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EDOUARD LEON SCOTT Au Clair de la Lune Parlortone LIMITED 7" vinyl 45 rpm
Sold Date:
March 26, 2024
Start Date:
November 12, 2023
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$49.97
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EDOUARD LEON SCOTT de MARTINVILLE
Au Clair de la Lune
Limited edition one-sided 45 rpm 7" etched Vinyl single. Parlortone/Dust-To-Digital Records PT 1001. COVER: strong VG++ illustrated tri-fold sleeve. VINYL: strong VG++ to NM- a few light sleeve scuffs.
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This record is sold as a limited edition historical sound recording collector's item and NOT as a high quality sonic musical experience (it was recorded in 1860).
45 rpm Record
This is a first, in more than one sense of the word. This is the first issue on Dust-to-Digital's new Parlortone label.
This is the earliest intelligible recording of the human voice. Recorded by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in 1860 (17 years before Edison invented the phonograph), this recording was played for the very first time by David Giovannoni, Patrick Feaster, Carl Haber and Earl Cornell in 2008. It comes with a write-up explaining the recording, its discovery and the laser playback technique. Get your copy of this limited edition while supplies last!
Scott recorded the French folksong "Au Clair de la Lune" on April 9, 1860, and deposited the results with the Académie des Sciences in 1861. It remains the earliest clearly recognizable record of the human voice yet recovered. The words have been a matter of controversy, but the latest playback—unveiled in May 2010—establishes them as “Au clair de la lune, mon ami Pierrot, prête moi—,” rather than “Au clair de la lune, Pierrot répondit,” as originally announced. The latest work also reveals that Scott had allowed the cylinder to slow down—possibly to a complete stop—between the words “Pierrot” and “prête,” perhaps indicating a pause to check how much unrecorded space was left on the sheet.
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The recording on Side A is only 20 seconds long and is the first intelligible recording of the human voice (recorded in 1860).
Side B is blank with a nice etching of the Parlortone logo.
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