Alexander Graham Bell recordings played from 1880s
 

http://news.yahoo.com/alexander-grah...210138693.html

http://www.si.edu/

Personally, I think this kind of stuff is awesome. Also, it would be too cool to sample:

"barometer... barometer... " and the beat drops

I like this stuff too. But it seems sometimes that Americans have hijacked Bells legacy. He was Canadian too.

yeah, we tend to do that. three cheers for canadian-american seminal audio technology inventors!

I prefer the earlier stuff, before he sold out

Thats fine, I can understand that. But I did once have a conversation with someone who insisted that pizza was an American idea. I was aghast.

Well, the way we know it, pizza is very american.

It's different in Italy, you have to pay like $70 for a tiny ass pizza in some snobby joint to get an authentic pizza.

Also, Italians did their fair share of stealing from the chinese.

every great artist/food artist steals right?

I have to know you more before I can comment DDD