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  1. History of sound recording - Wikipedia

    The first all-digitally-recorded popular music album, Ry Cooder 's Bop Till You Drop, was released in 1979, and from that point, digital …

  2. Phonautograph - Wikipedia

    The phonautograph is the earliest known device for recording sound. Previously, tracings had been obtained of the sound-producing …

  3. LISTEN TO THE FIRST KNOWN RECORDING OF A HUMAN VOICE

    Sep 25, 2025 · But researchers say they have unearthed a recording of the human voice, made by a little-known Frenchman, that …

  4. First Recorded Sound: Scott, Edison and History of Invention

    May 1, 2018 · The first sound to be recorded by a machine wasn't intended ever to be heard again—but modern researchers found a …

  5. Listen to the Oldest Recording of a Human Voice - History Facts

    Nov 19, 2025 · Thomas Edison’s Phonograph For years, Thomas Edison was credited with the first recording of a human voice — …

  6. Origins of Sound Recording: Thomas Edison - Thomas Edison …

    Origins of Sound Recording: The Inventors Thomas Edison (1847-1931) National Park Service Thomas Edison: The Phonograph …

  7. First Sounds

    First Sounds is dedicated to audio preservation. We have digitally preserved every airborne sound recording known to exist from …

  8. The Very First Recordings (1859-1879) - YouTube

    Feb 5, 2019 · The first successful sound recording ever made was of a 435 hz tuning fork made by Edouard-Leon Scott de Martinville.

  9. First sound ever recorded (1860) - YouTube

    This is the first sound ever recorded, by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, in 1860, before Edison's wax cylinder experiments. …

  10. First voice recording - Guinness World Records

    The oldest recorded human voice is a ten-second fragment of the French folk song 'Au Clair de la Lune'. It was recorded on 9 April …