Wildlife Sounds On Records

Wildlife Sounds On Records Ludwig Koch made the first wildlife recording in 1889 of an Indian thrush called a shama, and continued recording into the 1940s. Bird records were in demand in the early days of the recording industry; the Victor 1917 catalog had 40 titles with bird sounds. The first commercial disc of wildlife sounds was issued by Beka (Berlin) ca. 1910, presenting material gathered by Koch. By 1968 there were 341 recordings tabulated by Jeffrey Boswall at the BBC, who estimated…