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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jimson Brothers (Frank Luther & Carson Robison) | Left my gal in the mountains | Needle Type disc N-934-B | 1929 |
| Marguerite Sylva - soprano | Habanera - from Bizet's "Carmen" | Diamond Disc 6725-A | 1919 |
| Chas. A. Matson's Creole Serenaders | 'Taint nobody's biz-ness if I do - medley fox trot | Diamond Disc 9104-A | 1923 |
| Edison Male Quartet | My old Kentucky home | Concert cylinder B-196 | 1899 |
| Male and female vocal duet | School days (When we were a couple of kids) | Brown wax cylinder - home recording | 1907 ? |
| Ada Jones & Billy Murray | Rainbow | Diamond Disc 6388-B | 1921 |
| Ferdinand Himmelreich - piano | Nearer my God to thee | Blue Amberol cylinder 1647 | 1913 |
| Rosa Henderson & the Kansas City Five | Don't advertise your man | Diamond Disc 9812-A | 1925 |
| Edward Sterling Wright | In de mornin' - Paul Lawrence Dunbar | Blue Amberol cylinder 2235 | 1914 |
| Edison Grand Concert Band | Blue Danube waltz | Brown wax cylinder 13 | 1897-1899 |
| Crawford Adams - violin ; Claude Garreau - piano | C'est vous | Diamond Disc 11591-C | 1927 |
| Ben Smith - ukelele | I'm looking for a union sweetheart | Diamond Disc 10236-A | 1925 |
| Broadway Dance Orchestra | I love me (I'm wild about myself) - fox trot | Diamond Disc 9098-C | 1923 |
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