Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra (Bal Tabarin Orchestra) |
Dardanella - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 7107-C | 1920 |
| Edison Male Quartette |
The lost chord
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8352 | 1907 |
| Cal Stewart and Ada Jones |
Uncle Josh and Aunt Nancy put up the kitchen stove
|
Diamond Disc 6861-A | 1920 |
| The Jimson Brothers |
Waiting for a train
|
Needle Type disc N-872-A | 1929 |
| Shirley Spaulding - banjo, John F. Burckhardt - piano |
A footlight favorite
|
Diamond Disc 8594-C | 1923 |
| Edison Concert Band |
Nearer my God to thee
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8136 | 1908 |
| William H. Thompson |
You are the ideal of my dreams
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-534 | 1910 |
| Broadway Dance Orchestra |
Haunting blue - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 8516-A | 1922 |
| Harry Mayo & Harry Tally |
That lovin' rag
|
Diamond Disc 4188-B | 1915 |
| Aileen Stanley - vocal, Sodero's Orchestra |
On the Isle of Wicki Wacki Woo
|
Diamond Disc 9032-B | 1923 |
| Walter Kolomoku & William Smith |
Aloha oe waltz medley
|
Diamond Disc 4011-B | 1915 |
| Fernando Guaneri - vocal, John F. Burckhardt - piano |
Napule e Maria
|
Diamond Disc 9967-A | 1925 |
| Charles D'Almaine |
Then you'll remember me - from "The Bohemian girl"
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 7458 | 1908 |
| Phil Baker - vocal & accoridan |
Ann and her little sedan
|
Diamond Disc 10636-A | 1925 |
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