A Talking Machine that can be used by hand cranking the switch by the switch on the bottom corner of the device.
The Machine Is a Predessor of The Record Player, and the Walkmen, or the CD Drive, or even the I-Pod, and even MP3's. Thanks In part to the introduction of the Phonograph in 1877 Sound In Motion Pitchures Telivison,and Music itself. Though futher more the Phonograph Revolutonized Product Placement and Music Itself It also helped contribute to the birth of Movies. After the machine was introduced in 1877 the product was originally to expensive for the regular consumer though 10 years into the introduction of the product it was by 1888 that a larger scale of American's had owned this device. The Machine was invented by The Electric Wizard Thomas Alva Edison,Thomas Edison for short. By the Turn Of The Century The Phonograph was in most households and became i huge consumer product.
Though by the Late 1920's Sound In Motion Pitchures had Over Shadowed the Phonograph. After the Decade was out the Phonograh was Re-Named The Record Player which was an Updated Version Of The Phonograph The Record Player possessed Better Sound Quality.
Alex discovered some Vinyl Records In his Grandpas Closet.
Granda explained how they used to listen to musicians and singers on a hand cranked talking machine called the Phonograph which was the most valueable consumer product in the 1910's and 1920's.
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A vertical photograph taken by an amateur cell phone photographer when clearly the photograph should've been taken horizontally.
You didn't turn your phone sideways when taking that sunset phonograph.
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A photographer who primarily uses the phone to take photos!
Brandy Rae is an accomplished phonographer!
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someone who remembers everything they hear
Timmy: Wait, what was that anchorman quote again?

Jonny: "Sex Panther by Odeon. This stuff is illegal in 9 countries. It's made with bits of real panther so you know its good."

Timmy: Wow! How did you remember that whole thing?

Jonny: Oh you know...I guess i have a phonographic memory.
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A person blessed with a Phonographic Memory has the ability to instantly recall and name the origin of sounds, chords, bass lines, drum fills, and guitar licks from the records he/she/they heard in their youth. Everybody recognizes the opening licks of "Satisfaction", but a person with Phonographic Memory "...can name that song in one note."

It is not the hearing of a train whistle and being reminded of the long summer evenings in Iowa. It is not recognizing a song being played faintly in the background of a Budweiser commercial. It is directly related to the graphic recording ( the LP or 45 rpm record, quite likely ) of those particular notes, and a instantaneous and pinpoint recognition of the song. Phonographic Memory (PM) is like muscle memory, as it is developed by repetition.
We gotta get Carlos on our team for this Trivia competition. The dude knows every song ever recorded! All he needs to hear is one note, and he can name it. He has Phonographic Memory!
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For those too young to remember, music used to be distributed on vinyl records (commonly known as a "phonograph" record). These records were played using a needle that would pick up the inscribed spiral grooves in the disk and, with the use of an amplifier, emit from a set of speakers.

Inevitably these records would get a scratch in them causing the record to skip a groove. The result was that a few milliseconds of the song would be missed. As audio tradition would have it, the listener would end up memorizing the song and lyric precisely as it was played back...skip and all. This is referred to as phonographic memory.
Me: I remember this song...I had it on LP.

Her: Geeze. You're old.

Me: Quiet...here it comes...wait for it...

Her: What are you talking about?!

Me: My LP had a skip in it…and it skipped…right...THERE!

Her: It's amazing how much useless information you store in that head.

Me: What can I say? I have a phonographic memory.
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The act of rubbing ones nipples over another's entire naked body
He was so hot and the way he touched me made my nipples hard so I had him take his clothes off and lay down so I could give him a Kansas City Phonograph
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