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First Mechanical Recording
Thomas Edison
He used Tin Foil with holes inprinted to create his Phonograph.
He recorded himself saying "Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went the lamb would surely go." -
First Flat Disc
Emile Berliner created the First Flat Disc for the Gramophone.
In 1896 the idea was patented. -
First Jazz Recording
The Original Dixie Land Jass Band recorded their song Livery Stable Blues. -
CD 5 inch disk
Sometimes abbreviated to CD-S
The first single to be available on this was Brothers in Arms by Dire Straits -
Sony Mini Disk
It could store 74 minutes and, later, 80 minutes, of digitized audio. -
12 inch 33
Standard practise by Jamacian sound systems in 1956
Colombia bought it.
