1. Who’s that guy?

2. 1857 – Phonoautograph invented by Leon Scott 1874 - Thomas Edison’s “Ear”-Phonoautorgraph

3. 1877 – Thomas Edison debuts the first functional phonograph. 1886 – Charles Sumner Tainter & Chichester Bell

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5. 1924 – Western Electric’s Transcription Recorder Edison’s version of the Transcription recorder

6. World War II - Germany engineers develop magnetic tape for recording. Post WWII – Captured German recorders were copied and improved upon. By companies like Ampex, EMI. 1948 – First consumer cheap tape recorders hit the market.

7. 1948 – CBS Introduces the LP (Long Play) record. 1887 – Disc recording pioneered by German immigrant Emile Berliner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoilYt_LAe0www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoilYt_LAe0 What did they sound like? 1901 – Victor Company corners the market on disc recordings.