World's Oldest Recording: Since 1860

This is the world's oldest audio recording, from an era when today's recording technology seemed fairy tales. American specialists have found and listened an 1860 recording of a folk song. This pre-dated by 17 years the phonograph invented by Thomas Edison, which recorded him singin... [ read more >> ]

A phonautograph

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A phonautograph