December 16, 2003
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fry's Million Dollar Pier Orchestra | Copenhagen - fox trot | Diamond Disc 9709-A | 1924 |
| Anna Chandler | Yes sir! That's lazy bones | Diamond Disc 8992-A | 1923 |
| Arthur Collins | The Mick who threw the brick | Concert cylinder B-522 | 1900 |
| Juan de la Cruz y Bienvenido Leon | Maceo y marti - capricho Cubano | Diamond Disc 9750-C | 1924 |
| Frank Braidwood (the cowboy baritone), Irwin Dash - piano | Rosy cheeks | Diamond Disc 11646-A | 1927 |
| Albert Benzler | "Smile, smile, smile" and "Kiss, kiss, kiss" | Gold Moulded cylinder 9785 | 1908 |
| Ellen Coleman (a.k.a. Helen Baxter), Lem Fowler's Orchestra | Cruel back bitin' blues | Diamond Disc 9065-B | 1923 |
| Willard Hodgin | Courtin' the widow | Diamond Disc 18185-B | 1928 |
| Henry Lange's Parisian Dance Orchestra | Just one more kiss - fox trot | Diamond Disc 9244-B | 1924 |
| Ford's Hawaiians, Henry Kailimai - leader | Akahi hoi | Diamond Disc 5104-C | 1916 |
| Edison Concert Band | Three dances from "Henry VIII" | Amberol cylinder 4M- 109 | 1909 |
| Bartram and Saxton | In a dreamland of yore | Diamond Disc 7995-B | 1921 |
| Roth String Quartet | Quartet in G - 1st movement, part 1 | Needle Type disc N-1195-A | 1929 |
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