September 19, 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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| Artist | Track | Album | Year |
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| Juan de la Cruz - vocal, Bienvenido Leon - vocal, Alberto Villalon - guitar | Que partes el alma - rumba son | Diamond Disc 9751-A | 1924 |
| Anna Chandler | My lovin' honey man | Amberol cylinder 4M-892 | 1912 |
| Ross Gorman and his orchestra | Come day - go day - fox trot | Diamond Disc 11377-C | 1926 |
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| Steve Porter and Byron G. Harlan | The old time street fakir | Amberol cylinder 4M-933 | 1912 |
| Vess L. Ossman - banjo | The colored major | Brown wax cylinder 7844 - National Phonograph Co. | 1901 |
| Berrick Von Norden | I'm falling in love with some one - from "Naughty Marietta" | Amberol cylinder 4M-642 | 1911 |
| Blue Ridge Duo (George Reneau - guitar & harmonica , Gene Austin - calls) | Arkansas traveler (breakdown) | Diamond Disc 9732-C | 1924 |
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| Rachael Grant (Gladys Rice) | Left all alone again blues - from "The night boat" | Diamond Disc 7189-B | 1920 |
| Harry Raderman's Jazz Orchestra | The hula blues - fox trot | Diamond Disc 7565-A | 1921 |
| Weary Willie Trio (Billy Murray, Ed Meeker, Donald Chalmers) | Sons of Mother Earth - from "He comes up smiling" | Diamond Disc 4230-A | 1916 |
| National Promenade Band | The winning fight two-step | Amberol cylinder 4M-789 | 1911 |
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| Herbert L. Clarke and Leo Zimmerman | Cousins | Gold Moulded cylinder 9245 | 1906 |
| Frank Wallace (Frankie Marvin) | Blue yodel | Diamond Disc 18598-B | 1928 |
| Edison Symphony Orchestra | Love and passion (Pensee pathetique) | Gold Moulded cylinder 8523 | 1903 |
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