Thomas Edison's Attic:
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from June 17, 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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June 17, 2003: Theodore Edison's turntable speed measurement device
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| Artist | Track | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charles P. Lowe - xylophone |
Dinah polka
|
Concert cylinder B-473 | 1900 |
| Pete Murray |
On the 5:15
|
Diamond Disc 3591-A | 1915 |
| Metropolitan Quartette |
My hula hula love
|
Blue Amberol cylinder 1542 | 1912 |
| National Promenade Band |
The international rag medley - turkey trot
|
Diamond Disc 2590-B | 1914 |
| Lopez & Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra |
Bluin' the blues - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 7099-A | 1920 |
| Golden Gate Orchestra (California Ramblers) |
Charleston - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 10292-B | 1925 |
| Theodore Edison |
Turntable speed device story
|
ENHS oral history tape reel no. 29 (excerpt) | 1970 |
| Kathleen Parlow - violin ; George Falkenstein - piano |
Nocturne in E flat - Chopin Op. 9, #2
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-28033 | 1912 |
| Aileen Stanley |
She walks in her husband's sleep
|
Diamond Disc 7685-A | 1921 |
| Fiddlin' Powers and family |
Cluck old hen
|
Diamond Disc 10620-B | 1925 |
| Edison Vaudeville Company |
Three rubes seeing New York - street scene
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9707 | 1907 |
| Fred Duprez |
Desperate Desmond
|
Diamond Disc 3720-A | 1915 |
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