Gizmodo have an interesting article about the West German Tefifon from the 1950s. Using a plastic loop as the media and latter offering stereo sound, in 1961. The Tefifon is a lesser known bit of the story of audio playback.
More details online.
More about the Tefifon on Obsolete Media.
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