HISTORY OF SOUND RECORDING LINK

HISTORY OF SOUND RECORDING LINK  We thought this site was interesting and informative, and we wanted to share it with you, speaking of Thomas Edison and early recordings!

Get information about recorders with the new searchable Recorder Database! Currently over 2000 classic recorder models are included, most with pictures and manufacture dates.


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RECORDING HISTORY BY GENERAL TOPIC:

Technology - Recording machines and their makers
Industry - The business of recorders and records
Culture - The cultural impact of sound recording

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL : HIS VOICE FROM RECORDINGS IN THE 1880'S THRILL SMITHSONIAN SCIENTISTS

Breaking Yahoo news here! Recordings made in the 1880's by Alexander Graham Bell on green wax, and stored at the Smithsonian (carefully wrapped by Bell himself to be preserved) can now be listened to with new computer technology. The full story by Associated Press writer Brett Zonger should appear if you'll click on the link title above!