I had no idea until this morning that the earliest known recording was recorded as early as 1860.
The recording of “Au Clair de la Lune”, recorded in 1860, is thought to be the oldest known recorded human voice.
A phonograph of Thomas Edison singing a children’s song in 1877 was previously thought to be the oldest record.
You can hear the creepy, ghostly sounding track here.
- Stephen Lee Canner
Caroline Casey said,
March 29, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Wow–I read that article but didn’t go so far as to listen to the track. It is a bit creepy…..