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Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders
Explore early sound recording methods, two-minute wax cylinder records<br>and antique phonographs; see plenty of rare vintage photos;<br>and enjoy listening to early recorded sounds taken directly from the original wax cylinders.
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Cylinder of the Month
Listen to a complete two-minute wax cylinder recording <br>a "new" cylinder every month.
For July :
An early recording (perhaps the earliest) of the<br>classic Take Me Out to the Ball Game.
Recently :
June:
Lanciers with Figures Called (Orchestra) 1894
May:
Nothing Like That In Our Family (Comic song) 1906
April:
Peaches and Cream (Vaudeville sketch) 1906
March:
Ain't Dat a Shame Medley (Dulcimer solo) 1908
February:
I'll Love You Forever and Ever (Baritone) 1898
January:
The Melon Patch Schottische (Band) 1894-1896
See also the archive .
Thomas Edison Commemorative
Visit the Cylinder Music Shop
An 1878 Recording
Want a primitive recording?<br>Try this experimental sound recording from 1878:<br>The world's earliest playable phonograph recording
still audible today after more than 140 years . . .
Tinfoil Resource Center
Locate answers, resources,<br>buyers and<br>sellers <br>An antique phonograph and early sound recordings answer desk.
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Wax Cylinder Music Collection
- Available Albums -<br>( Full Catalog )
BLACK WAX SERIES<br>(1902-1912)
BLACK WAX SERIES<br>(1902-1912)
Comic Songs
Popular Songs
Popular Band & Instrumental
Vaudeville & Minstrelsy
Classical, Orchestral & Instrumental
Hymns & Sacred Songs
Sentimental Songs
BROWN WAX SERIES<br>(1888-1903)
BROWN WAX SERIES<br>(1888-1903)
1888-1894
1895-1897
1898
1899
SPECIAL COMPILATIONS
SPECIAL COMPILATIONS
Ira Sankey<br>1898-1900
Ada Jones & Billy Murray
WAX CYLINDER SAMPLERS
WAX CYLINDER SAMPLERS
Black Wax Sampler (1902-1912)
Brown Wax Sampler (1891-1903)
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