On Feb. 25, 1925, Art Gillham’s session made history. The technology changed who was heard in recordings, how artists approach their music and how we hear it. By Ludovic Hunter-Tilney See more of our ...

In 1951, a BBC outside broadcast unit brought a portable acetate disc cutter to the Manchester Computing Machine Laboratory and recorded three melodies played by Alan Turing's Mark II computer. The ...

In 1953, Elvis Presley was a spry young lad working as a truck driver. Specifically, in 1953, Presley was 18 years old and was driving trucks for Crown Electric Company based out of Memphis, Tennessee ...

The Beatles' first-ever recording is considered one of the most valuable recordings in existence, but Paul McCartney didn't get the piece of music back until 20 years after it was made. This precious ...

Music journalist Jonathan Scott explores the early history of recorded sound: from the first-known recordings in the 1800s to the most significant vinyl records of the 1940s. Here's a story that's ...