Modern humans have been roaming Mother Earth for roughly the last 200,000 years, and jamming out to epic flute solos as long as 43,000 years ago, but the ability to capture, reproduce, and amplify sound is extremely recent: within the last two hundred years.

The Art of Sound – A Visual History for Audiophiles – a new book created by Terry Burrows, in collaboration with the EMI (Electronic and Musical Industries) trust – looks to document the rapid-fire development of how sound has been recorded, by taking you through this journey visually.