The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for July 2013: The French Comic Opera supplied a great repertoire for the classical Edison recordings. This one pre-dates the Grand Opera Series from 1906, was recorded in 1904 and released as an Edison Gold Moulded cylinder. Altough some quite audible surface noise, the recording remains overall crisp and clear. The cylinder is self-announced by Cécile Merguillier herself.
Topic: cylinder record
Source: Collection of Stephan Puille
A late 2-minute Edison Gold Moulded cylinder (#16236), recorded in Berlin, Germany in January 1912. The title says "Schoenau, my Paradise", where Schoenau is a smaller town. Song composed by Alois Kutschera.
Topics: cylinder record, german, chorus
Monthly cylinder release for July 2006: A snappy ragtime medley from a Columbia Indestructible #986 from ca. 1908.
Topics: cylinder record, ragtime, orchestra
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer
Edison Gold Moulded cylinder record #10251, recorded in July of 1909.
Topic: cylinder record, tenor
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for June 2016: This 1908 recording by Bob Roberts represents the typical style of comic songs from that era, which he recorded quite a few. Enjoy!
Topics: cylinder record, comic, indestructible
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for September 2017: A cakewalk dance, performed by Gilmore's Band, one of Columbia's most active bands at that time. This particular brown wax cylinder was recorded ca. 1898-99 and was apparently duplicated by a pantograph, which can be clearly heard by the reduced dynamics.
Topics: cylinder record, brown wax
A sentimental song from approx. 1903, taken from the British Edison-Bell Indestructible cylinder #5911 at 144rpm. Music and words by E. W. Rogers Edison relaesed this Song under the name: "Skylark! skylark!, or: The boy's message"
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Topics: cylinder record, lambert, british
Pink Lambert Cylinder of Chicago, ILL. No. 730 - Pat.March 20, 1900 This cylinder was copied from my 1905 Edison Standard Phonograph.
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Topic: Pink Lambert Cylinder Record
Source: 78
One of the numerous duets by Collins & Harlan, from an indestructible cylinder from ca. 1908.
Topics: cylinder record, indestructible, duet
A later Edison Gold Moulded cylinder, just after they stopped to record announcements. Courtesy of German Museum of Technology Berlin (GDTM) [www.dtmb.de]
Topics: orchestra, instrumental, cylinder record
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
From Edison Gold Moulded cylinder #9060, recorded in April of 1905.
Topics: cylinder record, soprano
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
The Cylinder Archive Release for May 2008
Topics: cylinder record, ragtime, banjo
Still a popular tune in our days, from Edison Gold Moulded #9107, recorded in June of 1905.
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Topics: cylinder record, military, band
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer
A comic song in Irish style by Edward M. Favor, recorded in 1905.
Topics: cylinder record, comic
A comic song by the popular soprano Ada Jones on a Columbia Indestructible (#1004) cylinder from ca. 1906. "Wasn't you the 'fella' with the open umbrella that I met one rainy day upon the avenue?"
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Topics: cylinder record, comic
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
Here we have a moulded black wax cylinder made by one of the smaller labels that existed in Germany at the turn of the century. Schellhorn Platina-Guss Record #139, probably ca. 1903-1906 Schellhorn cylinders always tend to have a kind of a 'brittle' background noise. Koenigs Grenadiere Marsch (= King's Infantrymen March)
Topics: german, march, cylinder record
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer
Sterling Record #196, sung by the Australian baritone Hamilton Hill, ca. 1906.
Topics: cylinder record, british, australian, australia
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
A snappy ragtime number from Edison Gold Moulded #9617, recorded in April 1907.
Topics: cylinder record, ragtime, dixie, band
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer, The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
A nice duet song from Edison Gold Moulded cylinder #9583, recorded in March of 1903.
Topics: cylinder record, harlan, belmont, duet
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
A very rare Dutch selection from Edison Blue Amberol cylinder #9662, performed by Napoleon Christiaan (Nap) de la Mar (1878-1930), a Dutch actor and director. To have recorded something like this in this within the USA at the time of around 1912 would have caused nothing short of a scandal. Isadora Duncan was an American dancer who scandalized America with her modern dance interpretations, dancing her "Dance of the Seven Veils" in a flesh colored bodysuit, which gave the audience the...
