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Title:

The banjo evangelist

Performer(s):

Len Spencer and Fred Van Eps.

Issue Number/Label:

8594: Edison Gold Moulded Record

Year of Release:

[1904]



Audio:

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Note:

Year of release from "The Edison Phonograph Monthly," v.1 (1903/1904).

Note:

Re-recording by Len Spencer and Fred Van Eps released in 1907 with same cylinder number.

Note:

Edison Gold Moulded Record: 8594.

Note:

Comic monologue with banjo accompaniment.

Personal Name:

Spencer, Len, 1867-1914.

Personal Name:

Van Eps, Fred, 1878-1960.

Subject:

Banjo music.

Subject:

American wit and humor.

Original Item Location:

Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 6609


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