Stephen Coates came across some strange-looking X-rays images at a flea market in St Petersberg. His curiosity uncovered a musical history hidden within those ghostly images of bones.

Hi, welcome to WhyGyan! A podcast where we explore byte-sized stories from all across the globe by answering one question at a time! On the spooky occasion of Halloween we will find the answer to: Why were people listening to music on bones? #halloween #music #bones #story

For further reading on the topic: 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/bone-music-soviet-bootleg-records-pressed-on-xrays

https://victrola.com/blogs/articles/how-do-vinyl-records-work

https://earthlymission.com/bone-music-x-ray-ribs-bootleg-records-stalin-ussr/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw4YmbAKocM 

https://theconversation.com/curious-kids-how-does-music-get-onto-a-cassette-tape-165759 

And to experience music visit the X-ray audio Project: https://www.x-rayaudio.com/x-rayaudioproject 

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