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Topics: cylinder record, dutch, nederlands, cabaret
Edison Grand Opera B.35 wax cylinder A 2-minute Edison Grand Opera opera selection, sung by Gustave Berl Resky, recorded in late 1905 and released in 1906. Gladly, the cylinder is in a very nice condition.
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Topics: cylinder record, grand opera, edison
Source: The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
A crazy duet, they try hard to speak a few bits of German - not always right... Edison Gold Moulded #9124, recorded in July 1905.
Topics: cylinder record, comic, duet, german
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for August 2008: A funny song sung by Edward M. Favor who began his recording career in the early 1890's.
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Topics: cylinder record, comic, favor, song
Edison Gold Moulded #9612, recorded in April, 1907. A comic (but somewhere true) song from "The Orchid". Composed by: E. Ray Goetz / Vincent P. Bryan
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Topics: cylinder record, comic, early comedy
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
A very naughty song by Margarete Wiedeke (often abbreviated as Grete Wiedeke). Although not the most charming voice of that era, Wiedeke recorded a huge variety of songs on cylinders and discs and was one of the popular recording artists in Germany. This one comes from an Edison Wax Amberol cylinder #4M-15008, recorded in May of 1909 (Berlin, Germany).
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Topics: cylinder record, german, grete wiedeke
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer - The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
[www.cylinder.de] Cylinder release for June 2006: A famous Sousa march, from Edison Gold Moulded #24, recorded in 1904.
Topics: cylinder record, sousa, march, band
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for September 2007: Lollypops - an instrumental Xylophone solo, played by Albert Benzler. Edison Gold Moulded cylinder record #9846
Topics: cylinder record, xylophone, instrumental, band
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer; The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for October 2007: The famous Sousa march from a Columbia Indestructible cylinder record #665
Topics: cylinder record, stripes, march, sousa
A nice German quartet selection from Edison Goldguss Record #15078, recorded in August 1908. Courtesy of German Museum of Technology Berlin (GDTM) [www.dtmb.de]
Topics: german, quartette, vocal, cylinder record
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for February 2012: This cylinder was found in a collection at the Edison National Historical Park, NJ. Its historically significant contant was first discovered by Stephan Puille. Although it was known to have been made, for more than a century, this recordings was believed to be lost. It was recorded by Theo Wangemann in Friedrichsruh, Germany on Oct 7, 1889. Filtered and pitched by Norman Bruderhofer To read the full story (in German):...
Topics: cylinder record, edison, bismarck, wangemann
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
The famous march, rendered by the Edison Concert Band on a brown wax cylinder (#7663), recorded in November 1900.
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Topics: march, brown wax, cylinder record
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer, The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
A nice duet by Harlan and Stanley from 1905: "As we parted at the Gate" Based on the raw public domain transcription from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project of University of California, Santa Barbara Library (cylinder #2898) with different filtering.
Topics: cylinder record, duet, ucsb, edison
A nice Edison brown wax cylinder #7524 from 1900. "A comic song: Uncle Harry, what is Love, as sung by Mr. Will F. Denny, Edison Record." Based on the raw public domain transcription from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project of University of California, Santa Barbara Library (cylinder #0056). Actually the cylinder was digitized at 144 rpm. Due to other other by Will F. Denny the voice seemed to be too high. Therefore this version is different with a lowered speed to...
Topic: cylinder record, brown wax, comic, ucsb
Source: http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/
A Columbia Grand Graphophone Cylinder from circa 1900. Announcement: "Narcissus, played by Columbia Orchestra for the Columbia Phonograph Company of New York & Paris." Courtesy of Paul Morris
Topics: cylinder record, concert cylinder, columbia, band
Here we have a brown wax cylinder, issued by Dansk Fonograf Magasin Kjøbenhavn under catalogue no. #929 Unfortunately the performer is not mentioned nor announced. If anyone knows, please post it! The title itself is a well-known traditional. As far as it was audible for me, the language is Swedish. Due to its playback speed of 160rpm this cylinder dates likely from 1902-1906. Lyrics: Ack Värmeland, du sköna, du härliga land, du kronabland svearikes länder. Och komme jag än midt i det...
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Topics: cylinder record, swedish, traditional, värmeland
Source: The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
Another title by Frank C. Stanley (William S. Grinsted) with chimes and organ played by Frank P. Banta Edison Gold Moulded #8310 At the very end you can easily hear that the recording engineer stopped the machine while the chimes were still ringing.
