From 1905, a late concert cylinder recording
of the comic song, Everybody Works But Father, sung by Bob Roberts.
Everybody Works But Father
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| Company |
Edison's National Phonograph Company
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| Cylinder # |
9100 (5" diameter)
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| Category |
Song
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| Title |
Everybody Works But Father
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| Performed by |
Bob Roberts
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| Circa |
October 1905
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| Announcement |
"Everybody Works But Father, sung by Bob Roberts. Edison record."
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Bob Roberts was a popular singer of comic and "race" songs,
recording dozens of selections for Edison from 1904 through 1908.
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Everybody Works But Father
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This particular record is a bit unusual in that it is a late-period concert cylinder
(5" diameter, as compared with the standard-sized cylinder of just over 2" diameter).
Concert-sized cylinders, originally introduced in 1898, were never a commercial success.
Although sales of concert cylinders limped along for years, by 1905,
the date of this record, they were obsolete and somewhat uncommon.
In 1905, standard-sized wax cylinders sold for 35¢ and concert records
(which had sold in the $4 and $5 range in 1898) sold for 75¢.
In 2024 dollars, a concert record of this vintage and in this condition
would be worth from $140 to $180!
To hear other examples of wax cylinders, see the
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