Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from October 31, 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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| Premier Quartette |
The skeleton rag
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Gold Moulded cylinder 10575 | 1912 |
| Phil Napoleon and his orchestra |
The cat (a spooky novelty!) - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 11540-C | 1927 |
| Helen Gross - vocal, the Kansas City Five |
Undertakers blues
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Diamond Disc 9813-A | 1924 |
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| Len Spencer |
The transformation scene - from "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
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Gold Moulded cylinder 8879 | 1904 |
| Al Campbell and Jack Kaufman, Jack Glogau - piano |
Why did Dr. Jekyl hide?
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Diamond Disc 11493-C | 1927 |
| American Symphony Orchestra |
Hallowe'en dance
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Gold Moulded cylinder 10132 | 1909 |
| Ernest V. Stoneman and his Dixie Mountaineers |
Down on the banks of the Ohio
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Diamond Disc 18443-A | 1928 |
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| Kristin Herron |
Grace MacDowell letter to Mina Miller Edison, October 20, 1931
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| Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan |
The ragtime goblin man
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Amberol cylinder 4M-1071 | 1912 |
| Vasa Prihoda - violin, Otto Eisen - piano |
Witch's dance
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Diamond Disc 8417-A | 1924 |
| George Wilton Ballard |
Witches
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Diamond Disc 6805-C | 1919 |
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| [unknown] |
The mad ravings of John McCullough
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Brown wax cylinder - unknown company | c. 1900 |
| Vernon Dalhart - vocal, Carson Robison - guitar |
The hanging of Charles Birger
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Diamond Disc 18561-A | 1928 |
| Premier Quartet |
That syncopated boogie-boo
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Blue Amberol cylinder 1646 | 1913 |
| Don Voorhees and his Earl Carroll's "Vanities" Orchestra, Vaughn De Leath - vocal |
Dancing the devil away - fox trot from "Lucky"
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Diamond Disc 11640-C | 1927 |
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