Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from April 20, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sallie Stembler |
Everything's funny to me
|
Diamond Disc 6290-A | 1918 |
| Murray Kellner - fiddle, Will Donaldson - piano |
Fiddlin' the fiddle
|
Diamond Disc 18018-A | 1927 |
| Edison Minstrels |
Minstrel potpourri
|
Concert cylinder B-204 | 1899 |
| Conway's Band |
By the Swanee River
|
Diamond Disc 7307-G | 1920 |
| Alfred A. Farland - banjo |
Carnival of Venice - transcription
|
Diamond Disc 5652-A | 1920 |
| Edison Male Quartette |
Old black Joe
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8823 | 1904 |
| John J. Kimmel - melodeon, Joe Linder - piano |
Oh gee! - medley of Irish reels
|
Diamond Disc 7116-A | 1922 |
| R. Festyn Davies |
Non e ver ('Tis not true)
|
Blue Amberol cylinder 1628 | 1913 |
| Rosa Henderson & the Kansas City Five |
Undertaker's blues
|
Diamond Disc 9861-C | 1925 |
| Posey Rorer & his North Carolina Ramblers |
Beautiful beckoning hands
|
Diamond Disc 18750-A | 1928 |
| Salesmen of the Pardee-Ellenberger Company |
Prize winners of the Edison sales contest of New England
|
Diamond Disc 8257-A (special pressing) | 1921 |
| Irving Kaufman |
My fox trot wedding day - from "Hip-Hip Hooray"
|
Diamond Disc 4221-B | 1916 |
| Kaplan's Melodists |
Keep off my shoes - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 8874-A | 1923 |
| Ward Barton |
I'm dreaming of you
|
Diamond Disc 4229-A | 1920 |
with Thomas Edison (center) outside the West Orange laboratory, c. October 18, 1921.
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