Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from April 18, 2006
Thomas Edison's Attic:
Playlist
from April 18, 2006
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Happy Boys (Nathan Glantz orchestra) |
Hong Kong dream girl - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 10396-C | 1925 |
| Edison Male Quartette |
Sing me the songs of Dixieland
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9096 | 1905 |
| 71st Regiment Band |
Just as the sun went down
|
Brown wax cylinder 160 - National Phonograph Co. | c. 1898 |
| Three Melody Girls, T.B. Kerr - piano |
Sorry for me
|
Diamond Disc 18588-A | 1928 |
| Earl Oliver's Jazz Babies, Tom Howard - vocal |
The village blacksmith owns the village now - fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 10829-C | 1926 |
| William H. Thompson |
Marguerite
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-760 | 1911 |
| Edison Military Band |
The whistler and his dog
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 9107 | 1905 |
| Rhoda Bernard |
I'm looking for Antone
|
Diamond Disc 4182-C | 1916 |
| Charles D'Almaine - violin |
Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana"
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 6703 | c. 1906 |
| Antonio Vargas |
Cancion de amor - from "Boccacio"
|
Brown wax cylinder 12150 - National Phonograph Co. | c. 1900 |
| MacDowell Sisters |
If you don't want me, stop doggin' me 'round
|
Diamond Disc 9559-C | 1924 |
| Ray Perkins - piano |
Parade of the wooden soldiers - characteristic fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 8737-C | 1923 |
| Frankie Marvin - vocal, guitar ; Murray Kellner - fiddle |
Oklahoma blues - no. 1
|
Diamond Disc 19143-B | 1929 |
| American Symphony Orchestra, Cesare Sodero - conductor |
Morning, noon, and night in Vienna
|
Diamond Disc 4272-C | 1915 |
| Jaudas' Society Orchestra, N. Sisty - banjo |
Go get 'em - one step
|
Diamond Disc 5133-C | 1917 |
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