As I read this morning’s paper, I was riveted by the story about a recent discovery of an 1860 recording  by French audio historian David Giovannoni.  The 10 second clip of a woman singing was captured by a device called the phonautograph, which made recordings by etching sound waves from paper covered in soot created by an oil-burning lamp.

Here is the link to amazing mp3 copy of possibly the world’s first recording:

Audio of the Au Clair de la Lune recording: http://www.firstsounds.org/sounds/

I marvel at how far we’ve come, and how remarkable is the human spirit of invention and ingenuity!

Additional links to this topic:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7318180.stm

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5655443.html