Episodes
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Mexican Cylinders: Of National Identity and Sound Recordings
A playlist of early cylinder recordings from Mexico from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
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Early Hillbilly and Old Time Music
Country music on Edison cylinders from the 1920s from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
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Central European Mix Tape
Music from Central Europe before the World Wars from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
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Tahitian Field Recordings
A group of unusual custom Blue Amberol cylinders recorded in Tahiti from the UCSB Cylinder Audio Archive
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Squeezebox Cylinder Recordings
Part one of a series of accordion recordings on cylinder from the UCSB Library.
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Recorded Incunabula II
The second installment of the incunabula series, featuring more rare recordings from the collection of John Levin.
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Operatic Cylinders from the Getty Collection
Rare operatic cylinders from the collection of Gordon Getty.
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Recorded Incunabula 1891-1898
A program featuring some of the rarest, earliest, and most fascinating recordings you are ever likely to encounter, curated by collector John Levin.
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Popular Songs of World War I
In commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the United States entry into World War I, listen to a selection of songs from the Great War.
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Advance List for December, 1908
Listen to the new releases from Edison's "Advance List" of December, 1908 new releases.
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Cakewalks and Rags
The syncopated rhythms of cakewalks and rags presented here have had a lasting impact on American popular music.
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Deutsche komische Zylinder (German Comic Cylinders)
German comic skits on Edison cylinders from between 1904-1909.
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American Vaudeville
Transport yourself back to the turn of the 20th century with a program featuring the top stars of vaudeville and the ones that should have been.
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Early Black Artists and Composers
Listen to pioneering recordings by African-American performers and composers.
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Operatic Cylinders from the William R. Moran collection
Listen to operatic arias recorded on some of the rarest cylinders made, including Edison B series and French and German operatic cylinders.
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Pioneers of Audio Theater
Some of the most creative early recordings had a narrative element and are now known as "audio theater." This program presents twenty of the most interesting examples from the collection.
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Historical Speeches on Edison Cylinders
Early historical speeches and recordings by Theodore Roosevelt, William Jennings Bryan, Ernest Shackleton, Sarah Bernhardt, William Howard Taft and others.
About this show
An irregular series of thematic programs drawn from the Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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