Wax Cylinder Archive
Phonograph reproduction equipment consists of the Edison Standard Model A, Edison Gem and Pathé Phonograph for inter cylinders.
This is only the beginning and will be updated gradually as a work in progress archive:
(Certain songs on this page have never been digitised, or available online).
Please Note: Many of these recordings will have audible imperfections due to age, such as, noise, static, flutter and intermittent reduced volume, which is normal.
See a video of the Pathé Phonograph playing back an early recording on 'inter cylinder' here
20-6-22
Audio only from the Pathé Phonograph playing back an inter cylinder (Unknown Date)
Untitled Cylinder
(Pathé Records)
No issue number
Length of Time 2:16
Converted to mp3 format at 192kbps
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All Over the World - Fisk Jubilee Singers (1920)
(Edison Blue Amberol Records)
Issue Number: 4045
Length of Time 3:31
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Read About the Fisk Jubilee Singers on our Youtube Page here
Anvil Chorus from Il Trovatore - Edison Symphony Orchestra (Unknown Date)
(Edison Records)
Issue Number: 504
Length of Time 1:53
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As Long as the World Rolls on - Reinald Werrenrath (1907)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 9662
Length of Time 1:53
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Read a Biography of Reinald Werrenrath on Wikipedia here
Asthore - Stanley Kirkby (Unknown Date)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 166
Length of Time 1:56
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Read a Biography of Stanley Kirkby on Wikipedia here
Ballet Music from Faust No 3 Allegretto - Columbia Band (Unknown Date)
(Columbia Records)
Issue Number: 31891
Length of Time 1:30
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Captain Kidd - W Whitlock and Orch (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 6954
Length of Time 1:59
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Read About the History of the Song here
Christams Eve in the Old Homestead - George Islon (1907)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 46
Length of Time 2:00
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Darkies on Holiday Concertina - Alexander Prince (Unknown Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 764
Length of Time 2:05
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Featuring a memorable concertina solo
Read a Biography of Alexander Prince on Wikipedia here
Read our Article: 'The Issue of Racism in Early Recorded Music'
Death of Little Nell - (Unknown Artist and Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 5014
Length of Time: 1:54
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Distant Greeting - Royal Military Band (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 737
Length of Time 2:01
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Flight of the Ages - Fredrick Bevan (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 6308
Length of Time 2:00
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God Save the King - London Military Band and Harry Dearth (Unknown Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 103
Length of Time 1:44
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Goodnight Waltz - Edison Military Band (1905)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 9169
Length of Time 1:58
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Harry Lauder's Pops - Alexander Prince (Unknown Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 1167
Length of Time 2:10
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Read a Biography of Alexander Prince on Wikipedia here
Has Anyone Seen a German Band? - Forde & Orch with Florrie Forde (Unknown Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 867
Length of Time 2:11
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Read a Biography of Florrie Forde on Wikipedia here
Has Anybody Here Seen Kelly - Frank Miller (Unknown Date)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 350
Length of Time 2:02
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He's a Cousin of Mine - Bob Roberts performer Bert Williams (1906)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 9412
Length of Time 2:19
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Read a Biography of Bert Williams on Wikipedia here
Hungarian Dances - Albert Spalding (1909)
(Edison Amberol Records)
Issue Number: 203
Length of Time 1:59
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Read a Biography of Albert Spalding on Wikipedia here
I'm Going Back to my Wife - George Formby (Unknown Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 817
Length of Time 2:22
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read a Biography of George Formby on Wikipedia here
I am the Bandoleer - The Bandoleer? (Possible Artist) (Unknown Date)
(Columbia Records)
Issue Number: 201251
Length of Time 1:52
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If Those Lips Could Only Speak - Stanley Kirkby (1907)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 18
Length of Time 1:58
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Read a Biography of Stanley Kirkby on Wikipedia here
Jesu Lover of my Soul - Montague Borwell (Unknown Date)
(Pathé Records)
Issue Number: 30.166; Hymns 193
Length of Time 1:50
Transferred from the original wax cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Cylinder is Severely Worn over Time
Laughing Song - George W Johnson (1902)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 4004
Length of Time 2:19
Transferred from the original wax cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read a Biography of George W Johnson on Wikipedia here
Let it Alone - Ada Jones performed by Bert Williams (1907)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 9507
Length of Time 2:10
Transferred from the original wax cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read a Biography of Bert Williams on Wikipedia here
Morning, Noon and Night - R.M.B. (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 699
Length of Time 1:57
