Wocord didn’t last long, as their 'indestructible’ records were made with a cardboard base covered in a thin layer of flexible plastic which disintegrated when it got wet and the records would not

During the 1920s and ’30s there was a shop selling records and/or record players on just about every block of George St in Sydney, NSW.

The Pianola Company, 252 Collins St, in Melbourne also sold the Aeolian Vocalion range of record players and had 'Complete Stocks of the Worlds Best Artists in Vocal and Instrumental Music’.

Home Recreations LD, 388 George St, sold the Australian designed and made Salonola, 'The Instrument with the Human Voice'.

The Aeolian Coy in Sydney manufactured the Vocalion range of 'disc talking machines’, as well as selling records from the major labels of the time such as Vocalion, Columbia, HMV, Zonophone an

This full colour Columbia sleeve is probably from the mid 1920s, when the Viva-tonal Recording Electric Process was introduced.

Printed glass slide featuring the lyrics the song I'll Be Home for Christmas (If Only in my Dreams).

Only One of the Toys, described on its sheet music as a ‘pathetic soldier song’, was written by Mark Erickson and P.

Louis Armstrong arriving at Sydney Airport to a welcome from the Sydney Jazz Club, 1956. There is a crowd of people holding a large banner of welcome while they watch Armstrong play.

Music store Allan's is still in existence,  as Allans Billy Hide. The Melbourne CBD store is now located at 152 Bourke St.