The Leonard Lopate Show: Please Explain: Sound Recording

Please Explain: Sound Recording

On this week's edition of Please Explain, we explore the evolving technology behind sound recording...from the early days of wax cylinders, to the digital present. We'll also discuss the cultural importance of recorded sound, and the role it's played in our history. We're joined by Evan Eisenberg, the author of The Recording Angel: Music, Records and Culture from Aristotle to Zappa, and Michael Taft, the Head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress’s American Folklife Center. Mr. Taft also heads Save our Sounds: America's Recorded Sound Heritage Project for the Library of Congress.

» Listen to some early sound recordings made on wax cylinders

Music: Sonatine Soundtrack, Tracks 6 and 1

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