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Music Ball Medley - Austin (Unknown Date)
(Clarion Red Label Records)
Issue Number: 391
Length of Time 1:53
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Nightingale of the Opera (Piccolo Solo) - Hudson Orchestra (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 682
Length of Time 1:45
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Nobody - Arthur Collins Performed by Bert Williams (1905)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 9084
Length of Time 2:15
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Read a Biography of Bert Williams on Wikipedia here
One of the Boys - George Formby (1908)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 13790
Length of Time 1:57
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read a Biography of George Formby on Wikipedia here
Overture to William Tell Part 3 - Gilmore's Band and Rossini, Gioacchino (1903)
(Columbia Records)
Issue Number: 32065
Length of Time 2:06
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read a Short Biography of Patrick Gilmore here
Peter on the Sea / The Ole Ark - Fisk Jubilee Singers (1912)
(Edison Amberol Records)
Issue Number: 978
Length of Time 3:20
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read About the Fisk Jubilee Singers on our Youtube Page here
Prettiest Little Song of all - Len Ward (1905)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 801
Length of Time 1:48
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Regimental Patrol - Garde Républicaine (1906)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 940
Length of Time 1:59
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Read a Biography of Garde Republicaine on Wikipedia here
Roll Jordan Roll - Fisk Jubilee Singers (1912)
(Edison Amberol Records)
Issue Number: 980
Length of Time 3:45
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read About the Fisk Jubilee Singers on our Youtube Page here
Sandon - Premier Military Band (Unknown Date)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 85
Length of Time 1:55
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Selection from Rigoletto - Edison Concert Band (Unknown Date)
(Edison Records)
Issue Number: 84
Length of Time 2:00
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Sheridan's Ride - Davenport (Date Unknown)
(Oxford Records)
Issue Number: 3119
Length of Time: 3:21
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Sing me an Irish Song - J Thorby (1911)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 557
Length of Time 1:55
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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The recording artist on this cylinder was Billy Williams who had also recorded 2 other
versions in 1911 for Homophon and Zonophone records.
Read a Short Biography of Billy Williams here
Suzannah Long Stockings - Forde & Orch Sung by Miss Florrie Forde (1905)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 162
Length of Time 1:57
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read a Biography of Florrie Forde on Wikipedia here
The Band of Gideon - Fisk Jubilee Singers (1912)
(Edison Amberol Records)
Issue Number: 983
Length of Time 3:47
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Read About the Fisk Jubilee Singers on our Youtube Page here
The Prodigal's Return on Christmas Morning - George Islon (1907)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 47
Length of Time 2:15
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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The War March of the Priests - London Regimental Band (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 765
Length of Time 1:46
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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The Whistling Village - Melrose & Orchestra (Unknown Date)
(Sterling Records)
Issue Number: 741
Length of Time 2:12
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Unknown Title - Highlanders's Bagpipe Band? (Unknown Date)
(Edison Records)
Issue Number: 47
Length of Time 1:54
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Veleta Waltz - BOH Band (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 685
Length of Time 1:53
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320 kbps
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Wearing of the Green - Coluhoun (Unknown Date)
(Edison Bell Records)
Issue Number: 6264
Length of Time 1:58
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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What a Time - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1914)
(Edison Amberol)
Issue Number: 2177
Length of Time 3:32
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR
When Father Prepared the Parlour - Fred Collins (Unknown Date)
(Clarion Records)
Issue Number: 410
Length of Time 1:56
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Xylophone Solo - The Girls of America March (1908)
(Edison Gold Moulded Records)
Issue Number: 9753
Length of Time 2:02
Transferred from the original cylinder to mp3 format 320kbps
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Useful Information:
* Black Recording Artists 1877-1926: An Annotated Discography (2015)
* Cylinder Formats and Labels: Cylinder Manufacturers by City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society
* Field Recordings of Black Singers and Musicians An Annotated Discography 1901-1943 - Craig Gibbs (2018)
* History of the Cylinder Phonograph - The Library of Congress.
* Lost Sounds: Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry, 1890-1919 by Tim Brooks
* Recording History - The British Record Industry 1888-1931 - Peter Martland (2013)
* The Fabulous Phonograph 1877-1977 by Roland Gelatt (1954) Library of Congress pdf
* The Remarkable Life of Colonel George Gouraud - Howard Hope (2021)
* The Ultimate Phonograph Cylinder Handbook RS6 by CLPGS (CLPGS Reference Series Books)
Thanks to Ozan from the RadioMuseumCrafts shop for providing us with their Pathé Phonograph, this will be utilised for the cylinder collection, please check out his amazing Etsy store as well.
