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Edison Recordings Page
Below are over 250 mp3 files for download and more are added from time to time. Don't worry, Edison record division went out of business in 1929 and all of these are in the public domain. All these music files are from Edison Diamond Disk records or Cylinders in my collection. Most are from acoustically recorded records unless otherwise stated. These have been recorded for mp3 using a modified Diamond Disk reproducer I customized to record them electronically, as opposed to sticking a microphone in the horn. The advantage as well as the disadvantage to this process is that it brings out what really is in the records, all their quality as well as their technological faults plus any abuse given them by their previous owners decades before most of us were born. I custom built a reproducer for these as opposed to simply playing them on a standard record player using a modern cartridge because of the vast difference in the Diamond Disk technology. It is true one can get some sound out of diamond disks by inverting the wires on the ground channel of a modern stereo cartridge with a 78 RPM stylus, but much is lost and some damage occurs to the record. Why? 1) 78 RPM needles are not the correct shape and size thus do not track as well as an actual Edison Diamond stylus would. 2) The records require the stylus to have so much weight (at least 300 grams as opposed to 3 - 5 grams for a stereo cart) to stay in the hill and dale groove that it would crush any stereo cartridge if properly weighted. A modern cartridge therefore mistracks much like a motor cycle going over a high grade hill becoming airborne. The heavy weight of the Edison reproducer works like a heavy tank would going over that same hill. It will hug the ground as it passes no matter how fast it is going. So the Edison weight is ideally suited to keep it stable.
To demonstrate this process, here is a link to a mix I produced showing the advantage of the electronic method I use as opposed to the old sticking a microphone in the horn way usually used to record these. The mp3 starts out with a microphone recording and then the electronic version is mixed in. The record is an electronic 52000 series so the same contrasting results will not be as good from an acoustically recorded record which has little dynamic range anyway. Still the difference is noticeable even on these.
It is of course important to bear in mind that any record sounds best when played on the phonograph for which it was designed, and none of these are as good as a mechanically well restored Edison would sound. Of course one can not download one of those...
*These files are rather large and will take a while to load.*
Jazz
Dardenella - Harry Raderman's Orchestra (Jan 1920)
Make That Trombone Laugh - Harry Raderman's Orchestra (Jan 1920)
The Vamp Oriental Foxtrot - Green Brothers Novelty Band (May 1915)
Sorry I made you cry - Earl Fullers Jass Band (4 June 1918)
What Do You Do Sunday Mary - MacAlpine Dance Orchestra (4 Oct 1923) Hard to believe this is acoustic.
Learn To Smile - Harry Raderman's Orchestra (7 June 1921)
Henpecked Blues - Jazz-O-Harmonists (15 May 1923) Red Hot! Record a little damaged.
Papa Better Watch Your Step - Kaplans Melodists - (3 May 1923) Almost as cool.
Clementine From New Orleans - Ernie Golden (26 Sept 1927) Electronic and Hot!
I Still Love You - Duke Yellman (19 Jan 1928) Electronic "The Original Duke"
Me And The Boyfriend - Meadowbrook Dance Orchestra. (9 Oct 1924) Nice effects.
Down South - Palais D'Or Dance Orchestra (Oct 1927) Electronic
Sing Me A Baby Song - Hotel MacAlpin Dance Orchestra (Nov 1927) Electronic
Moon of Japan - Irwin Abrams Dance Orchestra (Dec 1927) Electronic
JazzyAddy One Step - Jazzarimba Jazz Orchestra (2 Jan 1919)
Marvelous - Al Lynn Orchestra - Arthur Fields (17 Sept 1927) Electronic
Maybe It's You! - Winnegars Penn Boys (15 Sept 1927) Electronic
Maybe I'll Baby You - B. A. Rolfe Palais Dance Orchestra (3 Jan 1928) Electronic
