More of The First Recorded Music

The Real First Musical Recording

The first recording of music was a short, rough recording of Mary’s Little Lamb in 1877 by Thomas Edison. He found a way to etch the music into a thin piece of tin foil that was attached to a spinning cylinder similar to what the interior of a music box appears to be. Odiously due to the fact that it was the first recording, there was no way for the music to be edited so what was recorded was what you had unless you felt like attempting to remake it all over again. It was a very simplistic design and was one of Edison's most important decisions. More can be found out about this on http://www.tinfoil.com/

 

This video is a demonstration of a reconstructed phonograph that will allow you to hear what the first recordings sounded like.