Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from July 26, 2005
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fiddlin' Powers and family |
Old Joe Clark
|
Diamond Disc 10612-B | 1926 |
| Byron G. Harlan & Frank C. Stanley |
Dixie
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8784 | 1904 |
| Maria Roggero - soprano |
Ebben? Ne andro lontana - from "La Wally"
|
Master wax cylinder | 1912 |
| Joe Candullo & his Everglades Orchestra |
Measly blues
|
Diamond Disc 11178-C | 1926 |
| Ada Jones & Billy Murray |
Mysterious moon
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-1134 | 1912 |
| Vasa Prihoda - violin, Asta Doubravska - piano |
Caprice Viennois (Op. 2)
|
Diamond Disc 7821-A | 1921 |
| Three Wainwright Sisters, Arthur Johnston - piano |
Got no time
|
Diamond Disc 10421-C | 1925 |
| [unnamed orchestra] |
The mosquito parade
|
Brown wax cylinder | c. 1899 |
| Harry Anthony & James F. Harrison |
All aboard for Blanket Bay
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-676 | 1911 |
| Irving Kaufman - vocal, George Hamilton Green - xylophone |
I found the end of the rainbow
|
Diamond Disc 6552-C | 1922 |
| Edward Clark |
The "knocker"
|
Diamond Disc 8306-A | 1922 |
| Ray Perkins - piano |
Make believe medley
|
Diamond Disc 7985-B | 1921 |
| Al Sweet |
Bugle calls no. 2
|
Brown wax cylinder - United States Phono. Co. | c. 1898 |
| Atlantic Dance Orchestra, Louis Katzman - leader |
Limehouse blues - fox trot from "Charlot's revue of 1924"
|
Diamond Disc 9378-B | 1924 |
| Fred Van Eps - banjo, John F. Burckhardt - piano |
Lonesome mama blues
|
Diamond Disc 8618-A | 1923 |
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