St. Louis Blues - All Star Trio (3 Jan 1919)
A Broken Doll - Jaudas Society Orchestra (6 Nov 1916)
Limehouse Blues - Atlantic Dance Orchestra (2 Feb 1924)
Paradise Alley - Harry Raderman Dance Orchestra (28 May 1924) Record damaged, but good music
Arabian Nights - Jaudas Society Orchestra (7 Oct 1918)
Anytime Anyday Anywhere - Green Brothers Novelty Band (22 July 1920)
Havanola - National Promenade Orchestra (20 Feb 1917)
Dance Music
We Two - Kaplan Band (3 July 1923)
A Kiss Before The Dawn - Jack Stillman (7 Oct 1927) Electronic
I'm In Heaven When I See You Smile - Jack Stillman (7 Oct 1927) Electronic
Darling Medley - Max Fells Della-Robbia Orchestra (20 October 1920)
Crinoline Days - Broadway Dance Orchestra (15Nov1922)
One Night In June - Broadway Dance Orchestra (29 Nov 1922)
Officer Of The Day Tango - National Promenade Orchestra (12 Aug 1913)
Lady Of The Evening - Broadway Dance Orchestra (22Nov1922)
When June Comes Along With A Song - Broadway Dance Orchestra (28 June 1923)
Stumbling - Broadway Dance Orchestra (25 June 1922)
Dreamy Melody - MacNalpak's Dance Orchestra (4 Oct 1923)
'Neith the South Sea Moon - Atlantic Dance Orchestra (22 June 1922)
At Peace In The World With You - Jack Stillman Orchestra (10 May 1926)
Daughter Of Love Waltz - National Promonade Orchestra (March 1914)
In The Middle Of The Night - Jack Stillman Orchestra (10 May 1926)
My Queen Waltz - National Promenade Ochestra (Feb 1914)
Stephanie Gravotte - ASO (2 Jan 1914)
J'en Al Marre' - Broadway Dance Orchestra (30 June 1922)
Loveable Eyes - Broadway Dance Orchestra (25 May 1922)
Loveland Waltzes - ASO (3 Sept 1912) Very early and dim sounding DD record.
I Still Can Dream Foxtrot - Broadway Dance Orchestra (Nov 1922)
Tangoland Tango - National Promenade Dance Orchestra (Aug 1913)
Lulu Belle Version A - Jack Stillman Orchestra (April 1926) Hot!
Lulu Belle Version C (Same Day As Above). Even Hotter!!
One More Night - The MacAlpineers (Feb 1928) Electronic
Mary Ann - Louis Lilienfeld & the Hotel Biltmore Orchestra (March 1928) Electronic
La Java - Kaplan's Melodists (28 Jan 1924)
Violets Waltz - National Promenade Orchestra (Feb 1914)
Bajadere - Soderos Orchestra (2 Feb 1915)
Valencia - Jack Stillman Orchestra (20 April 1926)
Cannibola - Broadway Dance Orchestra (31 Aug 1923) Lyrics rather stupid.
No! No! Nora! - Broadway Dance Orchestra (31 Aug 1923) Must have been a lyrics shortage.
Apple Blossom - ASO - (May 1915)
Blue Danube Waltz - ASO (3 Sept 1912) Very early and dim sounding DD record.
Vienna Beauties Waltz - (New York Military Band (12 Dec 1913)
The Midnight Waltz - Jack Stillman Orchestra (29 April 1925)
The Vale Of Golden Dreams - Jack Stillman Orchestra (29 April 1925)
Marches
New Colonial March - NY Military Band (Jan 1917)
Kaiser Friedrich March - NY Military Band (Oct 1915)
Home Again - Jaudas Society Orchestra (20 Feb 1917)
Chicago Tribune March - Soderos Orchestra (4 June 1923)
Blue and White March - NY Military Band (Nov 1915)
American Eagle March - New York Military Band (1 Jan 1917)
March of the Mannequins - Broadway Dance Orchestra (March 1923) Cute little march!
March of the Marionettes - Murrey Kelners Ensemble (10 Jan 1928) Electronic
Saber and Spur March - New York Military Band (July 1918)
Sambre Et Muse - New York Military Band (23 Oct 1918)
Patrol Of The Guardsmen - New York Military Band (3 Oct 1913)
Marching Through Georgia - Knickerbocker Quartet (6 May 1914)
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! - Knickerbocker Quartet (6 May 1914)
Two civil war songs. Little did they know that in less than two months the world would explode into a war that dwarfed that one.
World War 1
Freedom For All Forever - Arthur Middleton (17June1918) WW1 fight song ala "Why We Fight".
I'm Going to Follow The Boys Over There - Grant and Murry (14 Feb 1918) Funny.
There's A Long Long Trail - Frieda Hemple (7 June 1918)
When You Come Back - Premier Quartet (12 Aug 1918)
A Cappella Groups
Outa Town Gal - Rollickers (Feb 1929) Electronic They sound like the Inkspots.
