The Wax Cylinder Archive

All Files are in Alphabetical Order by Title

See a video of the Pathé Phonograph playing back an early recording on 'inter cylinder' here

Listen to the Earliest Black Vocal Groups/Quartets - Document Collection now available here

Listen to African American Pete Hampton's Cylinders here & Read About Pete Hampton here

Listen to the Paleophonics Exotic Britain: Opera and Musical Collections now available here

Listen to the Lost Sounds Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry now available here

Updated 14-04-24

Audio only from the Pathé Phonograph playing back an inter cylinder (Unknown Date)

Untitled Cylinder

(Pathé Records)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 2:16

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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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Anona - Elliott (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 139

Length of Time 2:13

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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

At the Football Match Last Saturday - Mark Sheridan (1904-05?)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 224

Length of Time 2:12

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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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Banjo Duet Overture to Semiramide - Carl & Earl of London (Unknown Date)

(Edison Bell, Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 2:59

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Billy Whitlock's Motorcar - Billy Whitlock (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1151

Length of Time 2:04

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Billy Whitlock's Wedding - Billy Whitlock (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1070

Length of Time 1:51

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Bluebell - Dupee (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1109

Length of Time: 2:12

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Bombay - Hamilton Hill (Unknown Date)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 263

Length of Time 2:25

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Bugle Calls of the British Army - Alfred Charter (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 132

Length of Time 2:13

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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'

Dat's Harmony - Bob Roberts, Bert Williams, Grant Clarke (1912)

(Edison Amberol Records)

Issue Number: 887

Length of Time 3:14

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Read a Biography of Bert Williams on Wikipedia here

Death of Little Nell - (Unknown Artist and Date)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 5014

Length of Time 1:54

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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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Drum Major - Wilson Hallett (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1089

Length of Time 2:19

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Entry of the Gladiators - Unknown Artist (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 10

Length of Time 2:15

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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 & Harry Dearth (Unknown Date)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 103

Length of Time 1:44

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Goodbye my Lady Love - Harry Faye (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time: 2:12

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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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Gondeliers Selection - London Concert Orchestra (Unknown Date)

(Edison Bell, Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 2:50

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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

Honeymoon Hall - Harrison Latimer (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1146

Length of Time 2:04

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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

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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

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Jerusalem - Harrison Latimer (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 769

Length of Time 2:12

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Jerusalem Mournin - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1910)

(Edison Standard Records)

Issue Number: 10334

Length of Time 2:11

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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR

Keep Movin - Standard Quartette (Unknown Date)

(Columbia, Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 2:53

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Read More About the Standard Quartette here

Kentucky Patrol Xylophone - Starmer (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 116

Length of Time 1:55

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Laughing Song - George W Johnson (1902)

(Edison Gold Moulded Records)

Issue Number: 4004

Length of Time 2:19

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Read a Biography of George W Johnson on Wikipedia here

Laughing Song - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1914)

(Edison Standard Records)

Issue Number: 2176

Length of Time 3:39

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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR

Let it Alone - Ada Jones performed by Bert Williams (1907)

(Edison Gold Moulded Records)

Issue Number: 9507

Length of Time 2:10

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Read a Biography of Bert Williams on Wikipedia here

Leona Polka Trombone - Zimmerman

(Electric Records)

Length of Time 2:02

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Mama's Black Baby Boy - The Unique Quartette (1893)

(Edison Gold Moulded Records)

Issue Number: 694

Length of Time: 2:26

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Read More About The Unique Quartette on Wikipedia here

Morning, Noon and Night - R.M.B. (Unknown Date)

(Edison Bell Records)

Issue Number: 699

Length of Time 1:57

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Music Ball Medley - Austin (Unknown Date)

(Clarion Red Label Records)

Issue Number: 391

Length of Time 1:53

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Read About the Fisk Jubilee Singers on our Youtube Page here

Poor Mourner - Standard Quartette (1896)

(Columbia Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 2:32

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Read More About the Standard Quartette here

Possum Hollow March - RPO (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 28

