October 3, 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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| 23rd Regiment Band of New York | Washington Post march | Brown wax cylinder - Edison record 613 | 1893 |
| Will Oakland and chorus | Mollie darling | Amberol cylinder 4M-963 | 1912 |
| Ernie Golden and his Hotel McAlpin Orchestra, Cookie Cohen - vocal | If tears could bring you back to me (I'd cry my eyes out for you) - fox trot | Diamond Disc 11476-A | 1927 |
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| Cal Stewart | Uncle Josh's trip to Coney Island | Brown wax cylinder 3878 - National Phono. Co. | 1898 |
| Ernest L. Stevens - piano | Greenwich witch | Diamond Disc 8745-F | 1923 |
| Al Bernard | Ump-pah-pah | Diamond Disc 7776-A | 1921 |
| Alexander Prince - concertina | La czarine mazurka | Amberol cylinder 4M-12188 | 1910 |
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| Arthur Collins | Moving day | Gold Moulded cylinder 9246 | 1906 |
| Ernest V. Stoneman and the Dixie Mountaineers | Hop light ladies - old mountain dance | Diamond Disc 11463-B | 1927 |
| MacDowell Sisters (Edith and Grace) | Baby sister blues - intro: "Honolulu hula hula heigh!" | Diamond Disc 9512-A | 1924 |
| B.A. Rolfe - trumpet | Don't be cross | Diamond Disc 11588-A | 1927 |
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| Max Fells' Della Robbia Orchestra | Crooning - fox trot | Diamond Disc 7871-A | 1921 |
| Edison Male Quartette | The jolly blacksmiths | Gold Moulded cylinder 9192 | 1906 |
| Golden Gate Orchestra, Arthur Fields - vocal | Looking at the world thru rose colored glasses - fox trot | Diamond Disc 11159-C | 1926 |
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