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Title:

Sale of pawnbroker's goods

Performer(s):

[Len Spencer].

Issue Number/Label:

10001: Columbia Phonograph Co.

Year of Release:

[between 1904 and 1909]

Audio:

Stream cylinder 4936: Download: MP3 file (2-4 MB) (Usage info)

Note:

Columbia Phonograph Co.: 10001.

Note:

Performer information from Two-minute brown wax and XP cylinder records of the Columbia Phonograph Company / Kenneth M. Lorenz, 1981.

Note:

Original recording released between 1896 and 1897 with same cylinder number.

Collection Information:

Todd collection.

Personal Name:

Spencer, Len, 1867-1914.

Subject:

Monologues.

Original Item Location:

Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 4936

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

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Faust. - Alessandro Bonci. (Edison Royal Purple Amberol: 29003), [1918].

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Some instruments recorded better than others with the acoustic recording process. Typically loud instruments like brass recorded well, while softer instruments like violins didn't.