Edison the Guy

[LARSSON at vax1.mankato.msus.edu]

part of recent post:
" . . . I've been thinking recently on the ramifications of recorded        
history, specifically  about music and how incredible it is that the
catalog of recorded music available today can all be traced back to a
specific time and place (Thomas Edison singing "Mary had a Little Lamb" in
New Jersey late 1800's being one of if not *the* first recorded song) . . . "

Just to be pedantic, I believe that Edison actually *spoke* the verse in
question.  What *was* the first recorded song, then, anyway?


Interesting point about Pynchon's dating his cultural references, films esp.

Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)