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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 |
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Vess L. Ossman - banjo
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Whistling Rufus
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Brown wax cylinder 7115 - National Phono. Co.
|
1899
|
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Clarence Ferguson
|
Talk on early recording studios
|
Interview by Fred Harrington
|
1969
|
|
Edward M. Favor
|
Conversations
|
Amberol cylinder 4M-368
|
1910
|
|
Milford Fargo
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Walter Scanlan's description of recording with Ada Jones
|
ENHS program - "Recording techniques"
|
1975
|
|
Ada Jones & Billy Murray
|
Lily of the valley
|
Diamond Disc 5758-C
|
1917
|
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Torcom Bezazian - vocal, Edna White - trumpet
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Duna
|
Diamond Disc 7991-C
|
1921
|
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Edna White
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"The Caruso technique" & recording "The debutante"
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ENHS program - "Recording techniques"
|
1975
|
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Edna White - trumpet
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The debutante - caprice brillante
|
Diamond Disc 7682-A
|
1921
|
|
Sam Herman
|
Talk on acoustical recording studio methods
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Interview by Peter Dilg & Lew Green Jr.
|
1993
|
|
Congo Four, Sam Herman - xylophone
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Words - fox trot
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Diamond Disc 9673-B
|
1924
|
|
Sam Herman
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Talk on first experience making records at Cleartone
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Interview by Peter Dilg & Lew Green Jr.
|
1993
|
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Empire Vaudeville Co.
|
Down at Finnegan's jamboree
|
Diamond Disc 6730-C
|
1921
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