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Arthur SullivanAfter dinner toast at Little Menlo (1888)

After dinner toast at Little Menlo
Spoken by: Arthur Sullivan, composer
Introduction by: Col. George Gouraud
Record format: Edison yellow paraffine cylinder
Recording date: October 5, 1888
Location: Little Menlo, London, England
ENHS object catalog number: E-2439-7
** Transcript of Arthur Sullivan's message to Edison upon introduction to the phonograph:
" . . . 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. But all the same, I think it is the most wonderful thing that I have ever experienced, and I congratulate you with all my heart on this wonderful discovery."


This audio is part of the collection: 78 RPMs & Cylinder Recordings

Artist/Composer: Arthur Sullivan
Date: 1888-00-00 00:00:00
Source: National Park service
Keywords: Oldtime

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Spuzz - - March 31, 2005
Subject: Edison hags!
Another person falls over himself to compliment how wonderful Mr Edison is. It's amusing to hear all these records to say how wonderful wonderful Edison and his adventure is. Which I guess it was ;) You can barely hear this man speaking though :(