Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,24 Nov 1995,28 mins

Music and Technology

Man, Machine and Music

Available for over a year

The first recording device was patented by Thomas Edison in 1877. By the 1970s there hadn't been much development since. The introduction of magnetic recording tape started a production revolution.

Programme Website
More episodes