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The First Song Ever Recorded

The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences by Greg Young

May 5, 201710:58Society & Culture

Imagine if we could hear the voices of Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria or Frederick Douglass? Believe it or not, somebody was making audio recordings as far back as the 1850s. This is the story of the first audio recordi...

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The First Song Ever Recorded is an episode from The First: Stories of Inventions and their Consequences by Greg Young. Imagine if we could hear the voices of Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria or Frederick Douglass? Believe it or not, somebody...

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Published May 5, 2017, 10:58 long, audio available.

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Imagine if we could hear the voices of Abraham Lincoln, Queen Victoria or Frederick Douglass? Believe it or not, somebody was making audio recordings as far back as the 1850s. This is the story of the first audio recordings ever made and the oldest song recording to ever be heard today, thanks to an intrepid group of tech-savvy historians.

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Published May 5, 2017 and 10:58 long