Dream Kisses - The Radio Franks (19 Jan 1928) Electronic
Who's Blue Now? - The Radio Franks (19 Jan 1928) Electronic
Traditional, Southern and Ethnic
Ald Lang Syne - Old Home Singers (April 1914)
Irish Love Song - Emory Randolf (24 March 1914)
Carry Me Back To Old Verginny - Dave Kaplan Melodists (March 1926)
Ole Verginny Days - Homestead Trio (29 March 1917)
Longing For My Dixie Home - Harvey Hindermyer (Dec 1917)
Hush-a-bye My Baby - Cox and Dalhart (26 June 1917)
Away Down South In Heaven - Ernest Hare (15 Dec 1927) Electronic.
Melon Time In Dixieland - Premier Quartet (2 June 1921)
My Old Kentucky Home - Thomas Chalmers (4 April 1914)
Comin' Through The Rye - Betsy Lane Sheppard (June 1916)
The Old Oaken Bucket - Dave Kaplan Melodists (March 1926)
Sing Us A Song Of Bonny Scotland - Glen Elison (30 March 1916)
Down Among The Sleepy Hills Of Tennessee - Robert Dennings (3 April 1923) How hard is it to spell Tenesee?
Mother Machree - Walter VanBrunt (May 1915)
My Wild Irish Rose - Walter VanBrunt (Oct 1915)
Bringing Home The Bacon - Kaplan's Melodists (28 May 1924) Record damaged, but very good music.
Classical
Note: ACO is American Concert Orchestra. ECB is Edison Concert Band. ASO is American Symphony Orchestra. SO is Sodero's Orchestra. SB is Sodero's Band. All were incarnations of Edison's house orchestra. Edison found it cheaper to have his own orchestra rather than to hire big name professionals, which he despised. [His own celebrity was the only one he would bank on.] It was originally the "Edison Symphony Orchestra", but this designation was dropped apparently so as not to give the impression of being the house orchestra that it was. Although it was a private studio ensemble, it is important not to underestimate it's quality, since they were very good as can be heard from these recordings. Cesare Sodero, it's principal conductor until 1925, went on to have a distinguished post-Edison career in radio, later even becoming a principal conductor of the New York Metropolitan Opera.
Leonora Overture Number 3 Part 1 - ACO (July 1917)
Leonora Overture Number 3 Part 2 - ACO (July 1917)
Die Meistersinger Prelude Part 1 - ACO (Oct 1923)
Die Meistersinger Prelude Part 2 - ACO (Oct 1923)
Massaniello Overture - ECB (19 April 1913)
Barber Of Seville - Creatore Orchestra (17 Feb 1917)
Peer Gynt Suite Side 1 - Soderos Band (12 Nov 1914)
Peer Gynt Suite Side 2 - Soderos Band (12 Nov 1914)
Prelude To Faust - ASO (Dec 1921)
Tannhaüser Overture Part 1 - ASO (Feb 1919)
Ride Of The Walkuries - ASO (Dec 1921)
RienziOverture_SoderosBand_23Oct1913_50150R.mp3
Tannhaüser Overture Part 2 - ASO (Feb 1919)
Tannhaüser Fest March - SO (Oct 1913)
William Tell Overture Part 1 - SB (Dec 1918)
William Tell Overture Part 2 - SB (Dec 1918)
Stabat Mater Rosini - Pietro Capodiferro (July 1917)
Poet and Peasant Overture Part 1 - ASO (Oct 1916)
Poet and Peasant Overture Part 2 - ASO (Oct 1916)
Farandole from Bizet's L'arlesienne Suite - ACO (2 June 1925)
Sextet DeLammermore - "Concert Orchestra" (April 1914)
Handel Largo - ASO (Sept 1915)
Norma Overture - Vincenzo Bellini (Oct 1918)
Intermezzo from Bizet's L'arlesienne Suite Number 2 - ACO (4 June 1925)
Tchaikovsky's March Slav - ASO (June 1923) High quality acoustic.
