History of Recorded Music

Phonautograph

Jan 1, 1857

Invented by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville. First recording device of sound through air. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Phonograph

Jan 1, 1878

Perfected by Thomas Edison. Uses a cylinder. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Gramaphone

Jan 1, 1887

Patented by Emile Berliner. Uses a disc. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Magnetic Recording

Jan 1, 1888

First publicised by Oberlin Smith. Recording on a wire. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_recording

Radio

Jan 1, 1895

Marconi builds the radio. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_radio

Gramaphone record

Jan 1, 1903

Records released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gramophone_record

Sound in film

Jan 1, 1926

Sound is first released with film. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

First practical magnetic tape recorder

Jan 1, 1935

First demonstrated. Created by engineers, calling it the 'K1'. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Stereo tape recorders

Jan 1, 1943

AEG (a german electrical company) developes tape recorders. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Multitrack recording

Jan 1, 1943

Developed by German audio engineers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Compact audio casset

Jan 1, 1963

Introduced by Philips. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

Walkman invented

Mar 1, 1972

Walkman is first invented. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkman

LaserDisc

Jan 1, 1978

First made available in North America. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laserdisc

Digital recording

Jan 1, 1980

Slowly replacing analog tape recording, though not completely. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sound_recording

CD's

Jan 1, 1982

First made commercially available. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_disc

Minidisc

Jan 1, 1992

First announced. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniDisc

Mp3

Jan 1, 1994

Released to the public. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MP3

Napster

Jan 1, 1999

First released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napster

iTunes

Jan 1, 2000

SoundJam MP, developed and released in 1999, is purchased by Apple and renamed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITunes

Torrents

Jan 1, 2001

File sharing program. First release by Bram Cohen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BitTorrent

iPod

Jan 1, 2001

First iPod is released by Apple. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod

YouTube

Jan 1, 2005

The foundation of YouTube. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube

iPod touch

Jan 1, 2007

iPod touch is first released. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_Touch

iPod touch 5th generation

Jan 1, 2012

Released to the public in 2012. Larger screen than previous versions.

A music timeline is made

Jan 1, 2013

And the picture used comes from the site http://radio.silent-movie.ru/.