OVM, wire recorders depend on electronics to work, the Dictaphone (I used the term incorrectly but I mean any dictation machine, Dictaphones actually used wax cylinders) was not high quality nor used much in electronics for those wire recording types. The gramophone (78s) did not used electronis.
I have a collection of early disc recordings, which includes Enrico Caruso from 1905 through 1920. They aren't worth much but they are cool to look at and if someone didn't steal my portable gramophone, I would listen to them.
33's came around 1947 or 48, 45's came in '49 and 16's (RPMS) which were used for some Vitaphone recordings and acetate discs (which was used for radio transcriptions, training film strip production and other fun and live shows like Jack Benny)