Creating a Record

Phonograph: The Original Thomas Edison Phonograph 1877.
This was developed as an upgrade to two of his other inventions, the telegraph and telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages thorugh indentations on paper tape. This was later invented and called the phonograph.
He later invented tyhe improved phonograph then came the perfected phonograph and it was produced by May of 1888.
Home Phonograph:
Dated at May 31st 1898. It was one of the first phonographs for home use. It is also known as the 'Suitcase'. It is called this because of its four suitcase style clamps, enabling the phonograph to be carried by its lid handle.
Gramophone: The Emil Berliner Gramophone 1895.
The first device for recording and replaying sound. In the 1890's Edison found that you can fit 52 discs in 8 cylinders, they are still being bought today. They are bought and used mainly by young adults, as well as DJ's.
Shellac Record Player:
Begain in 1898 and continued until the late 1950's. 'Unbreakable' records, usually of celluloid on a pasteboard base. Could not be bent, broken or damaged.
Modern Record player:

Record players generate by the disc moving. This record player has been improved since they were first invented. It was created in the 80's when it was pitched as portable. There is a new version that runs on batteries. They are under £100 if you buy them. The vinyl record is like the playback process, except in reverse. Instead of passing a stylus over grooves to recreate a recording, an album cutter connected to an input source passes over a blank disc.

Open Reel Tape Recorder: Studer A80 Analogue 2 Track Recorder.
Form of magnetic tape which is held on a reel. The tape is mounted on a spindle. Was also used in early tape drives for data storage on mainframe computers.
Multitrack recorder: Struder 287 24 track 2.
A device that lets you record sounds on different tracks at different times and lets you play them all back together. With a multi track recorder you don't need a computer. Most bands use multitrack recorders.
Audio Cassette:
A magnetic tape sound recording format. It was invented in 1962 by Phillips company. By this time the quality wasn't that good until the 1970's.
Digital Audio Tape (DAT):
It is a signal recording and playback medium developed by Sony and introuduced in 1987. It is similar to a compact audio cassette. By the name you can tell the recording is digital rather than analog.
CD:
Also known as a computer disk. It is a disk used to store digital data. Originally developed to store around recordings, but later it allowed other types of data. Audio CD's have been avaliable since October 1982.
MP3:
It is a common audio format for consumer audio storage. They were created in the early 1990's but it wasn't as successful in 1997. People prefeer the Mp3's as you can take then anywhere.