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AVI VIEWING SUGGESTIONS . . . NOTES ABOUT THE VIDEOS

Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders
NUMBER	TITLE	COMPOSER	PERFORMER	YEAR
1767*	Three Little Owls and Naughty Little Mice	Cal Stewart 1903	Cal Stewart	1913
1769*	Turkey In The Straw Sketch	Otto Bonnell	Billy Golden and Joe Hughes	1909
1774*	Italian Army March		Guido Deiro (Accordion Solo)	1913
1790*	Jim Lawson's Medley of Reels	Jim Lawson	Charles D'Alimaine (Violin)	1913
1810*	Invercargill March	Alex F. Lithgow	New York Military Band	1913
1843*	Goodbye Boys Medley (Two Step)	Harry Von Tilzer	National Promenade Band	1913
1876*	Characteristic Negro Medley		Peerless Quartet	1913
2148*	Kiss Me Goodnight	Goodwin and Brown	Bill Murray	1914
2260*	Won't You Come And Waltz With Me	Adrian Ross and Albert Sirmay	Helen Louise and Harvey Hindermeyer	1914
2263*	Peg O' My Heart	Alfred Bryan and Fred Fisher	Charles D'Almaine (Violin)	1914
2353*	Carnival De Venice	based on Italian folk tune	Bohumir Keyl (Cornet + Band)	1918
2610*	I'm On My Way To Dublin Bay	Stanley Murphy WWI	Premier Quartet (American Quartet)	1915
2789*	L'Auterbach and Hi-Le Hilo (With Yodels)	German folk song & Wilhelm Bornemann	George P. Watson	1916
2793*	Battle Of The Nations (Descriptive)		New York Military Band	1916
2914*	Yankee Doodle	Dr. Richard Shuckburgh (1755)	Metropolitan Mixed Chorus	1916
2915*	American Fantasie	Victor Herbert	New York Military Band	1916
2956*	Hapa Haole Hula Girl (Guitar Duet)	Sonny Cunha (1909)	Helen Louise and Frank Ferreira	1913
3055*	The Whistler And His Dog	written by Arthur Pryor in 1905	New York Military Band	1917
3159*	In The Sweet Long Ago	Alfred Solman & lyricist Bobby Heath	George Wilton Ballard	1917
3191*	King Cotton March	John Philip Sousa (1895)	New York Military Band	1917
3440*	How You Gonna Keep Em Down On The Farm	Walter Donaldson & lyricists Joe Young and Sam Lewis	Byron G. Harlan	1919
3865*	A Darkey'S Oration On Woman (With Banjo)		Billy Golden and James Marlowe	1920
12080*	Bonnie Leezie Lindsay	Frank Folloy & Harry Lauder (1910)	Sir Harry Lauder	1927
26016*	Das Unruhige Haus (Humorous Monologue)	unknown	Gustav Schoenwald Ensemble	1909

AVI VIEWING SUGGESTIONS

Some of the AVI selections stop playing due to problems with buffering. If clicking on the PLAY button doesn't work, try holding a RIGHT CLICK on the NEEDLE LOCATION on the Play Line Display while moving the location back on the line a bit. Then repeat a click on the PLAY button if required.

The cylinders work satisfactorily with AVI when you use the PLAY AGAIN option at the completion of the preceding instructions.

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NOTES ABOUT THE VIDEOS

Production of the videos involved some experimenting. The handle on the right side needed to be turned with a steady hand to keep the cylinder rotating at a constant speed. Videos #1790 and #3159 illustrate this aspect best. (The entire machine moved at almost the halfway point during the playing of video #1810).

Note the lever at the front of the needle casing. When the cylinder was rotating, it always loosened. This caused the needle to lose sufficient pressure for the production of sound. You will see my finger enter the picture during the recording of videos #1876, #2148, #2263 and #2353. Video #26016 shows the #1810 problem as well.

An asterisk (*) after a number indicates that the AVI recording played from beginning to end without stopping, and includes many which were "persuaded" to complete playing to the end. These recordings have been transferred to Youtube and will appear on a separate webpage. After you have viewed the playing of the cylinder, the YouTube option of "Watch Later" restores the presentation for a repeat later in the day. Use the BACK KEY of your browser to return to the memu.

If you have read the AVI VIEWING SUGGESTIONS and would like to try viewing a fairly difficult sample, try your hand HERE with cylinder #1769.

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Edison Blue Amberol Cylinders