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Edison's version of a minstrel show condensed into two minutes: From 1904, the Georgia Minstrels.
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Edison's minstrel series recordings generally
followed an amusing and highly compressed minstrel show format:
Though the format was the same, Edison's earlier minstrel recordings
went by different names, perhaps attempting to reflect minstrelsy across the nation,
such as the "Louisiana Minstrels", "Mississippi Minstrels", "Tennessee Minstrels",
and even the "California
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Key | Title | Category | Performed by | Circa |
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11/2005 | Alabama Troubadours - Because | Minstrels | Ancient City Quartette, S. H. Dudley, Billy Heins | 1898-1899 |
07/2010 | At the Minstrel Show - No. 1 | Minstrel series | Edison Minstrels | 1906 |
11/2000 | The Imperial Minstrels - Dese Bones Shall Rise Again | Minstrels | Len Spencer & Steve Porter | 1901 |
12/2013 | The Imperial Minstrels - Mamie Reilly | Minstrels | Len Spencer & Steve Porter | 1898 |
03/2012 | The Imperial Minstrels - Old Folks at Home | Minstrels | Roger Harding & Steve Porter | 1899 |
02/2016 | The Imperial Minstrels - Upon the Golden Shore | Minstrels | Len Spencer, Steve Porter & Dan W. Quinn | 1899 |
01/2015 | Jubilee Minstrels | Minstrels | Edison Minstrels | 1908 |
03/2007 | Three Minutes With the Minstrels | Minstrels | S. H. Dudley & Arthur Collins | 1899 |
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