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Timeline of Records/Cassette/CD
1
1957
1965
Pre-recorded music cassettes
1964
First portable cassette player
1962
Phillips invents the audio cassette
a system of cutting and playing back stereo was devised and generally accepted by the industry
1960
Consumer acceptance of stereo LPs was somewhat cautious initially but grew steadily during the early 1960s
1988
CD-R
1985
CD-ROM
1982
First CD made
1987
VCD
2010
1970
1968
inyl was the fastest-growing musical format in 2010, with 2.8 million units sold, the format's best year since SoundScan began tracking sales in 1991
CD digital
an audiophile-focused niche market for "direct-to-disc" records, which completely bypassed use of magnetic tape in favor of a "purist" transcription directly to the master lacquer disc
1878
the industry largely discontinued production of conventional monaural LP records and playback equipment by 1968
2017
CD's are still in use
MP3's and Tablets use for movies and streaming
The first music is put on a record.
1935
1904
First magnetic audiotapes
Double-sided discs become available.
1930
RCA Victor launched the first commercially-available vinyl long-playing record, marketed as "Program Transcription" discs. These revolutionary discs were designed for playback at 33⅓ rpm and pressed on a 12" diameter flexible plastic disc
Timeline of Records/Cassette/CD
Irish Stokes
1939
Columbia Records continued development of this technology. Dr. Peter Goldmark and his staff undertook exhaustive efforts to address problems of recording and playing back narrow grooves and developing an inexpensive, reliable consumer playback system.
1955
After the introduction of high-quality but expensive stereo reel-to-reel tapes in 1955 and the increasing public fascination with stereo sound, intense work was undertaken to devise a scheme for recording stereo sound on 12" (30 cm) / 33⅓ rpm LP