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.
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
Sad! 