Sound recording and reproduction  

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Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanical inscription and playback of sound waves, usually used for the voice or for music.

The first practical sound recording and reproduction device was the mechanical phonograph, invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 and patented in 1878. The invention soon spread across the globe and over the next two decades the commercial recording, distribution and sale of sound recordings became a growing new international industry, with the most popular titles selling millions of units by the early 1900s. The development of mass-production techniques enabled cylinder recordings to become a major new consumer item in industrial countries and the cylinder was the main consumer format from the late 1880s until around 1910.

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