February 8, 2005
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernest V. Stoneman | Bad companions | Diamond Disc 11053-A | 1926 |
| Edison Concert Band | On tiptoe | Gold Moulded cylinder 8783 | 1904 |
| May Kelso | Because | Brown wax cylinder 7176 - National Phono. Co. | 1899 |
| Jazz-o-harmonists | I'm goin' south - fox trot | Diamond Disc 9360-B | 1924 |
| Lopez & Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra | Patches - fox trot | Diamond Disc 7143-C | 1920 |
| Ponce Sisters (Ethel & Dorothea) | In the evening | Needle Type disc N-190-A | 1928 |
| A.L. Sweet - cornet | Concert polka | Brown wax cylinder 2405 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1897 - 1900 |
| Ada Jones & Billy Murray | I don't believe you | Amberol cylinder 4M-678 | 1911 |
| Henri Gendron & his Strand Roof Orchestra, Bud Kennedy - vocal | No one - fox trot | Diamond Disc 10273-C | 1925 |
| J. Harold Murray, the Homestead Trio | Faded love letters (of mine) | Diamond Disc 8673-A | 1923 |
| Carl Seville & Jack Derr | Ka maia o ka moali - medley march | Diamond Disc 9454-C | 1926 |
| Harry MacDonough & John H. Bieling | Bye and bye you will forget me | Gold Moulded cylinder 8817 | 1904 |
| Jimson Brothers (Frank Luther & Carson Robison) | Goin' back to Texas | Needle Type disc N-935-B | 1929 |
| Phil Baker's Bad Boys | How can you look so good (and be so dog-gone bad) | Diamond Disc 10652-B | 1926 |
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