With a long and storied history of pioneering audio recording, we explore America's musical history and identify the earliest ...

Birth of recording -- Out of the laboratory -- The commercial debut of sound recording devices -- The introduction of discs -- Recording in the business world -- The heyday of the phonograph -- The ...

Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s. Here's a story that's ...