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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 phonograph record they called talking machine. These records were issued in a period extending from the late 1890s to 1929. Your host is red herring to. Welcome back do they photograph the corner of the living room. And our salute today to the Irish. Whether or not they still bear fond recollections of the old sod. To begin contralto Eva Jones joins Len Spencer in a humorous song and dialogue.
Mr Spencer was a comic and ragtime singer in the universal minstrel company. A. I never hear
you. The wearing of the green was written in 1798 and was most
familiar as a street ballad and a reference to America as a refuge from tyranny. It was a much later edition. This record was the most popular number made by Marina rail an Australian soprano who sang for Edison on each ever tours in this country. An earlier recording by Mr. Ryle silver threads among the gold on the black wax two minute record was extremely well received in this country. It's not surprising to find many Irish songs just before and after the
turn of the century. Many emigrants during the dreadful potato famine had found their way here and it was natural for them to remember their homeland with a sentimental longing. Typical of this feeling is the song call Arnie and you hear a song by S. W. Harrison. Irish novelty numbers were extremely popular on the vaudeville stage as well
as on records. This sketch them were the happy days features Steve Porter a popular comic. But the lady who speaks and sings with him is not identified. This pattern of talk and song was used in a great many of the Edison issues. Thank you. Yes.
A loading song would not be out of order and a little group singing may compliment the work of the previous soloists. That Vermeer quartet
has a total of 69 records to their credit on Edison blue emeralds and maybe more. They're straight singing is given a slightly better variety with a little xylophone in the chorus. Their number is. I am on my way to Dublin Bay. I know it's close out time for us and our Irish music.
This is Brad Harrington making the closing announcement for the old record box produced in the studios of W. B. This is the national educational radio network.
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Series
The old record box
Episode
The auld sod
Producing Organization
Flint Board of Education (Flint, Mich.)
Contributing Organization
University of Maryland (College Park, Maryland)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/500-qj77z138
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Description
Episode Description
This program features songs like "Meet Me Down at the Corner;" "The Wearing of the Green;" "Killarney and You;" "Them Were the Happy Days;" and "I'm on My Way to Dublin Bay."
Series Description
Cylinder recordings of music and spoken word from late 1890's to 1929; historic recordings of music and speech.
Date
1967-10-19
Topics
Music
Media type
Sound
Duration
00:14:53
Credits
Host: Harrington, Fred C.
Producing Organization: Flint Board of Education (Flint, Mich.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
University of Maryland
Identifier: 67-36-8 (National Association of Educational Broadcasters)
Format: 1/4 inch audio tape
Duration: 00:14:39
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Citations
Chicago: “The old record box; The auld sod,” 1967-10-19, University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 9, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-qj77z138.
MLA: “The old record box; The auld sod.” 1967-10-19. University of Maryland, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 9, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-500-qj77z138>.
APA: The old record box; The auld sod. 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-qj77z138