January 27, 2004
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viola McCoy, with the Kansas City Five | Memphis bound | Diamond Disc 9860-B | 1925 |
| Fiddlin' Powers and family | Sugar in the gourd | Diamond Disc 10623-B | 1925 |
| Armand Vecsey and his Hungarian orchestra | Danse des mirilitons | Diamond Disc 4391-C | 1916 |
| Edison Male Quartette | Moonlight on the lake | Gold Moulded cylinder 2238 | 1905 |
| Vernon Dalhart | The alcoholic blues | Diamond Disc 6577-A | 1919 |
| the Bonnie Laddies | The more we are together | Diamond Disc 11672-C | 1927 |
| Edison Symphony Orchestra | Smoky mokes - cake walk | Gold Moulded cylinder 712 | 1907 |
| Walter Kolomoku & William Smith | Waipio medley | Diamond Disc 4037-L | 1915 |
| Albert Spalding | Hungarian dances in G major and A major | Amberol cylinder 4M- 203 | 1909 |
| Marguerite Farrell | If you go, you'll come back, by and by | Diamond Disc 8876-A | 1923 |
| Joseph Samuels Music Masters | Spread yo' stuff - fox trot | Diamond Disc 7741-C | 1921 |
| Bert Harvey | I've waited so long | Diamond Disc 7877-B | 1921 |
| Harlan E. Knight and company | At the county fair | Diamond Disc 5019-A | 1919 |
| Ray Perkins | Blue Danube blues and Ka-lu-a - from "Good morning dearie" | Diamond Disc 8364-A | 1922 |
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