Length of Time: 2:11

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Piccolo Solo Kinlock of Kinlock - Marshall L (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 123

Length of Time 2:09

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Prettiest Little Song of all - Len Ward (1905)

(Edison Bell Records)

Issue Number: 801

Length of Time 1:48

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Queen of the Earth - Harrison Latimer (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1141

Length of Time 2:12

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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

Rise and Shine - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1910)

(Edison Standard Records)

Issue Number: 10332

Length of Time 2:12

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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR

Roll Jordan Roll - Fisk Jubilee Singers (1912)

(Edison Amberol Records)

Issue Number: 980

Length of Time 3:45

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Read About the Fisk Jubilee Singers on our Youtube Page here

Romance Trombone - Zimmerman Sousas Band (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 127

Lengthg of Time 2:17

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Sandon - Premier Military Band (Unknown Date)

(Clarion Records)

Issue Number: 85

Length of Time 1:55

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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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Sharpshooters March - Clarion Military Band

(Clarion Records)

Issue Number: 461

Length of Time 2:28

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Sheridan's Ride - Davenport (Date Unknown)

(Oxford Records)

Issue Number: 3119

Length of Time: 3:21

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Sing me an Irish Song - J Thorby (1911)

(Clarion Records)

Issue Number: 557

Length of Time 1:55

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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

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Read a Biography of Florrie Forde on Wikipedia here

Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Standard Quartette (1894)

(Columbia, Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 0:51

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Read More About the Standard Quartette here

Discovered by Archeophone Records on Waxing the Gospel

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 Bonnie Blue Flag - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1914)

(Edison Standard Records)

Issue Number: 2175

Length of Time 4:06

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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR

The Man Behind the Gun March - O.M.B. (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 5

Length of Time 2:24

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The Mid-ship Mite - Eric Farr (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1187

Length of Time 2:16

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The Old Time Religion - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1910)

(Edison Standard Records)

Issue Number: 10333

Length of Time 2:06

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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR

The Old Trombone - Albert Whelan & Orch (Unknown Date)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 731

Length of Time 2:27

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The Preacher and the Bear - Bert Newton (Unknown Date)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 262

Length of Time 2:27

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The Prodigal's Return on Christmas Morning - George Islon (1907)

(Clarion Records)

Issue Number: 47

Length of Time 2:15

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The War March of the Priests - LRB (Unknown Date)

(Edison Bell Records)

Issue Number: 765

Length of Time 1:46

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The Watermelon Party - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1910)

(Edison Standard Records)

Issue Number: 2178

Length of Time 3:54

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Read Polk Miller's Biography on NPR

The Whistling Song - George W Johnson (1897)

(Columbia, Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: 7602

Length of Time 2:46

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Read a Biography of George W Johnson on Wikipedia here

The Whistling Village - Melrose & Orchestra (Unknown Date)

(Sterling Records)

Issue Number: 741

Length of Time 2:12

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The Wise Old Owl - Faye (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1118

Length of Time 2:02

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Three Cheers for Jack - Harrison Latimer (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1179

Length of Time 2:15

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True till Death - Eric Farr (Unknown Date)

(Electric Records)

Issue Number: 1183

Length of Time 2:15

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Unknown Title - Highlanders's Bagpipe Band? (Unknown Date)

(Edison Records)

Issue Number: 47

Length of Time 1:54

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Veleta Waltz - BOH Band (Unknown Date)

(Edison Bell Records)

Issue Number: 685

Length of Time 1:53

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Wearing of the Green - Coluhoun (Unknown Date)

(Edison Bell Records)

Issue Number: 6264

Length of Time 1:58

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What a Time - Polk Miller's Old South Quartet (1914)

(Edison Amberol)

Issue Number: 2177

Length of Time 3:32

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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

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Who Broke the Lock - Standard Quartette (1895)

(Columbia, Brown Wax Cylinder)

Issue Number: Unknown

Length of Time 2:47

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Read More About the Standard Quartette here

Xylophone Solo - The Girls of America March (1908)

(Edison Gold Moulded Records)

Issue Number: 9753

​Length of Time 2:02

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