<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">June 29 will be the 122nd anniversary of the first known field recording, of a concert of Handel's "Israel In Egypt" at the Crystal Palace, London, England, sung by a choir of 4000 voices:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/index.html">http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>and</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/very_early.htm">http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/very_early.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Direct links audio files of the recordings:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/cylinder01.mp3">http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/cylinder01.mp3</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/cylinder02.mp3">http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/cylinder02.mp3</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/cylinder03.mp3">http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/cylinder03.mp3</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.webrarian.co.uk/crystalpalace/index.html"></a><a href="http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/audio/EDIS-SRP-0154-17.mp3">http://www.nps.gov/archive/edis/edisonia/audio/EDIS-SRP-0154-17.mp3</a><br><div>
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