Archive On 4 - The First Aandamp;r Man

Shortened repeat from Saturday at 8pm

'Paul Gambaccini looks through EMI's Hayes archive, which contains some of the world's first recorded music, to uncover the story of Fred Gaisberg. Gaisberg set up the UK's first record studio and was the first person to capture Caruso's voice. The music collector amassed hundreds of examples of indigenous music, including the court music of the Chinese and Japanese emperors, and the last ever castrato. Producers Danny Eccleston and Emily Palmer'

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