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In 1877 the first phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison.
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The Phonograph was great at the time but it was only good for a one time only playback and the sound quality was terrible.
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In 1906 the Victrola model record player was introduced by RCA Victor.
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.LPs (Long Playing record) also known as an "album" were invented in 1948
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In 1962 multi-track analog tape recording began in recording studios.
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1963- Phillips develops a compact stereo cassette tape and player.
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Compact Discs or CDs were introduced in 1982 in Japan.
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In 2000 Napster is released. Napster allowed people to easily share song files with eachother.
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In October of 2001 Apple introduced the biggest hit in music media, the iPod
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in 2003 apple released the online music store to go along with the new iPod.
