Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from May 20, 2003
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies |
Lulu Lou
|
Diamond Disc 10979-C | 1926 |
| Will F. Denny |
Vaudeville specialty (Ain't you my Lulu?)
|
Concert cylinder 7556 | 1900 |
| The Blue Ridge Duo (Gene Austin & George Reneau) |
Lonesome road blues
|
Diamond Disc 9727-B | 1924 |
| Tom Woottwell |
Interruptions
|
Amberol cylinder 4M- 12011 | 1908 |
| Hann's Emperors of Song |
What band is this?
|
Diamond Disc 10748-A | 1926 |
| Bohumir Kryl - cornet |
Arbucklenian polka
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 8327 | 1903 |
| Fred J. Bacon - 5-string banjo |
Medley of Southern airs
|
Diamond Disc 5109-A | 1916 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff - piano |
Polka de W.R.
|
Diamond Disc 6744-B | 1919 |
| Florence Brady |
Big hearted Bennie
|
Diamond Disc 9283-B | 1923 |
| Ada Jones and Steve Porter |
Backyard conversation between Mrs. Reilly and Mrs. Finnegan
|
Diamond Disc 6994-A | 1919 |
| Red & Miff's Stompers |
Hurricane
|
Diamond Disc 11291-A | 1926 |
| Karl Jorn |
E luceran le stelle - Tosca
|
Diamond Disc 3821-C | 1915 |
| Billy Murray and chorus, Fred Van Eps - banjo |
At the Mississippi cabaret
|
Diamond Disc 3381-C | 1914 |
| Mid-Pacific Hawaiians |
Manao healoha (Thoughts of love)
|
Needle Type disc N-199-A | 1928 |
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