Adagio Cantabile (Joseph Haydn) - Zoellner Quartet (August 6, 1920)
Opera Arias
Patients Airs Part 1 - New York Light Opera Company (April 1915)
Patients Airs Part 2 - New York Light Opera Company (April 1915)
Toradore Song From Carmen - Thomas Chalmers (1 May 1914)
Travatori Miserere - Cambell And Harrison (28 March 1913)
Anvil Chorus - New York Light Opera Company (17 Oct 1912)
Solo Instruments, Duets, Trios and Quartets
Humoresque [Antonín Dvorak] Isidore Moskowitz violin (Oct1914)
Melody in F [Anton Rubenstein] Isidore Moskowitz violin (Oct 1915)
Aloha (on a vibraphone) - Lou Chiha "Frisco" (July 1924)
Caprice Espagnol - Albert Spaulding violin (Aug 1915)
Spring Dance - Mikhail Cherniavskij violin solo (April 1914)
Traumerei - Paulo Gruppe chelloSolo (25 May 1922)
Chants Russes - Maurice Marecha solo violin (6 Oct 1920)
Cinquantaine - Maurice Marechal solo violin (6 Oct 1920)
New York Blues - Pietro Frosini accordion solo (Sept 1916)
Saxophone Sobs - Rudy Wiedoeft saxophone solo (Aug 1917)
Souvenir - Albert Spalding solo violin (Oct 1916)
Medley Of Scotch Airs - Fred Bacon [banjo solo] (Oct 1916)
Meditation - Albert Spaulding violin (May 1915)
Rondo Capricioso - Albert Spaulding (May1915)
The Broken Melody - Leo Taussig chello solo (26 Jan 1913)
Are You Lonely - Stevens Trio (10 Oct 1923)
When You Dance With A Wonderful Girl - Stevens Trio (6 April 1923)
Hot Lips - Stevens Trio (11 Sept 1922) Not all that hot.
Old Black Joe - Andre Benoist piano solo (14 Oct 1915)
Valse In E Flat - Andre Benoist pianosolo (21 July 1915)
Anitras Dance - Mikhail Cherniavskij violin solo (April1914)
Sand Dunes - All Star Trio (7 Oct 1918)
Connaught Man [Banjo Solo] Fred Bacon (Feb1918)
Melancholy - Stevens Trio (4 Oct 1923)
A Broken Heart - Venetian Quartet (6 March 1916)
Afterwards - Venetian Quartet (15 June 1921)
Fragrant Rose - Loseys Salon Quartet (3 May 1921)
Broken Dreams - Rae Eleanor Ball [violin] (29 Oct 1924) Amazing acoustic recording!
Oh How I Miss You Tonight - Rae Elenor Ball [violin] (6 August 1925) Amazing acoustic recording!
Hawaiian Music We can be thankful that fads do go away eventually...
Aloha Land - Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra (17 June 1918)
Sweet Hawaiian Moonlight - Rice and Cox (5 April 1918)
Unusual Arrangements
Dixie - NY Military Band (April 1916) (You hear everything from Banjo to water pipe.)
Light Cavalry Overture Xylophone With Orchestra - Lou Chiha (Oct 1916)
Tannhäuser Fest March Xylophone With Orchestra - Lou Chiha (Oct 1916)
My Cairo Love - Green Brothers Novelty (13 May 1919)
In My Heart On My Mind All Day Long - LouChiha (2 Nov 1921)
Tuck Me To Sleep In My Old Kentucky Home - Lou Chiha (2 Nov 1921)
Bellini Ensemble Unique
This is a subheading of unusual arrangements, because it deserves a place of it's own. Bellini Ensemble Unique was just that. Apparently only winds and brass, they have some very interesting approaches to their art. The recording quality is amazing, (they sound like they were made in the 40's). Some have conjectured that these were actually early Edison experiments in electronic recording, but there is no documentation to support it. They fail to take into account that Edison quality was unusually good. One wonders if the instruments were chosen based upon their sonic range, which would be easy to record acoustically.
Fadette Impromptu Brilliant (June 1924)
Constellations Waltz (June 1924)
Valse Russ [Russian Waltz] (June 1924)
Very Rare Unreleased Recording Made Only For Dealers.
This was a special issue made for Edison "jobbers" to help deal with the morale problems wrought by the downturn in sales caused by radio in the mid 1920's in the guise of a Christmas present. It is a classic corporate pep talk by big wigs who clearly have not a single clue as to what to do other than what has already been done. The solution to radio? "...More tone tests." Dilbert would have loved this. Guys, it worked back in the teens, but this is worse than useless now. The times have changed but big corporate management as a rule never does, (except where I work- right boss!). This has the voices of all the big brass in the Edison record division, including at the very last, The Man himself.
Special Issue Side One (25 Nov 1924)
Special Issue Side Two (25 Nov 1924)
Comedy
The Country Fiddler On The Telephone - Charles Ross Taggart (Sept 1922)
Country Fiddler Gets New Thrills - Charles Ross Taggert (18 Sept 1922)
Dixie (the way it is sung puts it in this category) - Metropolitan Singers (April 1916)
That's a Lot of Bunk - Hare and Jones (Sept 1923) Very Clever Lyrics!
Barney Google - Hare and Jones (April 1923) The Original Classic!
