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Anthropologist J.P. Harrington drove across North America recording the history of natives on aluminum disc using a turntable powered by his car. Similar to the record.
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The newely madeCaedmon Records has Dylan Thomas record several of his poems onto vinyl records. The recordings established his Christmas story “A Child's Christmas in Wales” as a classic.
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Audio books transferred from vinyl records to cassette tapes in this era.
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Duvall Hech, olympic athlete, created Books on Tape. This company supplied audio books to consumers and later libraries. He later sold Books on Tape to Random House Publishing.
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Audio Publishers Association was created by several audio companies in an attempt to promote awareness of spoken word audio.
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Cassette tapes accounted for 16% of the market with CDs holding 74% and downloadable books accounted for 9%.
