May 17, 2005
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Napoleon and his orchestra | Tiger rag - hot stomp | Diamond Disc 11395-C | 1927 |
| Cal Stewart | Uncle Josh rides on a 'bus on Fifth Ave., New York - funny talk | Brown wax cylinder 3883 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1898 |
| New York Military Band | Red pepper rag | Amberol cylinder 4M-665 | 1911 |
| Eva Taylor - vocal, Clarence Williams - piano | Have you ever felt that way? | Needle Type disc N-1049-C | 1929 |
| J. Donald Parker - vocal, Will Donaldson - piano | Sweet Sue, just you | Diamond Disc 18595-A | 1928 |
| Joseph Samuels - fiddle, Larry Briers - piano | Miss Johnson's party medley | Diamond Disc 7474-C | 1922 |
| Florence Brady | Oh! How he lied to me | Diamond Disc 9115-A | 1923 |
| George P. Watson - yodeler | Doctor Eisenbein | Gold Moulded cylinder 4032 | 1905 |
| May Meyer - piano | Murmuring zephyrs | Diamond Disc Exp 904 | 1927 |
| Rudy Wiedoeft | Valse vanite | Diamond Disc 9455-B | 1924 |
| Ernest V. Stoneman | Bury me beneath the weeping willow tree | Diamond Disc 11064-C | 1927 |
| William H. Thompson | Love dreams | Amberol cylinder 4M-581 | 1911 |
| Nat Martin and his orchestra | Down in "wah-wah town" - fox trot | Diamond Disc 9821-B | 1924 |
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