What’s the connection between the Beatles’ George Harrison, boxing legend Muhammad Ali, and Chrysler cars? The Highway Hi-Fi: a vinyl record player that just happened to be the world’s first in-car music system. It appeared 60 years ago this spring, in 1956, and should have been a smash hit. It was innovatory, a major talking point, arrived as the car market was booming as never before, and it came with much press hype. It also had the backing of a leading motor manufacturer. What could possibly go wrong?
Source: Forgotten audio formats: The Highway Hi-Fi | Ars Technica
It’s a fascinating story, made even more so because basically proprietary formats and copyright tangles killed it so quickly.
It's always more complicated 