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… and the Beat Goes On
Digital Music sales have exceeded physical sales for the first time.
It’s all just a little bit of history repeating.
- 1877 Phonograph Cylinder
- 1883 Piano Roll
- 1895 Gramophone Record 78 rpm
- 1898 Wire Recording
- 1931 Vinyl LP 33⅓ rpm (12”)
- 1949 Vinyl Single 45 rpm (7”)
- 1954 Reel-to-Reel
- 1962 4 Track Cartridge
- 1963 Compact Cassette
- 1969 Microcassette
- 1982 Compact Disc (CD)
- 1987 DAT
- 1991 MiniDisc
- 1992 Digital Compact Cassette
- 1999 DVD-Audio
- 1999 SACD
- 2003 iTunes Store
(Source: CNN)
