September 18, 2007
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murry K. Hill | The honest hold-up man and Billy Beans | Blue Amberol cylinder 2166 (.8) | 1914 |
| Phil Napoleon and his orchestra | Moon of Japan | Diamond Disc 18027-B-1-2 | 1927 |
| Ernest V. Stoneman and his Dixie Mountaineers | The old maid and the burglar | Needle Type disc N-219-A-1-1 | 1928 |
| Alabama Troubadours | Original minstrel first part | Brown wax cylinder - United States Phonograph Co. | c. late 1890s |
| Peerless Orchestra | The man behind the gun march | Brown wax cylinder 7422 - National Phonograph Co. | 1900 |
| Anna Chandler | In the land of harmony | Amberol cylinder 4M-741 (A- ..2) | 1911 |
| Oreste Migliaccio - piano | The little white house (at the end of Honeymoon Lane) - from "Honeymoon Lane" | Diamond Disc 11392-C-1-7 | 1927 |
| Trio Instrumental Arriaga | Jessey - polca | Blue Amberol cylinder 22028 (.5) | 1913 |
| Edward Meeker | I think I oughtn't ought to any more | Gold Moulded cylinder 9638 (5 ..) | 1907 |
| Steve Porter and Byron G. Harlan | Congressman Filkin's home-cooking | Amberol cylinder 4M-677 (A- ..5) | 1911 |
| Atlantic Dance Orchestra (Louis Katzman orchestra) | Uno - fox trot | Diamond Disc 8926-B-1-1 | 1923 |
| Polk Miller and the Old South Quartet | The bonnie blue flag | Blue Amberol cylinder 2175 (.1) | 1914 |
| Vaughn De Leath - vocal, Muriel Pollock - piano | What'll you do? | Diamond Disc 18078-B-1-4 | 1928 |
| B.A. Rolfe and his Palais D'or Orchestra | Rocky mountain blues - fox trot | Diamond Disc 11725-C-2-1 | 1927 |
Thu. 9/20/07 6:30pm
From:
Brian
While I was sad to hear that you had to discontinue the Attic, I wanted you to know that a regular listener from Seattle will miss it! Many thanks for programming this over the last few years and all the best in the future.
Fri. 9/21/07 2:29am
From:
Norman
I am also very sorry to hear that you are going to end your regular program. I always appreciated the huge variety from brown wax tunes to late 1920s jazz. The specials were always interesting and helped me a lot to increase my Edison education. I will definitely miss your program!
Fri. 9/21/07 7:53pm
From:
ian l miller / scotland
truly sorry to hear the news, your show is/was the best all music prog. on the internet my thanks and good wishes to you and all those concerned
Sat. 9/22/07 2:16pm
From:
Bill
I'll really miss your show ... especially the "specials". The Paragon Ragtime Orchestra recording session was a classic! Glad it will be up on the archives. All good wishes.
Sun. 9/23/07 2:01am
From:
Mitch
PLEASE DON'T GO. The attic is one of the high points of my week! Can you go to once a month?
Tue. 9/25/07 12:12pm
From:
Richard Densmore
Hi Jerry,
I too am saddened that you are ending your show. It had a tremendous variety of recordings we could hear nowhere else. Best of luck with future ventures!
Wed. 9/26/07 2:15pm
From:
Jim Warner
Jerry, I echo all the comments above. Your show is/was a one-of-a-kind adventure. Thank you for sharing all those wonderful moments of recorded history that none of us would ever hear if you hadn't played them on your program. Also, thanks for the outstanding quality of the transfers. I also wish to salute WFMU for their obvious support, and for archiving all the past programs. I appreciate the fact that they will continue to be available. (I've been listening through them, and have only a small group of 2005 to go!) Best of luck in the future, and hopefully, you will be in a position to do a program again someday.
Wed. 9/26/07 5:34pm
From:
Jeff Wood
I must concur with all of the above comments. You have performed a real public service making this mostly unavailable material available to everyone! I've certainly learned a lot, and I've been collecting for years. Thanks so much!
Thu. 9/27/07 11:58am
From:
Chris Zwarg
I hope that WFMU will at least find time to re-run the earlier part (2003 to 2005) of the series that was not podcasted as high-quality MP3s at the time. The RealAudio archives sound pretty dismal....
Wed. 10/3/07 11:28am
From:
Jonas Liljestrom, Sweden
DON'T YOU DARE, young man!!!! I only just discovered your podcast, and it's one of the best and most interesting I've ever listened to.
Sat. 10/6/07 5:53pm
From:
Dave (Swindon - UK)
Many thanks for so many interesting programmes over the years Jerry. There were many real 'gems' to hear (and I don't mean the phonograph!}. Perhaps when the 'Old Codger' has to have a new battery fitted to his pacemaker- or spring to his 'gramophone' ; we could have a guest appearence from you . . . . ?
Sat. 11/24/07 4:30pm
From:
Dave
Come on guys. You gotta be kidding. You can't kill The Attic. It is terrific stuff. Dave - SouthWest UK
Sun. 2/17/08 5:12pm
From:
Ismael Vega (Mexico City,Mexico)
Mr. DJ Jerry
I'm deeply sorry about the T.E.A. sudden end, it's very sad indeed, although i discovered your program last Novermber, I can't believe the fact that you were on air during 4 years with a radio programm that played phonographic records.
As a mexican, I loved the 3 or 4 "mexican foreing recordings" you presented in this program. By the way, i found information about the Trio Arriaga some days ago in the internet :
"The Trio Instrumental Arriaga was a very popular musical ensamble (originally a duet) created by mandolin player Joaquin J. Arriaga, and guitarist Octaviano Yanez, which sucess lead them to record some ballroom pieces in the early 1900's for the Edison Phonographic Company in blue amberol cylinders, most of the pieces were writen by mexican composer Carlos Curti.
After this brief message I must say good bye and I hope that, very soon, T.E.A. will return or will be replace by another or even better program of the same style.
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