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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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December 2, 2003
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Artist | Track | Album | Year |
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Edison Concert Band | Bridal march - from "Lohengrin" | Gold Moulded cylinder 14 | 1908 |
Billy Murray | Here comes the groom - from "Betty" | Diamond Disc 5083-A | 1916 |
M.J. O'Connell | I'd feel at home if they'd let me join in the Army | Diamond Disc 5766-C | 1917 |
Red & Miff's Stompers | Black bottom stomp- fox trot | Diamond Disc 11292-B | 1926 |
Victor Herbert and his orchestra | The dream melody intermezzo - from "Naughty Marietta" | Amberol cylinder 4M- 683 | 1911 |
Florence Brady | How come you do me like you do? | Diamond Disc 9662-B | 1924 |
Len Spencer and Gilbert Girard | Old dog Sport | Gold Moulded cylinder 9715 | 1907 |
Ernest V. Stoneman and the Dixie Mountaineers | Tell mother I will meet her | Diamond Disc 11482-A | 1927 |
Georgia Melodians | Doo wacka doo (a "wow-wow") - fox trot | Diamond Disc 9783-B | 1924 |
Manuel Romain | When darling Bess first whispered yes | Gold Moulded cylinder 10012 | 1908 |
George L. Thompson | Hey! wop | Diamond Disc 3679-C | 1915 |
Guido Ciccolini | Funiculi - funicula | Diamond Disc 6619-B | 1920 |
Frankie Marvin | In the jailhouse now | Diamond Disc 18812-B | 1928 |
Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | Railroad blues - fox trot | Diamond Disc 7496-C | 1921 |