^th: first release of this website without frames