Index to the Earliest Television Recordings

These recordings were all made on slight variations of John Logie Baird's 30-line mechanical television system. The disc recordings are all original and have tremendous historical importance.

The remake of the first television play (in both sound and vision) used original Baird equipment and was produced by the original producer, Lance Sieveking.

	The experimental recordings of John Logie Baird from 1927-8 (called "Phonovision") (recorded less than two years after the first demonstration of television, these are the original Baird experimental recordings from 1927-28. (Only six discs are known to exist, two of which are the same pressing))
	The private recording of the BBC transmission in 1933: "Looking In" with The Paramount Astoria girls, 21st April 1933 (recorded as a television special only 8 months after the start of the BBC's regular Television service. This disc is absolutely unique and was discovered by Dave Mason, transcribed by Eliot Levin and restored by me in June 1996)
	the privately recorded 30-line recordings believed to have been made by Marcus Games and owned by Jon Weller(believed to be recorded between 1932 and 1935 and almost certainly featuring the well-known contralto Betty Bolton.)
	The first commercially available test disc of stills (1934) (intended to test out 'Televisor' Receivers) This was sold through Selfridges in 1935.
	The Authentic (1967) 30-line remake of the first simultaneous audio/video television play - "The Man With The Flower In His Mouth"

Last updated by Don McLean on 22-Mar-2006