PLAYBACK

Playback

This interactive explores the way people have played music since 1945. It looks at the formats that have stored sound, from shellac discs to digital files, and the devices that they have been played on.

Watch contemporary footage and adverts from each period and see how playback technology has evolved since the 1940s.

The Core:

Playback
Transmission
Where It's At!
Hey DJ!
Dance The Decades
The Beat Goes On

Edge Zones:

1945 - 1962
1962 – 1966
1966 – 1970
1970 – 1976
1976 – 1985
1985 – 1993
1993 – Present
The Future

Gibson Interactive Studio

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