Researcher's Unearth FRENCH Recording that Predates Edison Phono
New York Times reports that researchers in France have discovered a recording of a 10 second 1860 recording of folksong "Au Claire de la Lune" . Made on machine designed to record sounds visually, not to play them back. Ol Tom did them one better by making his cylinder system a playback model. All this in 1860. Neat.