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Topics: frank c. stanley, chimes, cylinder record
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for August 2009: The Edison Symphony Orchestra is performing a great nonsense number, recorded in April of 1903.
Topics: cylinder record, band, zany, nonsense, orchestra, duck
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for July 2011: A more unusual instrumental solo on a zither, performed by Prof. D. Wormser on an Edison Gold Moulded cylinder, recorded in September 1902. Heimweh (homesickness) was composed by Albert Jungmann. Wormser did record a small series for Edison and started in the brown wax era of the late 1890's.
Topics: cylinder record, solo, zither, strings, instrumental
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
Eugene Jaudas and his Society Orchestra recorded a lot of snappy numbers like this one from November 1917 on an Edison Blue Amberol cylinder #3404, dubbed from the Diamond Disc recording 50553-R.
Topics: ragtime, early jazz, blue amberol, cylinder record
Edison Blue Amberol cylinder #3480, recorded in 1917.
Topics: cylinder record, eugene jaudas, waltz, orchestra
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for April 2009: A tenor selection performed by Max Steidl, recorded in 1908 in Berlin, Germany.
Topics: cylinder record, operette, operetta, tenor, spain
The story about White records starts with Mr. White who was a former Edison employee. He took all the secrets of cylinder manufacturing and founded his own label "White Record" under the name of the General Phonograph Company. This adventure did last only for a short time - until Edison shut him down by lawsuits. Infact it bears a definite resemblance to the Edison Gold Moulded cylinders... This title origins from White Record #193, probably around 1907.
Topics: cylinder record, white record, music hall
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for April 2009: Announcement: "Tralala, aus 'Die Herren von Maxim', gesungen von Josephine Kraus. Edison Record."
Topics: cylinder record, german, edison, female, vocal, maxim
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for April 2013: The clarinet player William Tuson had a great recording career during the brown wax era, starting as early as 1890. This particular recording dates from 1897 and is, unfortunately unlike most of these early records, in pristine condition. It was recorded for the Columbia Phonograph Company with their recently opened office in New York when they had moved from Washington, DC.
Topics: cylinder record, brown wax, clarinet, clarionet, tuson
Source: The Cylinder Archive [www.cylinder.de]
4M. 3239.Columbia Gold Moulded Indestructible Cylinder Record. PAT'D.JULY 29,1902.
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Topic: Columbia Gold Moulded Indestructible Cylinder Record
Source: 78
A British selection from an Pink Lambert type Edison-Bell Indestructible cylinder #901, recorded in 1903.
Topics: cylinder record, vocal, female, music hall
Source: Collection of Norman Bruderhofer; The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for June 2007, a nice comic song with a slight sign of ragtime influence. From a Columbia Indestructible cylinder #1316
Topics: cylinder record, song, van brunt, tenor
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] previous release for June 2000: Du bist zu schön um treu zu sein - Written by Alois Kutschera (You are too beautiful to be true) Transferred from a German Columbia Phonograph Co. cylinder record (#57050) from ca. 1902-04. This black wax cylinder had a severe edge chip damage but gladly could be repaired and transferred with several hours of different attempts. Thanks to Paul in San Francisco who helped to identify the singer's full name. Although the...
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Topics: cylinder record, baritone, bischof, german, song
Source: The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ]
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for April 2007: Die süßen kleinen Mägdelein, sung by Mr. Franz Porten Composed by Victor Hollaender & Julius Freund From a very late brown wax cylinder made by the German branch of the Columbia Phonograph Company, recorded ca. 1904. Announcement: "Die süßen kleinen Mägdelein. Gesungen von dem Opernsänger Franz Porten, für die Columbia Phonograph Company, Berlin und New York."
Topics: cylinder record, brown wax, opera, porten
Source: Collection of Stephan Puille
The Cylinder Archive [ www.cylinder.de ] release for for February 2007: A German Operetta song, roughly translated as 'You sweet Sweetie', from approx. 1905. Electra Goldguss Record (Gold Moulded) #1223 The announcment in German: Du suesse, Suesse - aus der Operette "Die Schützenliesl", gesungen von Ludwig Arno, Electra Record! Collection of German Museum of Technology Berlin A little noisy but quite enjoyable!
Topics: cylinder record, german, electra, elektra, wax cylinder
Source: German Museum of Technology Berlin
