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History of the Gramophone
Emile Berliner, a German immigrant, invented the Gramophone.The Gramophone was mainly invented, in order for the people to listen to certain musical “Gramophone Records”. -
History of the Phonograph
In 1877 the first phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison. The phonograph was the first method of recording and playing back sound. Before the phonograph and the gramophone, music was very much a social event. People gathered at a common location—a club, a concert hall, a bandstand—to enjoy music together. But when phonographs and gramophones started appearing in private homes in the early 20th century, there was a radical shift. -
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History of the Record Player
In 1906 the Victrola model record player was introduced by RCA Victor. This record player had variable turntable speeds to accommodate the already wide range of records being produced at the time. -
History of the LP
LP's (Long Playing record) also known as an "album" were invented in 1948. The 33 1/3 LP was released by Columbia Records.These LP's were popular until around 1990 when CD's were popular enough to take over. An LP could hold up to a total of 60 minutes of music, but most didn't have more than 40 minutes. -
History of the Multi-Track
In 1962 multi-track analog tape recording began in recording studios. The idea of a multi track recorder and experiments started in the late 1940's by guitarist, inventor and composer Les Paul Multi track recording of sound is the process in which sound and other electro-acoustic signals are captured on a recording medium such as magnetic tape, which is divided into two or more audio tracks that run parallel with each other.. -
History of the Stereo Cassette Tape and Player
1963- Phillips develops a compact stereo cassette tape and player. The cassette tape became the most popular form of music media for several years. In the 70s it became possible to record your own music off of records or the radio onto a blank cassette tape. -
History of the Compact Discs or CD's
Compact Discs or CD's were introduced in 1982 in Japan. The first CD released was Billy Joel's "52nd Street". One year later, in 1983, CD's were released in the USA. It only took 3 years for CDs to overtake LP's as the top selling music media in the United States. In 1999 Record able CD's became available. -
History of the Napster
In 2000 Napster is released. Napster allowed people to easily share song files with each other. This new program led to the music industry's drop in recording sales and accusations of total copyright violations. -
History of the First iPod
In October of 2001 Apple introduced the biggest hit in music media, the iPod. The iPod grew in popularity rapidly. over the course of 7 years there have been 14 different versions of the iPod all with different capabilities and specialties. -
History of the iPod
In 2003 apple released the online music store to go along with the new iPod. iTunes allows the iPod user to manage audio and video on their computer. In iTunes, several things are possible. You can organize music into playlists with one or more libraries, edit file information, record CD's, copy files to a digital audio player, purchase music and video from the built in music store, download free.
