Earliest Recorded Sounds

1. Tuning Fork  at 435 Hz (1859)

2. Edouard Scott, "Au Clair de la Lune" (1860)

3. Edouard Scott sings the scale (1860)

4. Sounds from a Dead Man's Ear (1861)

7. Thomas Edison, Charles Batchelor
: the Metropolitan Elevated Railroad (1877)

5. Edison tinfoil recordings from 1878, newly restored, with notes on the restoration.

6. Frank Lambert's Experimental "Talking Clock," from a lead disc (1878?)

8. 1881 Volta Test Disc (Bell system)

9. "Barometer" repeated (Bell system)

10. 1888-1889 Edison "Talking Doll" Recordings

11. 1888 Crystal Palace Recordings

12. 1891 Wax Cylinder Recording (one of the earliest commercial releases)

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Appendix: History of the Cylinder Format