Thomas Edison's Attic:
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from August 23, 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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August 23, 2005
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| Artist | Track | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Victorin's Orchestra |
Louisville Lou - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 9021-C | 1923 |
| S. H. Dudley |
For I want to be a soldier
|
Brown wax cylinder 2006 - Consolidated Phono. Co. | c. 1898 |
| Karel Bondam - piano |
The spinning song
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-707 | 1911 |
| Vaughn De Leath - vocal, Muriel Pollock - piano, Roy Smeck - guitar |
I'd fall in love with me (if I were you)
|
Diamond Disc 19250-A | 1929 |
| Frank Kennedy |
Schultz views on fire insurance
|
Brown wax cylinder 3839 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1898 |
| The Blue Ridge Duo (George Reneau - guitar & harmonica , Gene Austin - calls) |
Turkey in the straw - breakdown
|
Diamond Disc 9729-B | 1925 |
| Al Bernard |
Strut Miss Lizzie
|
Diamond Disc 7735-B | 1921 |
| Edison Military Band |
Target practice march
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9249 | 1906 |
| Ada Jones & Billy Murray |
There's something about you, dear, that appeals to me - from "The paradise of Mahomet"
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-695 | 1911 |
| Fred J. Bacon - banjo |
Massa's in de cold, cold ground - transcription
|
Diamond Disc 4330-C | 1916 |
| Vernon Dalhart - vocal, Adelyne Hood - fiddle, John Cali - banjo |
Ain't gonna grieve my mind
|
Diamond Disc 19153-B | 1929 |
| Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's "Vanities" Orchestra, Harold Yates - vocal |
Muddy water (a Mississippi moan) - slow drag
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Diamond Disc 11443-B | 1927 |
| Knickerbocker Quartette |
The bridge
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-708 | 1911 |
| Guido Gialdini - whistling |
Birds of the forest
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-701 | 1911 |
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