Down In Midnight Town - Premier Quartet (8 Dec 1921)
Town Topics Of Punkin Center - Cal Stewart (May 1915)
Uncle Josh Buys An Automobile - Cal Stewart (May 1915) Indiana's own Cal Stewart. Very popular in his day, but annoying now, at least to me.
Broken Hearted Blues - Al Bernard (20March1922)
Down Among The Sleepy Hills Of Tennessee - Robert Denning (3 April 1923) Why is it so hard to spell Tennessee?
I Wasn't Scared, But I Though I'd Better Be On My Way - Ernest Hare (10 June 1924)
The Cat and The Canary - Kaplans Melodists (13 Nov 1922) A must for cat lovers.
Where Is My Meyer Jack Kaufman (24 Oct 1927) Electronic.
Who's That Pretty Baby - The Happiness Boys [Hare and Jones] (13 Oct 1927) Electronic
The following are two examples of the now unacceptable malignant racist comedy which was a terrible aspect of the time. These are probably the least offensive of many I have heard and I include them only as a means of conveying the full rounded sampling of the Edison discography that I have tried to present in this page.
Motoring - Two Dark Knights (31 Oct 1927) Electronic
In Jail - Two Dark Knights (31 Oct 1927) Electronic
Sentimental
Sunshine Of Your Smile (June 1917) Vernon Dalhart in his pre-country days.
Ever Of Thee I'm Fondly Dreaming - E. Spincer, T. Chalmers (Aug 1913) When the room is pitch dark and this record is playing, it truly sounds like Elizabeth Spincer and Thomas Chalmers are singing in the room. The quality is just that good. Several people have remarked about the startling presence of this recording, which sadly can not really be given justice in this mp3.
Darling Nelly Gray - Mixed Quartet (Feb 1914) This sad tune was written before the civil war by a slave who's wife had been cruelly sold and taken away.
Dream Of The Tyrolienne - Venetian Instrumental Quartet (3 March 1913)
That Old Gang Of Mine - Jones and Hare (2 Aug 1923) The nostalgia is rather forced.
Flower Song - Venetian Instrumental Quartet (2 Jan 1914)
Where The Lazy Mississippi Flows - James and Hart (4 May 1921)
Sweet Leonore - Lewis James (July 1919)
Love Here Is My Heart - Reed Miller (1 June 1920)
Songs Of Other Days side 1 - Metropolitan Chorus (6 Nov 1916)
Songs Of Other Days side 2 - Metropolitan Chorus (6 Nov 1916)
In The Sweet Old Way - Helen Clark and George W. Ballard (20 March 1919)
When I Was 21 - Glen Elison (26 March 1920)
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles - Helen Clark and George W, Ballard (15 March 1919)
Dreams - Carolina Lazzari (30 Jan 1917)
When You Said Hush-a-Bye My Baby - Helen Clark (May 1918)
Come Where The Lillies Bloom - Metropolitan Quartet (29 Dec 1915)
Where The Sunset Turns The Oceans Blue To Gold - George Ballard (6 June 1917)
Rock Me To Sleep Mother - Elizabeth Spencer (5 May 1916)
Silver Bay - Metropolitan Quartet (22 Feb 1917)
Smiles - Parvis and Middleton (1 July 1918)
Love Dreams After The Ball - Elizabeth Spencer (11 Dec 1913)
I Left My Heart In Honolulu - George Ballard (1 June 1916)
What A Pal Was Mary - Arthur Middelton (Aug 1919) Very good baritone singer.
Memories of France - The MacAlpineers (Aug 1928) Electronic
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time - The MacAlpineers (Aug 1928) Electronic
There'll Never Be Another You - Jack Stillman Orchestra (July 1928) Electronic
Laugh Clown Laugh - Jack Stillman Orchestra (July 1928) Electronic
Tomorrow Land - Duet with James Lewis and Charles Hart (8 Dec 1921)
Keep The Love Lamp Burning - Gladys Rice (May 1920)
I'll Take You Home Again Kathleen - Walter VanBrunt (June 1914) This had to be Edison's greatest hit record. I see it everywhere I find Edison records.
On The Banks Of The Brandywine - Walter VanBrunt (June 1914) Flip side to the one above.
Sunny Side Sal - Vernon Dalhart and Gladys Rice (2 June 1921) One of my brothers records from his collection. He gave it to me as he no longer has a DD player.
