Before records, tapes, CDs, and downloads, music was recorded and played on cylinders.
Before audio playlists, before cassette tapes and even before records, there were wax cylinders — the earliest, mass-produced way people could both listen to commercial music and record themselves.
— NPR Music (@nprmusic) April 5, 2022
Now, there's a way to hear those recordings. https://t.co/lN91qY4MXr
Invented in 1887, Wax Cylinders were used to record and reproduce audio. This is a recovered Cylinder, the technology has come a long way – wow! pic.twitter.com/eI088HQkGe
— Johnny Neff (@JohnnyNeff) April 4, 2021
Download 10,000 of the First Recordings of Music Ever Made, Thanks to the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive https://t.co/A3qPvAVcCH pic.twitter.com/SUFGChDoWY
— Open Culture (@openculture) March 15, 2018
From 1912 to 1929, Edison Records produced two unique audio formats, the Blue Amberol cylinder and the 10-inch Edison Diamond Disc.https://t.co/A0UyhhyMBm pic.twitter.com/8lss9Xwm57
— Museum of Obsolete Media (@ObsoleteMediaUK) August 6, 2020
Sad! 