Playlist for Thomas Edison's Attic - February 7, 2006

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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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February 7, 2006: "Vernon Dalhart: from opera to country recordings" by Jack Palmer

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Jack Palmer's new book:
"Vernon Dalhart - first star of country music"

Artist Track Album Year
Vernon Dalhart - vocal & harmonica ; Carson Robison - guitar ; Murray Kellner - fiddle  Zeb Turney's gal   Diamond Disc 10689-B  1926 
Jack Palmer  ARSC talk - part 1     2005 
Vernon Dalhart  The nightingale's song - from "Pinafore"   Diamond Disc 5582-C  1917 
Jack Palmer  ARSC talk - part 2     2005 
Vernon Dalhart  Can't yo' heah me callin' Caroline   Diamond Disc 5231-A  1917 
Jack Palmer  ARSC talk - part 3     2005 
Robert White (Vernon Dalhart)  Hard hearted Hanna (the vamp of Savannah)   Diamond Disc 9610-C  1924 
Jack Palmer  ARSC talk - part 4     2005 
Henry Whitter  The wreck on the Southern Old 97   Okeh 40015-B  1924 
Vernon Dalhart - vocal & harmonica ; Frank Ferera - guitar  The wreck on the Southern Old 97   Diamond Disc 9514-A  1924 
Vernon Dalhart - vocal ; Frank Ferera - guitar ; Murray Kellner - fiddle  The prisoner's song   Diamond Disc 9789-B  1925 
Vernon Dalhart - vocal, harmonica & jaw harp ; Carson Robison - guitar ; Miss Bloom - fiddle  Puttin' on the style   Diamond Disc 11959-C  1927 
Vernon Dalhart - vocal, harmonica & jaw harp ; Carson Robison - vocal & guitar ; John Calli - banjo ; unknown fiddler  My Blue Ridge Mountain home   Diamond Disc 11873-B  1927 




Jack Palmer spoke on March 31, 2005 at the ARSC Conference in Austin, Texas.

Thanks to: Jack Palmer, the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and Mainspring Press.

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