When You And I Were Young Maggy - Walter VanBrunt (Nov 1915)
When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget - Clark and VanBrunt (3 Feb 1915)
I'd Like To Take You Away - Helen Clark and Joseph Phillips (6 Jan 1920)
Bye Bye Pretty Baby - J. Donald Parker (4 Oct 1927) Electronic
Mother I Still Have You - J. Donald Parker (28 Nov 1927) Electronic
The Hours I've Spent With You - J. Donald Parker (28 Nov 1927) Electronic
You'd Rather Forget Than Forgive - J. Donald Parker (21 Feb 1928) Electronic
Was It A Dream - J. Donald Parker (21 Feb 1928) Electronic
After a lot of research I can not find a thing on J. Donald Parker. His recordings show him to have been a fairly talented and prolific recording artist with Edison in it's twilight days. If anyone knows anything about him, drop me an email.
Vaughn DeLeath
She was truly the first radio [electronic media] megastar. She was known as "Vaughn DeLeath - The Radio Girl" She flourished at a time when radio needed someone like her. At a time when all radio programming was live and sometimes unpredictable, she had the ability to sing and gab almost non-stop when needed if something went wrong with their schedule. Plus her voice was so very midrange that it worked well with the very limited frequency response available with the crude broadcasting equipment of the time. Upon looking at her pictures, I have often thought she had a face for radio. She also claims to have originated the singing style of crooning. Unfortunately her star began to set as the late 20's rolled around and she vanished after her last known recording in 1931. She died in alcoholic poverty and obscurity in 1943.
I Just Roll Along (8 Feb 1928) Electronic
Sunshine (8 Feb 1928) Electronic
Very Early Country Music.
Wreck of The Old Southern 97 - Vernon Dalhart (May 1924)
The year after this very high quality acoustic recording with Edison, Dalhalt recorded it for Victor using their new Orthophonic electronic recording process. (The Victor version sounds weaker in tonal quality to me than this acoustic Edison cut). I would post the Victor version, but RCA Victor BMG/Columbia House is still in business and they might not like it. But the comparison between Edison's acoustic and the Victor electronic Orthophonic would be very interesting. The Victor record became the first country music million seller hit. In reality, Dalhart was a classically trained opera singer and it shows in this earlier Edison version, although it is clear he is trying to repress his classical training to be more in character. For Victor, he managed to finish his "dumming it down" by stripping his voice of any trace of musical education and as a result he sounds closer to the Appalachian effect he was trying to create. The buying public evidently thought he really was from "down on the farm", since he is remembered today as an early founder of Country music along with the Stoneman family, (they really were from the sticks, unlike Dalhart), who also recorded for the Edison company in it's twilight. Edison thought his mainstay was the rural buying public, whereas Victor saw itself as catering to the urban New Yorker sophisticated type .
Dalhart was something of a voice of all trades. He sang jazz also, doing the vocals in the hit "Red Hot Mama" with the Georgia Melodians. I do not have that one, but if I ever come across it I will be putting it here. It is worth seeking out.
For those interested in hearing Dalhart in his pre-country days, look up on this page under the category of Sentimental and click on the first recording.
When The Sun Goes Down Again - Vernon Dalhart (Oct 1927) Electronic
Casey Jones - Billy Jones (Feb 1921) A classic. Became a children's song
Wait Until The Roses Bloom - Frank Wadsworth (Sept 1919)
Daly's Reel - Fred VanEps [banjo] (1 Feb 1917)
Foreign Language
Meusche Pulitzer im Schutzengraben - Ernest Ball (Oct 1915)
Walzer konversationen - Ernest Ball (Oct 1916)
The two above are from a comedy record. If anyone who speaks German well would like to email me a translation I would love to post it here.
Miscellaneous
San San Soo - George Wilton Ballard (20 June 1916)
Chloe - Ernest Hare (15 Dec 1927) Electronic.
Dio Possente - Thomas Chalmers (18 Feb 1914) Not a clue what this is about.
In Sweet September - Green Brothers (22 July 1920)
Just A Memory - The Edisonians (10 Nov 1927) Electronic
When Day Is Done - The Edisonians (10 Nov 1927) Electronic
Evening Chimes In The Mountains - Edison Concert Band (2 Oct 1914)
Crescendo - Armand Vecsey And Hungarian His Orchestra (Dec 1915) Excellent acoustic
Here are some links to other pages that have Edison recordings or information:
National Park Service (sounds odd doesn't it?) This site has interesting information about many of the artists listed in the above recordings in addition to more music. Very good site.
Library of Congress What can I say? Don't they have everything?
Here is a site which discusses the process of making Edison DD records.
