50 points The Marine Band made it's first recordings while under the leadership of John Phillip Sousa. Because of the large amount of recordings that were available for sale, this invention made Sousa's marches even more popular and famous. This invention used "wax cylinders," tubes that were shaped like cylinders, to record the music on. These were predecessors (came before) 8 tracks, tapes, CDs, and the digital recordings we use now. What new invention did the ensemble use to record Sousa's marches on?