Audio storage

London museum uncovers century-old recordings of family’s holidays

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More than 100 years ago, a London family man decided he wanted to record his family’s holiday get-togethers. But rather than pull out an iPhone, he recorded audio on wax cylinders. Amazingly, those cylinders survived and are now in a London museum.

America’s earliest recordings preserved and remastered

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CD sales droop, vinyl makes comeback

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Museum of London Unearths Rare Christmas Audio Recordings

Why British Police Continue to Use Cassette Tapes

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Music Heard on Air for November 25, 2011

Music Heard on Air

START TIME: 6:30 EGYPT REPORT REVOLUTION INTERVIEW MUSIC: SONG: The Calling ARTIST: Pressure Drop CD TITLE: Essential Lounge — Bombay CD LABEL: Ubl Recordings END TIME: 19:42 MUSIC: SONG: Aosta ARTIST: Markku Lepisto CD TITLE: Soundtrip Finland CD LABEL: Reise Know-How Sound START TIME: 21:00 DICTATOR AD INTERVIEW LINE DANCING REPORT END TIME: 29:29 MUSIC: […]

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Preserving America’s earliest recordings

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Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey are the husband-and-wife team behind Archeophone Records in Chicago. Archeophone has rescued and preserved some of America’s richest recording history.

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Global Hit

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We hear from Craig Reece, of the Scottish vinyl-record label Starla Records. He says Starla likes to record Scottish artists doing their version of American soul and rock classics.