When Edison Recorded Sound

This recording is from a vinyl LP released by the Edison National Historic site. The exact date is unknown, but likely done in the late 70s or early eighties. It is a double album set consisting of a sampling of Edison’s recording from the earlies days to this last recordings in the late 20’s.

It is divided up into the four sides consisting of Classical Recordings, Spoken Word, Jazz and Popular Recordings. The extensive liner notes provide a very interesting historical perspective on Edison’s work.

Side I

1. Lucrezia Bori—RIGOLETTO: Cam nome (Verdi) (4:42) Edison recording serial no. 2218-B-1.1 (ED
   142) recorded April 9, 1913 never released
2. Emmy Leisner—PROPIIETE: Wer bin id:, (Meyerbeer) (3:40) Edison recording serial no. 3206-A1.1 (ED 275) no recording date available
3. Claudia Muzio—ODORANO LE ROSE (3:42) Edison recording serial no. 8410-B-2.1 (ED 444)
   recorded April 7, 1922 never released
4. William Gustafson—HEAR ME, YE WINDS AND WAVES (Handel) (4:30) Edison recording serial no.
   7011-A-1.1 (ED 709) recorded November 17, 1919 never released
5. Karl Jorn—TOSCA: E lucevan le stelle (Puccini) (2:37) Edison recording serial no. 3821-C-1.1 (ED
   388) recorded May 25, 1915 never released

Side II

1. Fletcher Henderson—DIXIE MOON (4:04) Edison recording serial no. 9481-A-1.1 (ED 1289)
   recorded April 24, 1924 never released
2. Eva Taylor/Clarence Williams—YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND (3:09) Edison recording serial no. N1174-A-1.1 recorded October 3, 1929 never released
3. Fletcher Henderson—MY PAPA DON’T TWO TIME NO TIME (4:23) Edison recording serial no.
   9482-A-1-1 (ED 1292) recorded released 4. 24, 1924 never released
4. Eva Taylor/Clarence Williams—I’M NOT WORRYIN’ (3:22) Edison recording serial no. N-1176-B
   recorded October 3, 1929 never released
5. Eva Taylor/Clarence Williams—MOANIN’ LOW (3:20) Edison recording serial no. 19338-A-1-1 (ED
   2686) recorded August 7, 1929 never released
6. Eva Taylor/Clarence Williams—COME ON HOME (2:58) Edison recording serial no. 19339-A-1-1
   (ED 2687) recorded August 7, 1929 never released

Side III

1. Thomas Alva Edison —MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB (0:14) Broadcast recorded August 12, 1927
2. Charles Edison—EDIPHONE DEALERS CONVENTION (3:39) Edison recording serial no. 11366-A-1-
   1 (ED 2088) recorded December 15, 1926
3. Theodore Roosevelt—FARMER AND THE BUSINESSMAN (4:19) Edison recording serial no.
   10027-A-1-1 (ED 1531)
4. Theodore Roosevelt—RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO RULE (4:04) Edison recording serial no. 10028-
   A-1.1 (ED 1531)
5. Thomas Alva Edison—LET US NOT FORGET (1:46) Edison recording serial no. 6540-A-2-27
6. Ed Meeker—Vending Machine Slogan or Thank You Recordings (0:37) Edison recording serial no.
   15017-A-1-1 Edison recording serial no 15022 -A-1-1
7. Edison Talking Doll, circa 1889-1890—JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL … Recording courtesy of
   the Smithsonian Institution
8. Elsie L. Elms—APPEAL TO THE GREAT SPIRIT (4:13) Edison recording serial no. 7854-A-1-1 (ED
   788) recorded March 18, 1921 sung released Indian dialect

Side IV

1. Emest Stevens—SAY PET (2:56) music by Zez Confrey Edison recording 8748-A-1-1 (ED 1000)
   recorded July 1923 never released
2. Billy Jones/Ernest Hare—PASTAFAZOOLA (3:15) Edison recording serial no. 11950-A-1.1 (ED
   2356) recorded October 13, 1927 never released
3. Ada Jones/Billy Murray—RAGTIME DRAMA (3:05) Edison recording serial no. 5276-C-1-1 (ED
   405) recorded January 8, 1917 released on Blue Amberol cylinder 3161
4. Douglas Stanbury—JUNE’S THE TIME FOR ROSES (4:06) Edison recording serial no. 9519-C-1.1
   (ED 1317) recorded Slay 16, 1924 never released
5. Gladys Rice—MY MAN (3:10) words by Albert Willemetz and Jacques Charles music by Maurice
   Yvain Edison recording serial no. N-709-A-2-1 recorded January 17, 1929 released on Edison
   Diamond Disc 52514 and Edison lateral-cut 11032
6. Roy Smeck—TWELTH STREET RAG (3:05) music by Euday L. Bowman Edison recording serial no.
   18301-B-1-5 recorded March 12, 1928 released on Edison Diamond Disc 52287

This recording is in 192kHz MP3 Format.