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Phono-Cylinders, Vol. 1: Edited by and from the Collection of George A. Blacker

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Phono-Cylinders, Vol. 1: Edited by and from the Collection of George A. Blacker
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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

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A Country Girl: Second Selection London Regimental Band 2:12
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102
Daybreak at Calamity Farm Gilbert Girard and Len Spencer 4:13
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103
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp Byron C. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley 4:27
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104
Dream of the Rarebit Fiend Edison Military Band 2:11
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105
Immortality: Excerpt from Lecture "The Prince of Peace" Williams Jennings Bryan 2:16
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106
The Village Seamstress Elene Foster 2:17
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107
Kerry Mill's Barn Dance A band 2:21
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201
The Ragtime Drummer James Lent 2:27
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202
I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark Arthur Collins 2:20
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203
Unlawful Trusts William Howard Taft 2:00
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204
When I Was 21 and You Were Sweet 16 - When I Was Twenty-one and You Were Sweet Sixteen Walter Van Brunt 3:59
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205
Hermit's Bell Overture Written by Maillart American Symphony Orchestra (New York, N.Y.) 4:48
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206
Waiting at the Church Ada Jones 2:15
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207
Rip Van Winkle Meets Meenie Joseph Jefferson 2:01

Album Info

Catalog Number(s)

FW03886, FS 3886

Year(s) Released

1961

Label/Collection

Folkways Records

Genre(s)

American Popular; Documentary

Country(s)

United Kingdom; United States

Culture Group(s)

Anglo-American

Instrument(s)

Drum

Credit(s)

George A. Blacker - Producer
 Ronald Clyne - Designer
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