Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from October 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Gorman and his orchestra |
The Sphinx - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 11376-C | 1927 |
| Will F. Denny |
Sweet Marie
|
Brown wax cylinder - North American Phono. Co. | c. 1893-1894 |
| Huston Ray - piano |
Concert fantasie
|
Diamond Disc 8532-B | 1923 |
| Dennis Sisters |
Send back my honeyman
|
Diamond Disc 8652-A | 1923 |
| Clarence Williams & his Blue Moaners, Eva Taylor - vocal |
Moanin' low
|
Diamond Disc 19338-A | 1929 |
| Edison Military Band |
The gondolier
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8624 | 1904 |
| Maria Duchene |
Stride la vampa - from "Il trovatore"
|
Diamond Disc 2683-B | 1914 |
| Vess L. Ossman - banjo |
The colored major march
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8654 | 1904 |
| Will Oakland |
Wait till the clouds roll by
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-710 | 1911 |
| Steve Porter & Ernest Hare |
The Arkansas traveler
|
Diamond Disc 8261-C | 1923 |
| Carl Flesch - violin |
Gypsy dance
|
Diamond Disc 2944-B | 1914 |
| Ada Jones & Billy Murray |
What makes the world go round
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 10330 | 1910 |
| Ernie Golden & his Hotel McAlpin Orchestra |
Oriental moonlight - a fox trot romance
|
Diamond Disc 11478-B | 1927 |
| Arthur C. Clough |
Don't wake me up, I am dreaming
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-696 | 1911 |
| Tom Timothy & his Frivolity Club Orchestra, Theo Alban - vocal |
My pet - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 18485-B | 1928 |
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