Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from June 13, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Dance Orchestra (Louis Katzman - bandleader) |
Virginia's calling me - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 9664-B | 1924 |
| Osip Borisov |
Troika mtchitsia - Russian song
|
Brown wax cylinder 12070 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1900 |
| Frederick Kinsley - organ |
Song of the wanderer
|
Diamond Disc 18005-B | 1927 |
| Bert Harvey |
Take me to the land of jazz
|
Diamond Disc 6822-C | 1919 |
| All Star Trio (Geo. H. Green - xylophone, Wheeler Wadsworth - saxophone, Victor Arden - piano) |
Sensation jazz one-step
|
Diamond Disc 6544-C | 1919 |
| Ada Jones |
My word
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9114 | 1905 |
| Lucile Collette - piano |
Sous bois, op. 6
|
Diamond Disc 7264-B | 1921 |
| Edgar L. Davenport |
Lasca
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9087 | 1905 |
| Maria Luisa Escobar |
Cielito lindo
|
Diamond Disc 9582-C | 1924 |
| Hans Kronold - cello |
Traumerei
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9149 | 1905 |
| James Doherty |
I don't care what you used to be
|
Diamond Disc 9703-A | 1924 |
| Posey Rorer & the North Carolina Ramblers |
I'll meet my mother after all
|
Diamond Disc 18756-B | 1928 |
| National Promenade Band |
Officer of the day - two-step & The hurricane - two-step
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-671 | 1911 |
| Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers) |
Guess who? - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 19054-B | 1929 |
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