Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from November 28, 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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| Golden Gate Orchestra |
Glad rag doll - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 18966-B | 1929 |
| MacDowell Sisters |
One, two, three, four
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Diamond Disc 9513-B | 1924 |
| Andre Benoist - piano |
Old folks at home
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Amberol cylinder 4M-1006 | 1912 |
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| Bob Roberts |
Everybody works but father
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Gold Moulded cylinder 9100 | 1905 |
| Edison Military Band |
Everybody works but father medley
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Gold Moulded cylinder 9145 | 1905 |
| Bob Roberts |
Uncle quit work too
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Gold Moulded cylinder 9251 | 1906 |
| Len Spencer, Billy Murray, and the Edison Minstrels |
At the minstrel show - No. 5
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Gold Moulded cylinder 9279 | 1906 |
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| Fred J. Bacon - banjo |
Medley of Scotch airs
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Diamond Disc 5110-A | 1921 |
| Ada Jones and Billy Murray |
When Priscilla tries to reach high C
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Diamond Disc 4745-A | 1916 |
| Clyde Doerr and his orchestra |
Here am I broken hearted - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 11776-B | 1927 |
| Will Oakland and chorus |
Say au revoir, but not good-bye
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Amberol cylinder 4M-1022 | 1912 |
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| Carl Flesch - violin |
Nocturne - Op. 9, #2
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Diamond Disc 2945-A | 1915 |
| James F. Harrison and mixed chorus |
My old town - from "Around the world"
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Amberol cylinder 4M-881 | 1912 |
| Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra |
Jabberwocky - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 7858-C | 1921 |
| Mike Landau and his Oakland Terrace Orchestra, Walter Scanlan - vocal |
Deep night - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 19072-B | 1929 |
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