March 21, 2006
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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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March 21, 2006
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| Artist | Track | Album | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid-Pacific Hawaiians, William Kalama - bandleader | Na pua eha (The four flowers) | Diamond Disc 18233-C | 1928 |
| 71st Regiment Band | Selections from "Il trovatore" | Brown wax cylinder 76 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1900 |
| Three Abby Sisters | In Shadowland | Diamond Disc 10433-A | 1925 |
| Don Voorhees & his Earl Carroll's "Vanities" Orchestra, J. Donald Parker - vocal | The same old moon - fox trot from "Lucky" | Diamond Disc 11642-A | 1927 |
| Fred Van Epps - banjo | Darkies' dream & Darkies' awakening | Blue Amberol cylinder 1544 | 1912 |
| Sig. Carlos Francisco (Emilio De Gogorza) | Sal a tu ventana | Brown wax cylinder 12087 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1900 |
| George Hamilton Green - xylophone | Bolero in d major | Diamond Disc 11790-A | 1927 |
| The Homestead Trio (Gladys Rice, Amy Ellerman, Betsy Lane Shepherd) | Indiana | Diamond Disc 5406-B | 1917 |
| Harold Veo & his Arrowhead Inn Orchestra | Rhapsodie Russe - fox trot overture | Diamond Disc 11411-C | 1927 |
| Hann's Emperors of Song | My lord's gonna move this wicked race - Negro spiritual | Diamond Disc 10769-B | 1926 |
| Edison Symphony Orchestra | Felice | Gold Moulded cylinder 8596 | 1904 |
| J. J. Fisher | While the convent bells were ringing | Gold Moulded cylinder 8340 | 1903 |
| John J. Kimmel - melodeon, Joe Linder - piano | Connaught man - medley of jigs | Diamond Disc 6045-B | 1921 |
| Georgia Melodians | Charleston ball - fox trot | Diamond Disc 10773-A | 1926 |
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