[78-L] Oldest living person to have made a 78?

[David Lennick]

Some of us think 1800 is still the 18th century. That debate never ends (there 
was no year "0").

Semantics aside, I did say "oldest living person to have made a 78?" and I see 
no reason to change that, unless "oldest person currently living to have 
recorded on a 78?" is preferable.

dl

On 1/2/2015 1:53 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>
> Earliest born person to record was probably Prussian military Helmuth
> Karl Bernhrad von Moltke whose voice 78 list members Stefan Puille and
> Patrick Feaster discovered on a cylinder a few years ago.
> Here's an article about ir; the headlines boast of people born in the
> 18th century, but Moltke, in fact, was born in 1800.
> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/01/edisons-files-reveal-the-only-known-voice-recording-of-someone-born-in-the-18th-century/252283/
> Kristjan
>
>
>
> On 2015-01-02 18:17, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
>>
>> The researcher Helen Roberts recorded a female chanter on the island of
>> Kauai who was almost 100 years old in 1928. That would make her birthday
>> around 1830 and so probably the oldest known person to record. However,
>> Roberts used an Edison cylinder recorder, which puts the artist out of
>> the running for a disc 78.
>> Without major diggage locating her name is problematic, but I will do so
>> if there's any interest.
>> Malcolm
>>
>> *******
>>
>> On 1/2/2015 6:57 AM, gdkimball at cox.net.invalid wrote:
>>> I assume that it was only in retrospect that it became iconic. There had been many southern field sessions by 1927, so it wasn't a big deal at the time. Stoneman and some of the other participants had aleady made plenty of records. Atlanta might have a better claim as the "Birthplace of County Music" in terms of timing and volume of recordings.
>>>
>>> Gregg
>>>
>>>
>>> ---- Rodger Holtin iPod<rjh334578 at gmail.com.invalid>  wrote:
>>>> That has been my thought, too.
>>>>
>>>> I am really impressed withthe writer.  No references to "vinyl" or
>>>> "RCA" but did use "Orthophonic"!
>>>>
>>>> I have that record and often wondered about who all participated.
>>>> There are a lot of churches in this part of the world - the American
>>>> south - (I am in west Tennessee) that still sing just exactly like that.
>>>>
>>>> And now my question
>>>> The story references Johnny Cash's acknowledgement of the Bristol
>>>> sessions.  I know it got some publicity when it was current news but I
>>>> have to wonder at what point was it known by scholars?  When was this
>>>> known by the music fraternity?  Cash, of course, married into the
>>>> family but was he or anybody else really aware of its significance
>>>> prior to the Country Music Hall of Fame that really brought it to the
>>>> fore?  Surely they wee just old records for a long time.
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPod - which explainz any bad typjng
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 2, 2015, at 7:06 AM, Kristjan Saag<saag at telia.com.invalid>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I always thought there might turn up an acoustic recording with
>>>>> childrens' voices, and some of the participants still alive. This was
>>>>> pretty close.
>>>>> Kristjan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2015-01-02 06:37, David Lennick wrote:
>>>>>> http://www.tricities.com/article_0d690b26-3385-11e4-8cbe-001a4bcf6878.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> dl
>>>>>> ______