Thomas Edison should perhaps be more famous for inventing the phonograph than he should be for being acclaimed being the inventor of electricity, which he was not.  History was not kind to Mr. Tesla, but as Paul Harvey says . . "that's another story".  In any event, Edison invented and manufactured wonderful phonograph machines.  The earliest used wax cylinders and were recorded in 2 or 4 minute versions.  We have had hundreds of requests for cylinders for these players and were fortunate enough to get a continuing number of them.  We came across 600 of these 4 minute cylinders and these cylinders generally sold for $ 10 - $ 15 each depending on the recording material.  All of our cylinders have been the 4 minute ones.  You will find these cylinders every once in a while in antique stores in various places and we find prices ranging to $ 20 each for ones that are not damaged. We sold all the 600, but just got in some new ones.  All are in playing condition and have sleeves.

Cylinder Title	Recorded By	Stock CK	Edison #
Any Little Girl, Etc	Ada Jones Chorus	yes	548
Aunt Mary's Recitation	Humphrey	yes	2539
Camp Songs	US Army #1 Choros	yes	3402
Dominion of Canada March	Sodero's Band	yes	2772
Hiawatha Laughing Water	Sodero's Band	yes	4156
I drempt I dwelt & Heart bowed down	Instrumental	yes	3270
Kerry Mills Barn Dance	Band	yes	1141
Laverne Waltz Caprice	Saxaphone Solo	yes	3737
Light as a Feather - Bells	DAAB	yes	1508
Love's Old Sweet Song	Venitian Instr. Trio	yes	1886
Medley of Plantation Songs	Quartette	yes	3015
Prisoner's Sweetheart	C.Harrison	yes	5172
Sweet and Low Waltz	Tuxedo Dance Orchestra	yes	3950
That Tumble-Down Shack in Athlone	W.Oakland & Chorus	yes	3876
The Angel's Serenade	Margaret Keys	yes	28109
The Evening Star	Chalmers	yes	28196
The Horse Trot Band		yes	2076
The Ninety and Nine (5 minute special - rare) $ 22	Mixed Quartet	yes
Uncle Josh and the Insurance Company	Stewart	yes	913
Uncle Josh at the Roller Skating Rink	Stewart	yes	817
When you and I were young, Maggie	Oakland & Chorus	yes	1873
last stock check 06/30/2008

EDISON RECORDS

We recently have added this category of Edison history.  The later Edison "thick" Records.  Below is a listing of what we have and a way to order as well.  We now have a good stock of the original "thick" Edison records.  The below listing is all of our current stock.  All are in good playing condition.  There are two sides to each record.  We will list the titles of both sides.  All the records are $ 10.00 each + S&H. 6 or more are $ 8.00 each.  Here is the current stock listing:  All records are very old and may have a few chips on the indexing ring (outer clear band)but all grooves are playable.

 

Edison Stock#	Title	Performer(s)	Condition
52141	Together We Two The Song is Ended But The Melody Lingers On	J.Donald Parker, Tenor	Good
51085	Nellie Kelly I Love You Call Me Back Pal, O'Mine	Charles Hart, Tenor Elizabeth Spencer & Charles Hart	Good
No Number	On The Banks of the Brandywine I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen	Tenor Solo w/vocalists/orchestra Thomas Westerdorf/orchestra	Good
No Number	The Aba Daba Honeymoon My Croony Melody	Fields & Donovan Goetz & Goodwin	Good
51690	Katy Hill Cumberland Gap	Allen Sisson, champion fiddler Same on both sides	Good
80503	Memories of You in Dear Hawaii By  the Babblin Brook	Lyric Male Quartet Fagan & James-Whistling & Singing	Good
80276	Abide With Me When the Roll is Called up Yonder	Spencer & Chalmersl, Soprano & Baritone Young & Wheeler, Baritone & Chorus	Good
5164	Old MacDonald Had A Farm Haul De Woodpile Down	Sam Patteron Trio	Good
50607	Floatin Down to Cottontown You're My Gal	Premier Quartet Bernhardt & Hare, Duet w/Ochestra	Good
50689	Uncle Josh's Birthday Ragtime at Pun'kin Center	Cal Stewart - A rural scene Cal Stewart - A rural scene	Good
50303	Angels From The Realms of Glory It Came Upon the Midnight Clear	The Carol Singers The Carol Singers	Good
80350	All Through the Night (old Welch Air) Loch Lomond (Old Scotch Song)	Betsy Shepherd, soprano w/ochestra Marie Morrisey, Contralto w/ochestra	Good
51212	Polly-Olly-Oo (said the Parrot to the Cuckoo) Last Night on the Back Porch (I loved her best of all)	Green Bros. Novelty Band, Foxtrot Green Bros. Novelty Band, Foxtrot	Good
50369	On the Beach Medley Medley of Hawaiian Airs-No. 2	Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra Louise  and Ferera, Hawaiian Guitar	Good
50524	Don't Cry, Little Girl, Don't Cry Hesitation Blues	Maceo Pinkard, Tenor w/ochestra Middleton-Smythe, comic song/ochestra	Good
No Number	Hilo March Medley of Hawaiian Airs - No. 1	Louise & Ferreira, Hawaiian Guitar Duet	Good
	MORE COMING SOON . . . .

 

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