Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from August 22, 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 |
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| Clarence Kohlmann - organ, W.T. Paulson - traps |
The storm - part 1
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Needle Type disc N-1116-B | 1929 |
| Clarence Kohlmann - organ, W.T. Paulson - traps |
The storm - part 2
|
Needle Type disc N-1117-B | 1929 |
| Vernon Dalhart - vocal, Adelyne Hood - fiddle, John Calli - guitar |
Alabama flood
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Diamond Disc 19127-A | 1929 |
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| Bud Lincoln and his orchestra |
Everybody stomp
|
Diamond Disc 10641-A | 1925 |
| Fiddlin' Powers and family |
Cripple Creek
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Diamond Disc 10616-A | 1926 |
| Edison Grand Concert Band |
Black America two-step
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Concert cylinder B-139 | c. 1899 |
| Ada Jones & Billy Murray |
When you're in town
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Amberol cylinder 4M-859 | 1911 |
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| Len Spencer & Alf Holt - animal imitations |
Barnyard serenade
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Gold Moulded cylinder 9191 | 1906 |
| Edison Concert Band |
Chan chan gavotte
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Diamond Disc 4237-B | 1915 |
| Lottie Gilson |
Can't you take it back and change it for a boy?
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Amberol cylinder 4M-890 | 1912 |
| Peerless Quartette |
Beyond the smiling and the weeping
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Amberol cylinder 4M-462 | 1910 |
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| Bohumir Kryl - cornet, John F. Burckhardt - piano |
Carnival of Venice - variations
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Diamond Disc 6098-A | 1922 |
| Dennis Sisters |
Stealing
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Diamond Disc 18897-A | 1928 |
| Bernie Stevens and his orchestra, Billy Murray - vocal |
Wipin' the pan - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 19116-B | 1929 |
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