12:01 PM PST 12/31/2014 by. Serial fans have started keeping an eye on The Intercept after the publication scored a coveted interview with Jay Wilds, the key witness in Maryland's case against Adnan Syed for the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee.
Take 1. The record player was originally invented in America by Thomas A. Edison the creator of the light bulb and other inventions. It was invented by Thomas in 1877. The first records were made out of tinfoil which had a spiral groove which went up and down.
During the 1930s and 1940s, phonographs and phonograph records continued to improve. In 1931, Columbia introduced the first âlong playingâ record. Resembling the LP with which weâre all familiar, the 12-inch diameter disc was designed to be played at 33-1/3 rotations per minute.