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This is an unusual way to cut a song: An old Edison cylinder

The first practical method of recording audio was the Edison cylinder, which was revealed by Thomas Edison in 1877. Cylinders were eclipsed by flat rotating discs (specifically the 10-inch 78 RPM record) by World War I, but working machines still exist.

Check out this guy who recorded a song into a 128-year-old cylinder machine.

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