A Brief History of Music Formats

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Explore the different ways people have listened to music over the last century, and see how each new music format invention reimagined how we listen to music.

Further reading/listening after this playlist:

An Audio Timeline

Audio Format Timeline

How the compact disc lost its shine

Music made from samples of old records

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