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A Museum of Sound

Radio Diaries

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18 77, the First Field Recording Ever Made

18 77, thomas edison used his new invention, the phonograph, to record sounds on spinning cylinders of tinfoil. 18 78, one of the first field recordings ever made. It's an elevated train in new york, recorded from forty feet away. A choir of four thousand sing hande at the crystal palace in london.

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