February 22, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Byron G. Harlan & A.D. Madeira | My old New Hampshire home | Brown wax cylinder 7383 - National Phono. Co. | 1899 |
| Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra (Bal Tabarin Orchestra) | Yellow dog blues - fox trot | Diamond Disc 7103-C | 1920 |
| Edison Concert Band | Rienzi overture | Gold Moulded cylinder 9002 | 1905 |
| Vaughn De Leath - vocal, Muriel Pollock - piano | I've got a feeling I'm falling | Diamond Disc 19161-B | 1929 |
| Johnny Marvin - vocal, ukulele ; Andy Sannella - clarinet | Ain't she sweet? | Diamond Disc 11626-A | 1927 |
| Ruby Brooks - banjo | Coon song medley | Brown wax cylinder 2638 - National Phono. Co. | c. 1897 - 1899 |
| Maurice Burkhart | At the moving picture ball | Diamond Disc 7281-B | 1920 |
| New York Military Band | Temptation rag | Amberol cylinder 4M-539 | 1910 |
| Five Harmoniacs | Rippin' it off - blues fox trot | Diamond Disc 11368-A | 1927 |
| Allen Sisson - fiddle, John F. Burckhardt - piano | Farewell Ducktown - reel | Diamond Disc 10229-C | 1925 |
| Gladys Rice | As we part | Diamond Disc 5368-B | 1917 |
| Billy Murray | Somebody else | Amberol cylinder 4M-611 | 1911 |
| Kathleen Parlow - violin, Raymond Bauman - piano | Hungarian dance no. 8 | Needle Type disc N-231-A | 1928 |
| Broadway Dance Orchestra | Old fashioned love - fox trot from "Runnin' wild" | Diamond Disc 9362-A | 1924 |
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