Music Media Timeline By sophiesorkin 1850 phonoautogram Used to record the human voice by tracing sound waves on smoke-blackened paper or glass. Could not be played back at the time. Period: 1850 to 2020 Music Media Through the Years 1886 music box disc The graphophone, which uses wax-coated cardboard tubes instead of tinfoil, engraves sound waves. 1894 7-inch 79 rpm record 1908 marconi velvet tone record 1912 blue amberol records 1931 victory records 1938 audiodisc 1949 coloured vinyl record 1967 minifon tape 1969 sound-a-round talking puzzle 1982 dbx disc 1988 casette tape adapter 1998 yaboom box 2007 vinyl disk 2009 fifth-generation iPod nano 2014 iPhone 6 2019 iPhone 11