Video at the link
The recording technology itself is not so hard to come by as Edison’s original concept was to use the players to record as well. Originally he intended the machines to be used to take dictation, etc.
Selling songs was not the original idea.
Steampunk ping
This is really quite cool.
Last week I got around to putting a few platters on the ole Bang&Olufsen
I was amazed at how good it still sounds. Yes, you get more ambient noise, a few pops and clicks. But the harmonics from a true analog recording cannot be beat by digital.