the evolution of how we listen
1948 Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, the LP (Long Play) was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry. Apart from relatively minor refinements and the important later addition of stereophonic sound capability, it has remained the standard format for vinyl “albums� up to the present. [2]
1887 1877 Thomas Alva Edison created the cylinder phonograph which pioneered the recording and playback of human voice. Used as a recording and playback device, the phonograph traced sound waves on rotating cylinders. However, playback was limited. [1]
Emile Berliner, a German immigrant, patented a successful system of sound recording. Berliner was the first inventor to stop recording on cylinders and start recording on flat disks or records. Berliner’s disks (records) were the first sound recordings that could be mass-produced by creating master recordings from which molds were made. From each mold, hundreds of disks were pressed.