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Earliest recording of the human voice! April 9, 1860

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Uploaded by on Feb 13, 2011

Au Claire de la Lune ~ Édouard Léon Scott de Martinville
Originally recorded on a contraption known as the "Phonautograph"

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  • What you are hearing has been recently recorded from the original 1860 phonautogram using computer based image processing. Check out the Wikipedia article about the phonautograph for more information about the original device and how this recording was made.

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  • sounds like ET singing in the shower

  • still better than justin beiber.

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  • I TOLD you vinyl was better than cd.

  • HELP! Somebody plz, there's a monster!

  • @deathknigt3000 It's better than the Irate Gamer.

  • what's he supposed to be saying?

  • @RedVynil Egypt sucks.

  • Where did you get this soundpage? I'd love to have a copy.

  • i need this on my iphone

  • @BlancheNeigefan Yes, I rediscovered that moments later, thanks, anyway, for letting me know.

  • sounds like chewbaca

  • @RedVynil The song is au clair de la lue.

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