In 1951, a BBC outside broadcast unit brought a portable acetate disc cutter to the Manchester Computing Machine Laboratory and recorded three melodies played by Alan Turing's Mark II computer. The ...
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Paul McCartney didn’t get The Beatles’ extremely valuable first-ever recording back until 20 years later
The Beatles’ first-ever recording is one of the most valuable recordings in the world, but Paul McCartney didn't get it back until 20 years after it was made. The little shellac disc contains a cover ...
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 ...
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