Today in History: The First Phonograph

On this day (November 29) in 1877, Thomas Edison showed off his phonograph for the first time ushering in an incredible new era of recorded music. There have been a lot of advances in technology since then such as the Victrola, the stereo, the eight-track player, the cassette player, the Sony Walkman, the iPod, and so many more—but all began with Edison’s wax-cylinder based machine.