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London museum uncovers century-old recordings of family’s holidays

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More than 100 years ago, a London family man decided he wanted to record his family’s holiday get-togethers. But rather than pull out an iPhone, he recorded audio on wax cylinders. Amazingly, those cylinders survived and are now in a London museum.

America’s earliest recordings preserved and remastered

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CD sales droop, vinyl makes comeback

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The Shout Out Louds Record New Single on Ice Record

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Vintage Recordings of Colombian Cumbia

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Preserving America’s earliest recordings

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Richard Martin and Meagan Hennessey are the husband-and-wife team behind Archeophone Records in Chicago. Archeophone has rescued and preserved some of America’s richest recording history.

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Music: While CD Sales Droop, Vinyl Abides

Let the holiday shopping season begin! With the explosion of intangible mp3s, music may have lost its luster as a nice Christmas gift. But it looks like music might have a savior in the form of an old friend: good old reliable vinyl.

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Global Hit

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We hear from Craig Reece, of the Scottish vinyl-record label Starla Records. He says Starla likes to record Scottish artists doing their version of American soul and rock classics.