Phono-Cylinders, Vol. 1

This album contains 14 tracks of music and spoken word recorded on cylinders in the first decade of the 20th century. With clear and distinct overall sound quality, the release―part one of a two-volume set―includes excerpts of campaign speeches from the 1908 presidential election by William Jennings Bryan and William Howard Taft, recordings of military and symphonic bands, and a ragtime composition featuring a drum solo. George A. Blacker was a private collector of early British and American recordings. The liner notes provide background information about each recorded track as well as an informal history of sound recording.

Track Listing

101	Second Selection from "A Country Girl"	London Regimental Band	02:12
102	Daybreak at Calamity Farm	Len Spencer and Gilbert Girard	04:13
103	Tramp, Tramp, Tramp	Byron G. Harlan, Frank C. Stanley and chorus	04:27
104	Dream of the Rarebit Fiend	Edison Military Band	02:11
105	Immortality (Excerpt from Lecture “The Prince of Peace”)	Williams Jennings Bryan	02:16
106	The Village Seamstress	Elene Foster	02:17
107	Kerry Mill's Barn Dance	Kerry Mill's Barn Dance Band	02:21
201	The Ragtime Drummer	James Lent	02:27
202	I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark	Arthur Collins	02:20
203	Unlawful Trusts	William Howard Taft	02:00
204	When I Was 21 and You Were Sweet 16	Walter Van Brunt	03:59
205	Hermit's Bell Overture	American Symphony Orchestra	04:48
206	Waiting at the Church	Ada Jones	02:15
207	Rip Van Winkle Meets Meenie	Joseph Jefferson	02:01