''The Talking Machine World'' was a monthly

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published in

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between 1905 and 1928. During that time it was the main

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dealing with

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s and early sound recordings, including cylinders and discs. In later years it also covered

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products, and during its final year of publication was renamed ''Talking Machine World and Radio Music Merchant''. The magazine was founded and edited by "Colonel" Edward Lyman Bill (1862-1916), who had been editor of another magazine, ''The Music Trade Review''. Each monthly issue of ''Talking Machine World'' had sections on developments in different regions of the United States, together with

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and the

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. These included some information on sales in different areas, on new innovations, and on the activities of recording artists. The magazine also featured a wide variety of advertisements for

s, other equipment, and new record releases. Issues from 1916 averaged about 100 pages, but by 1920, as the recording industry expanded, issues were routinely over 200 pages in length.Tim Gracyk, ''Introduction to Talking Machine World''
Retrieved 24 May 2013 After Bill's death, the magazine was edited by his son, Raymond Bill. The journal seems not to have been published after 1928.''Talking Machine World'' at GetCited.org
Retrieved 24 May 2013 Its reports on recording sales were superseded and developed by those in ''

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'', and later ''

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'' and ''

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''.

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''The Talking Machine World'', January 1928

Copies of advertisements, 1909

Biography of Edward Lyman Bill, ''Encyclopedia of Recorded Sound, Volume 1''
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