Tuesday, December 23, 2008

This caught my ear this morning, as I was reading an article on Slate.com. It's the oldest recording ever, of "Au Clair de la Lune," made by Frenchy Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville. They don't know the name of the singer, but who cares, right? Oldest. Recording. Ever. 


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4 comments:

TheWriteGirl said...

Wow. We've all heard plenty of old, early 20th century recordings but this feels like something completely different. It's kind of like time traveling.

11:04 AM
fermicat said...

Time travel indeed.

And by the way -- merry merry! Happy Holidays, whichever one(s) you celebrate.

4:06 PM
LL said...

Hmmmm... catchy tune. He was "scratchin" before all these new punks even dreamed of it!

9:51 PM
NYPinTA said...

Has less clarity than some of the EVPs on Ghosthunters. But still, pretty damn cool.

10:10 PM

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