I suspect it's because I saw the period drama The History of Sound right around what would've been my dad's birthday that I registered that it was partly set in 1919, the year of his birth. The movie ...

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 ...