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Researchers Discover a Real Golden Oldie
History was changed today. It turns out that "Mary had a little lamb," recorded by Thomas Edison on a sheet of tinfoil, was not the first recorded sound after all. Researchers have unearthed a recording of the human voice made by a little-known Frenchman that predates Edison’s invention of the phonograph by nearly two decades. Slate.com Jody Rosen broke the story in the NY Times today and he joins us.
Jody Rosen's NY Times article on 19th-century recording
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