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The FIRST recording?

PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 1:56 am
by geoffolehane
There was an article in many of the newspapers over the weekend that sdome French historians found a 10-second recorded clip of a woman singing "Au Clair de Lune" which predated Edison's "Mary Had a Little Lamb" by 17 years.

Here's the clip from the NY Times: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/audiosrc/arts/1860v2.mp3

Here is an article about this remarkable find: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/u ... 633837.ece

PostPosted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:25 am
by Max Murdoc
Turned out that it was all a mistake.....it actually was a lost Nina Hagen 45.