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.
| Artist |
Track |
Album |
Year |
|
Peerless Orchestra
|
Ma rag time baby
|
Gold Moulded cylinder 700
|
1903
|
|
Ford's Hawaiians
|
Kohala march
|
Diamond Disc 5097-C
|
1916
|
|
Vess L. Ossman
|
Darkies patrol
|
Concert cylinder B-46
|
1898
|
|
Roy Smeck - ukulele ; Henri Klickmann - piano
|
12th Street rag
|
Needle Type disc N-138
|
1928
|
|
Roy Smeck - octachorda ; Carson Robison - guitar
|
Twilight echoes
|
Needle Type disc N-136
|
1928
|
|
Roy Smeck - electric Hawaiian guitar ; John Goodman - guitar
|
Third man theme
|
live at ENHS
|
1977
|
|
Roy Smeck - electric Hawaiian guitar ; John Goodman - guitar
|
I want my momma
|
live at ENHS
|
1977
|
|
Roy Smeck - ukulele
|
Tea for two
|
live at ENHS
|
1977
|
|
Roy Smeck - ukulele
|
I want to be happy
|
live at ENHS
|
1977
|
|
Roy Smeck - ukulele & harmonica
|
Ragtime medley
|
live at ENHS
|
1977
|
|
the Jazz-O-Harmonists
|
Darktown reveille- blues fox trot
|
Diamond Disc 9167-A
|
1923
|
|
Charles Harrison
|
Her bright smile haunts me still
|
Blue Amberol cylinder 1619
|
1913
|
|
Steve Porter & Byron G. Harlan
|
Hi & Cy of Jaytown
|
Blue Amberol cylinder 1523
|
1912
|
|
Orquesta Herrera
|
Apolo- danzon
|
Diamond Disc 5131-B
|
1916
|
|
Premier Quartet
|
Down in dear old New Orleans
|
Blue Amberol cylinder 1645
|
1913
|