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The following program is distributed by the national educational radio network. The old record box. This program consists primarily of selections played from cylinder record. Edison frequently called talking machine. These records were issued in a period extending from the late 1890s to 1929. Your host is a red herring to. Hope you are not expecting too much out of the old record box today. And Haitian to inform you that chess contains nothing more than a few select cylinder records gathered together to support our program title of a wee bit of Scotch and everyone knows who will be the featured singer.
But before he makes his appearance we'd like to present a warm up number announced clearly and distinctly by the usual Edison announcer Edward maker. Of. Comment upon the popularity of Harry Lauder in this country are quite unnecessary.
So we present three of the most popular modern recordings in succession. These are Roman and middle men. Breakfast in bed and I love a lassie. Thanks.
Thanks. Thanks. Thanks. Another singer of the time using the Scottish dialect with Glenn Ellis and.
Whether he imitated Lauder or not I'm not prepared to say. But in listening to a portion of the same as his father before him one can readily detect the difference. It may not be fair to present an all male concert so we'll wind up with
Marina rel their Australian soprano singing on the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond just one mess neuronal first thing in this country may not be known exactly. But there is a record of an early appearance in one thousand pour when she sang with John McCormick at the St. Louis fair. Thank you. Thank you. Thank. You. As were Scotch and Heather we close the whole record. This is
no spread Harrington program was produced in the studios of W and B. This is the national educational radio network.
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Series
The old record box
Episode
A wee bit o' Scotch
Producing Organization
Flint Board of Education (Flint, Mich.)
Contributing Organization
University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/500-7940ws4g
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Description
Episode Description
This program features songs like "Harry Lauder Medley;" "Roamin' in the Gloamin';" "Breakfast in Bed;" "I Love a Lassie;" "Same as His Father was Before Him;" and "On the Bonny, Bonny Banks of Loch Lomond."
Series Description
Cylinder recordings of music and spoken word from late 1890's to 1929; historic recordings of music and speech.
Date
1967-11-01
Topics
Music
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:15:16
Credits
Host: Harrington, Fred C.
Producing Organization: Flint Board of Education (Flint, Mich.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
University of Maryland
Identifier: 67-36-9 (National Association of Educational Broadcasters)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Duration: 00:15:10
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Chicago: “The old record box; A wee bit o' Scotch,” 1967-11-01, University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed March 28, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-7940ws4g.
MLA: “The old record box; A wee bit o' Scotch.” 1967-11-01. University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-7940ws4g>.
APA: The old record box; A wee bit o' Scotch. Boston, MA: University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-7940ws4g