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Very early recorded sounds...

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The National Park Service has a collection of early recordings (1888) recorded on phonographs and paraffine cylinders, in MP3 format... [via] - Link.

Related:
Edison National Historic Site, 48,000 disc and cylinder recording collection - Link.

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Posted by: mister.joshua on September 23, 2006 at 2:29 PM

Can those wax cylinders be used as candles?

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Posted by: Oracle1729 on September 24, 2006 at 4:26 PM

No. There's no wick :P

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Posted by: vanoakenfold on September 24, 2006 at 8:45 PM

There is a (possily two) "They Might Be Giants" album track(s) recorded on a wax cylinder at the Edison museum.

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Posted by: WNixon on September 25, 2006 at 2:07 PM

and of course there's this...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1171246024685658304&q=techtv%2F

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