A brief history of the very earliest audio recordings and audio recording technology. Featuring Eduard-Leon Scott de Martinville, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, and Charles Sumner Tainter.
Listed below are the sources I used for research for the video:
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18196349
https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/historyculture/origins-of-sound-recording-edouard-leon-scott-de-martinville.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/arts/27soun.html
https://www.nps.gov/edis/learn/historyculture/origins-of-sound-recording-thomas-edison.htm
The Fabulous Phonograph by Roland Gelatt pg 26
https://www.tekniskmuseum.no/oslo-vitensenters-installasjoner/90-one-of-the-world-s-earliest-recordings-unveiled-help-us-listen-can-it-be-the-first-recording-of-thomas-edison
https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph
https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/history-of-edison-sound-recordings/history-of-the-cylinder-phonograph
The Fabulous Phonograph by Roland Gelatt pgs 44-45
The Fabulous Phonograph by Roland Gelatt pgs 25-32
The Fabulous Phonograph by Roland Gelatt pgs 33-34
https://www.aes-media.org/historical/html/recording.technology.history/graphophone.html
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/30112/30112-h/30112-h.htm
The North American Phonograph Company by Raymond Wile, ARSC Journal Vol 35
https://www.loc.gov/collections/emile-berliner/articles-and-essays/gramophone/