Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from February 21, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jazz-o-harmonists (Louis Katzman Orchestra) |
Snakes hips (a jungle jazz) - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 8932-B | 1923 |
| Arthur Clifford |
Thy beaming eyes - from Op. 40 #3
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8318 | 1903 |
| [unknown band] |
Medley of popular airs
|
Brown wax cylinder - United States Phonograph Co. | c. 1895 - 1899 |
| Vaughn De Leath - vocal, Muriel Pollock - piano |
Nobody but baby
|
Diamond Disc 18650-A | 1928 |
| Will Oakland and chorus |
In the gloaming
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-320 | 1909 |
| Stella Mayhew |
Lead me to that beautiful band - from "The whirl of society"
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-1082 | 1912 |
| Guido Deiro - accordian |
Tesoro mio (My sweetheart) - waltz
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-743 | 1911 |
| Tom Woottwell |
Interruptions
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-12011 | c. 1909 |
| Knickerbocker Quartette |
When the corn is waving
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-658 | 1911 |
| Lenzberg's Riverside Orchestra |
Rose of Washington Square - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 7207-A | 1920 |
| Arthur Collins & Byron G. Harlan |
The man behind
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8650 | 1904 |
| Duke Yellman - piano |
Tenderly think of me
|
Diamond Disc 11659-C | 1927 |
| Al Bernard - vocal, Frank Ferera - guitar, Murray Kellner - fiddle, R. Elkins - harmonica |
On a slow train thru Arkansaw
|
Diamond Disc 10617-A | 1926 |
| Golden Gate Orchestra, Arthur Hall - vocal |
The flapper wife - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 10332-C | 1925 |
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