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Title:

Coming home from Coney Island

Performer(s):

Ada Jones and Len Spencer.

Issue Number/Label:

32981: Columbia Phonograph Co.

Year of Release:

[1906]

Audio:

Stream cylinder 4813: Download: MP3 file (2-4 MB) (Usage info)

Note:

Columbia Phonograph Co.: 32981.

Note:

Vaudeville specialty with orchestra accompaniment.

Collection Information:

Todd collection.

Personal Name:

Jones, Ada.

Personal Name:

Spencer, Len, 1867-1914.

Subject:

Vaudeville.

Geographic Subject:

New York (State)--Songs and music.

Original Item Location:

Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 4813

An initiative of the UC Santa Barbara Library • (805) 893-5444 • Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010. [Envelope]

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The umpire is a most unhappy man - Edward M. Favor. (Edison Gold Moulded Record: 9352), [1906].

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Cylinders are acoustic recordings--performers sang or played into a recording horn, not a microphone. Microphones were not in widespread use until 1924 with the advent of electrical recording.