Eldridge R. Johnson

In Camden, New Jersey in 1896...

Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson founded the modern music and home entertainment industry out of this little garage when they invented and developed the turntable and

disc record.

For the first time in history, music wasn't just something you heard.

In Camden, New Jersey in 1896...

Emile Berliner and Eldridge Johnson founded the modern music and home entertainment industry out of this little garage when they invented and developed the turntable and

disc record.

For the first time in history, music wasn't just something you heard.

And you will.

I mean, think of Eldridge Johnson.

Think of Calvin Child, who probably a lot of people have no idea who he was.

But Calvin Child was the head of the recording department for the Victor Talking Machine Company.

But he made Berliner recordings.

A lot of people did.

And the Berliner became a very, very popular option once Eldridge Johnson got into the mix and developed the machine that would play them with a spring.

Very important, the spring-driven gramophone.