audio EDIS-SRP-0155-14 sound 2004-06-21 11:59:22 Arthur Sullivan 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." http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 1888-00-00 00:00:00 78rpm unemployedprogr@yahoo.com 2004-06-20 12:54:50 leecherzs 0 1:34 National Park service 1 Oldtime 6232 2005-12-07 00:00:30 unix:etree