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The phonograph
The first music playing and recording device was created, it was called the phonograph -
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Gramophone
This was invented in Washington D.C. by Emile Berliner. It was the first device to record flat discs -
The pianola
This is a self-playing piano, it worked using music recorded on paper -
The optophonic piano
the optophonic piano was a piano that displayed light when someone played it and then you could you display that light on a disc that you could put into the piano so it could replay the music. -
Lp's
Also known as the album, it was one of the first flat discs -
Cassette tapes
Invented by Phillips, cassettes made it possible to record your own music off records and became very popular. They were also portable -
Walkman
It cost $150 and made the musical evolution much easier. More than 200 million of them were sold. -
CD
The first CD was made for ABBA's 'the visitors' album. CD players were sold for $1000 -
Discman
The discman took over the walkman. It ran on batteries and it was released in Japan. It cost $430 -
MP3 player
Investigation into Mp3 technology started in 1987. FM and AM radio were available through MP3 players, which were also known as AMP Mp3 playback engines. -
Napster
Released in 2000 and shut down by court in 2001, the Napster allowed people to share song files with each other and led to a drop in recording sales. -
iPod
Released by apple, 14 different versions were released in the spam of 7 years. They could hold music, photos, and videos and offered Wi-Fi -
iTunes
It allows you to manage audio and videos on your computer, and it makes playlists, and you can purchase music -
Spotify
had the ability to down load playlists