Earliest Recordings
A. M. Broadley's Speech (1888)
A. M. Broadley Introduces General George Gouraud (1888)
Around The World on The Phonograph by Thomas Edison (1888)
Arthur Sullivan's After Dinner Toast at Little Menlo (1888)
Arthur Sullivan's Personal Record to Edison (1888)
August Manns "Israel in Egypt" (Known as the first ever music to be recorded) (1888)
Broadley and Gouraud Toast (1888)
Broadley Toasts To Gouraud and The Phonograph (1888)
Gouraud Makes a Toast to Edison (1888)
Gouraud Introduces Postmaster Cecil Raikes and Edmund Yates (1888)
Gouraud Introduces Arthur Sullivan and A. M. Broadley (1888)
Gouraud Mentions Augustas Harris (1888)
Lord Stanley's Personal Message to Benjamin Harrison (1888)
Robert Browning Reads a Passage From "The Ride From Ave to Gent" (1888)
The Lost Chord (1888)
The Phonograph's Salutation by William E. Gladstone (1888)
The Talking Clock by Frank Lambert (This is the world's first recording) (1878)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Thomas Edison (1887)
"For myself, I can only say that I am astonished and somewhat terrified at the results of this evening's experiment -- Astonished at the wonderful power you have developed, and terrified at the thought that so much hideous and bad music may be put on record forever."

- Arthur Sullivan on the phonograph.  October 5th, 1888.
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