A BBC History of Vinyl

A History of Vinyl Introduction From the first syllable of recorded time - this is the story of plastic that shook the world, a guide to the key players and events which shaped the record's development. Read the first part of our history of vinyl, 1850 to 1879, with audio. Listen [in RealAudio] need audio help? Bell laboratories test From 1932 More History Of Vinylwithin bbc.co.uk music Feud between Thomas Edison & Graham Bell Phonographs & Jukeboxes elsewhere on bbc.co.uk History of Radio 4 with audio elsewhere on the Web The Physicists, Scientists and Inventors that made it all possible The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites 1850-1879 Edison, paraffin paper [more] 1880-1889 Graham Bell, wax cylinders [more] 1890-1899 Berliner, shellac [more] 1900-1909 Enrico Caruso, victrola [more] 1910-1919 Decca, portable [more] 1920-1929 Al Johnson, orthophonics [more] 1930-1939 Abbey Road studio, juke-boxes [more] 1940-1949 PVC, 12" born, microgrooves [more] 1950-1959 Rock'n'roll, 7" format [more] 1960-1969 The Golden Age of Vinyl [more]