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Thomas Edison. It was a method of recording sound then playing it back.
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Invented by Emile Berliner. He was the first to stop recording on cylinders and to start recording on flat discs. First made out of glass, then zinc, and finally plastic.
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It was introduced by RCA Victor. This Record player had variable turntable speeds.
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The 33 1/3 LP was released by Columbia Records.
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They started to record in record studios.The idea came from guitarist inventor and composer Les Paul.
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Philips develops a compact stereo cassette tape and player. It became possible to record your own music off the radio on to a blank cassette tape.
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They were introduced by Japan. The first CD released was Billy Joel's "52nd Street"
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Napster allowed people to easily share song files with each other. Music industries dropped because of this. It got shut down in 2001 but it gave the idea to people to download free music.
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Over the years there have been 14 different versions of the iPod. It was a portable way of listening to music. They could carry pictures too and videos.
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Apple released an online music store to go along with the new iPod. It allowed iPod users to manage video and audio on their computer.
