Cylinder of the Month
See also the Cylinders of the Month Archive.
For December 1997...
This month: A double feature —
- From 1906, Joy to the World played by the Edison Concert Band
— and —
- From 1903, the classic sentimental song Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train sung by Byron G. Harlan.
Joy to the World
| Company |
Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
9410
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| Category |
Band
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| Title |
Joy to the World
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| Performed by |
Edison Concert Band
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| Circa |
December 1906
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| Announcement |
"Joy to the World, played by the Edison Concert Band."
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Click here to see a photograph of
the Edison Concert Band taken in an Edison recording studio in 1900;
to see more, click here.
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To hear Joy to the World —
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To hear an excerpt —
For help playing these sounds, click here.
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— This cylinder of the month is from the collection of Albert J. Menashe —
Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train
| Company |
Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
7219
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| Category |
Tenor solo
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| Title |
Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train
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| Performed by |
Byron G. Harlan
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| Circa |
1903
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| Announcement |
"Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train, sung by Byron G. Harlan, Edison record."
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A touching and sweet-sounding recording with an appealing melody.
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To hear Please, Mr. Conductor, Don't Put Me Off the Train —
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To hear an excerpt —
For help playing these sounds, click here.
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The versatile tenor Byron G. Harlan, of the famous singing team of Collins & Harlan
(see last month's Cylinder of the Month), could also
do great "old man" and "rube" voicings.
For an example, listen to this 1906 excerpt from The Dixie Rube
.
To hear other examples of wax cylinders, see the
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