Media library

Phonograph, made by Edison’s National Phonograph Company, circa 1903

Poster for Happy Meeting concert with Woodhouse Carr Wesleyan Choir, 1881.

A newly-restored 1850s Dearlove double bass which features in the exhibition.

Leeds Stylus (Leeds University Union). Vinyl recording of ‘The Who – Live at Leeds’, 1970 and Club flyers, 2001-2019. Some on loan from Jordan Ramoth.

Ticket, Jimmy Cliff at Locarno Mecca, County Arcade, 1968.

Photograph of The Brunswick Dance Band, based in Morley, 1920s.

Photograph of Bramley Ladies Choir, 1920s and concert in Zion Baptist School, Bramley, 1935.

Photograph of Leeds Youth Symphony Orchestra, Conductor Mr Henry Croudson, taken at the Odeon Cinema, Leeds, 1943.

Curator Kitty Ross with a specially-adapted violin which is on display in Sounds of Our City