Before MP3s, before CDs and even before LPs there was the
first commercial audio format known as the Edison wax cylinder.
This late 19th-century invention was capable of recording up to 3 minutes of sound on a cylinder made of wax (and later a metallic soap composite or plastic). It was eventually replaced by the popularity of the phonograph in 1929.
The University of California, Santa Barbara library is digitizing its collection of late 19th and early 20th century wax cylinder recordings and has placed over 10,000 songs online for anyone to stream and download.
This late 19th-century invention was capable of recording up to 3 minutes of sound on a cylinder made of wax (and later a metallic soap composite or plastic). It was eventually replaced by the popularity of the phonograph in 1929.
The University of California, Santa Barbara library is digitizing its collection of late 19th and early 20th century wax cylinder recordings and has placed over 10,000 songs online for anyone to stream and download.
UCSB Cylinder Archive is here.
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