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of Tennyson's poetry thus establishing from the very beginning of the technology an association with spoken literature.

United States

Beginnings to 1970

Many short, spoken word recordings were sold on cylinder in the late 19th and early 20th century; however, the round cylinders were limited to about 4 minutes each making books impractical; flat platters increased to 12 minutes but this too was impractical for longer works. "One early listener complained that he would

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