May 6, 2003: Debut program
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn De Leath - vocal ; Bill Regis - piano | Are you lonesome to-night? | Diamond Disc 11734-B | 1927 |
| Johnny Marvin - "The Ukulele Ace" | Jersey walk (Shake 'em up, kid) | Diamond Disc 11219-A | 1926 |
| Cornet and piano - (performers unknown) | The lost chord | Yellow paraffine cylinder E-2440-03 | 1888 |
| Charles D'Almaine - violin | Polish national dance | Concert cylinder B-332 | 1900 |
| Billy Murray | Alexander's ragtime band | Amberol cylinder 4M- 817 | 1911 |
| Will Oakland - counter-tenor | Just before the battle, Mother | Amberol cylinder 4M- 297 | 1909 |
| Murry K. Hill | A bunch of nonsense - vaudeville specialty | Amberol cylinder 4M- 41 | 1908 |
| Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley | Two rubes at the vaudeville | Concert cylinder 8736 | 1904 |
| American Symphony Orchestra | Ride of the Valkyries - from "Die Valkyrie" | Diamond Disc 7846-B | 1921 |
| Original Memphis Five | The Jelly Roll blues | Diamond Disc 9173-C | 1923 |
| Frank Ferera and John Paaluhi | The St. Louis blues | Diamond Disc 10561-A | 1925 |
| Vernon Dalhart - vocals & harmonica ; Frank Ferera - guitar | The wreck on the Southern Old 97 | Diamond Disc 9514-B | 1924 |
| Al Bernard - vocal ; Frank Ferera - ukulele | Twenty-five years from now | Diamond Disc 9310-A | 1923 |
| Phil Napoleon and his orchestra | Five pennies- electrical recording test | Needle Type disc S-19-1-1 | 1927 |
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