PIONEER:


nationality:
occupation: recording engineer; producer

born: 10 Oct 1885, Hoxton, Borough of Shoreditch, London (FreeBMD: 1c 63)
baptized: 1 Nov 1885, St John The Baptist, Hoxton (Hackney)
died: 18 April 1955, Ealing, West London (69y)

married in 24 June 1906 in St John The Baptist, Hoxton, Shoreditch to:
Emily/Emma JARVIS (FreeBMD 1c 156) (b. .... <1882>, ....... - d. ..............)
(stagename: Cissie DAVIES, p. 48-49)

children:

  • ...........................
  • ...........................



PARENTS:


father: Albert Samuel BATTEN (b. ...... - d. 28 July 1914, ...... - buried 4 Aug 1914)
mother: Jennie/Jane DEAN (b. ........ - d. ............)

  • Joseph (b. .. Oct/Nov/Dec 1885, Hoxton, Borough of Shoreditch, London - d. 18 April 1955, Ealing, West London)
  • Phoebe (b. 15 Mar 1890, London, Middlesex - d. .................)
  • Matilda (b. 14 Febr 1892, - d. .................)
  • May
  • George
  • William
  • Violet E.
  • ...........



LIFE:


1901 CENSUS (Hoxton, London, ENGLAND)
Albert S Batten (36y) artificial florist
Jane Batten (37y)
- Joseph Batten (15y) pianoforte music accompanist
- Phoebe Batten (11y)
- Matilda Batten (9y)
- May Batten (7y)
- George Batten (5y)
- William Batten (1y)
- Violet E Batten (3m)


recorder
1906 Neophone Recording Co. (p. 49)
1907 British Polyphone Musikwerke (p. 20)
1920 Edison BELL (p. 56)
Stagename: Joe BOLTON
joined COLUMBIA in 1927 as music adviser


NOTES:

  • Joe Batten's Book. The Story of Sound Recording by Joe Batten (1956, Rockcliff Publishing Corporation)
  • reproductions of pages from Neophone catalogues in Hillandale News No. 117 of Nov 1980 (p. 128/136-137), No. 118 of Feb 1981 (p. 160-161)



Joe Batten



COMPANIES & LABELS:
COLUMBIA (UK)
NEOPHONE
NEOPHONE (RECORDING) COMPANY LTD.

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