Dinosaurs roam the earth. Records from this period are scarce.
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville invents the phonautograph. It's not great.
Famous bastard Thomas Edison 'invents' the phonograph, which can both record and reproduce sound on wax cylinders. He's not great.
Emile Berliner first markets the 'flat disc' format in Europe. Edison eats disc.
Western Electric develop the first electrical recordings. I said high voltage. Rock'n'roll.
RCA Victor launch Program Transcription discs, the first commercially available LP.
Columbia Records wants a slice of that pie, baby, start developing LP technology.
Columbia introduce the 12" Long Play, 33 1/3 rpm microgroove record, aka the vinyl LP we know and know and love today.
Philips' cassette is released. Vinyl takes a hit.
Philips start working on Compact Discs. Things are not looking good for our hero.
CDs outsell vinyl for the first time. RIP, records.
Record Store Day event begins, woot woot.
Record sales see their ninth year of consecutive growth, even reaching a 25-year high. The vinyl revival is on.
Records represent 14% of all physical album sales in the US.
An estimated 9.7 million records fly off shelves, setting yet another consecutive annual increase. Wax is hot property.
The vinyl revival is real! ARIA launch weekly Vinyl Albums Chart.
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