Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from January 13, 2004
The audio curator at Edison National Historic Site rummages through the archives of the legendary Edison Laboratory of West Orange, New Jersey. Tune in for Edison cylinder and disc record rarities, many not heard since "the old man" himself stashed them away, featuring: Tin Pan Alley pop songs, ragtime, vaudeville comedy sketches, flapper dance bands, old-time country tunes, historic classical music, laboratory experiments and other artifacts - all dating from 1888 through 1929.
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| Artist | Track | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Sizzlers |
Diga diga doo - from "Blackbirds of 1928"
|
Diamond Disc 18903-A | 1929 |
| Charles D'Almaine |
Raff's cavatina
|
Concert cylinder 7633 | 1900 |
| Bud Thompson (James Doherty) |
Rock all our babies to sleep
|
Diamond Disc 10658-C | 1926 |
| Polla's Clover Gardens Orchestra ; Will Provost - vocal |
Travelling blues (an indigo wail) - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 9886-B | 1925 |
| Noble Sissle & Eubie Blake |
Broken busted blues
|
Diamond Disc 10407-B | 1925 |
| Les Paul |
Introduction of Eubie Blake
|
ENHS phonograph 100th anniversary celebration | 1977 |
| Eubie Blake |
Charleston rag
|
ENHS phonograph 100th anniversary celebration | 1977 |
| Eubie Blake |
Memories of you
|
ENHS phonograph 100th anniversary celebration | 1977 |
| Peerless Quartet |
A call to arms
|
Diamond Disc 3459-C | 1915 |
| Frederick Gunster |
Where is my wandering boy tonight?
|
Amberol cylinder 4M- 167 | 1909 |
| Edison Military Band |
Anvil chorus
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 504 | 1904 |
| Sally Collins (Gladys Rice) |
What you was you used to be (but you ain't no more)
|
Diamond Disc 9060-A | 1923 |
| Rudy Wiedoeft |
Saxophone fantasie
|
Diamond Disc 7392-C | 1921 |
at the 100th anniversary celebration of the invention of the phonograph,
at Glenmont, Thomas Edison's home in Llewellyn Park, West Orange, New Jersey.
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