phonograph

Perhaps as profound as the pale blue dot, each spacecraft is equipped with a golden phonograph record loaded with sound recordings and images showing humanity and life on Earth, begging to one day be discovered by another civilization.

Ms. Stoneman made her mark in 1957 with her driving instrumental version of “Lonesome Road Blues,” which made her the first woman to play modern bluegrass banjo on a phonograph record.

He was worried that it would look like a phonograph needle and cement the idea that the building was designed to look like a stack of records.

What about the long-standing myth that its round shape was designed to look like a stack of records with a rooftop antenna resembling a phonograph needle?

Each spacecraft carries a golden record: a phonograph that includes greetings from languages around the world and a host of musical excerpts.