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Wax Cylinder

Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Format wars

February 2, 2022February 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Format Wars, HMV, Logo, Thomas Edison, Wax Cylinder

Format wars are nothing new: Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD. AAC vs. WMA vs. MP3. But 100 years ago, the competing formats

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, June 18, 2018

June 18, 2018June 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Album Artwork, Axl Rose, Cramps, Crfanberries, Damon Albarn, Dee Dee Ramone, Emmy, Metallica, Nirvana, Noel Gallagher, Oprah Winfrey, Paul McCartney, Seymour Stein, Steve Albini, Terence Trent D'Arby, Tool, Wax Cylinder, World Cup

Happy 76th birthday, Paul McCartney! If you’ve never seen him live, do it. I swear that a Macca show has

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Music History 

Here’s How They Used to Make Recordings in the Wax Cylinder Era

May 10, 2016May 9, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Edison, Wax Cylinder

We’ve come a long way since the days of Edison’s cylinder recordings. A good thing, too.

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