The Early Recordings Association Journal is a new open-access peer-reviewed online platform dedicated to the study of sound heritage. Its creation reflects the growing academic and interdisciplinary interest in early recordings in recent years. The term early recordings is understood broadly, encompassing a wide range of historical periods, media formats, musical styles, and methodological perspectives. ERA’s open-access journal welcomes studies across all musical repertoires—scholarly and folk-popular, commercial and ethnographic—highlighting the multifaceted sound worlds that make up the history of recorded music. Early Recordings Association Journal does not charge publication fees or article processing charges, and is open to academic and non-academic researchers alike (https://www.surrey.ac.uk/early-recordings-association/journal).