Various – First Commercially Successful Recordings

Various

Various –First Commercially Successful Recordings

1979

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Added October 2 2026

Version Information

Labels
Mark56 Records
Murray Hill Records
Catalog numbers
M-58950
M60092
Original year
1979
Version year
1979
Region
US
Format

4 x Vinyl
LP
Compilation
Mono

1 x Box Set

Version notes

Insert with liner notes & historical information. Compilation of classical and popular rarities from the original Edison Berliner and North American discs and cylinders - 70 fascinating pieces of music recorded in the very early pioneering days on cylinder and wax discs, in the 1880's and 1890's, some at speeds of over 100 RPM.

Tracklist

A1.Voce di Primavera - Melitta Heim , Soprano Johann Strauss Jr.
A2.Rigoletto: Questo O Quella And La Donna E Mobile - Alessandro Bonci , Tenor Giuseppe Verdi
A3.Lohengrin: Elsa's Traum - Marie Rappold , Soprano Richard Wagner
A4.Le Cor - Paul Payan , Bass Ange Flégier
A5.Prophete: Ah, Mon Fils! - Marie Delna , Contralto Giacomo Meyerbeer
A6.La Sonnambula: Come Per Me Sereno - Maria Galvany , Soprano Vincenzo Bellini
B1.Forza Del Destino: Pace, Mio Dio - Celestine Boninsegna , Soparano Giuseppe Verdi
B2.Pescatori Di Perle: Mi Par D'udir Ancora - Giuseppe Anselmi , Tenor Georges Bizet
B3.Samson Et Dalila: Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix - Carolina Lazzari , Contralto Camille Saint-Saëns
B4.Don Pasquale: So Anch'io La Virtu Magica - Lucrezia Borl , Soprano Gaetano Donizetti
B5.Pagliacci: Vesti La Giubba - Giovanni Martinelli , Tenor Ruggiero Leoncavallo
B6.Nocturne, Op. 9, No. 2, In E Flat - Moriz Rosenthal , Piano Frédéric Chopin
C1.The Black America - (March) - Issler's Orchestra
C2.Dancing In The Sunlight - (Xylophone Solo) - Charles P. Lowe
C3.The Titwillow Song From The Mikado - (Cornet Solo) - David B. Dana
C4.He's Got Feathers In His Hat - (Comic Irish Song) - Dan W. Quinn
C5.Charge Of The Marines - Issler's Orchestra
C6.The Wren Polka - (Piccolo Solo) - No Artist
C7.Our Flirtation March - The United States Marine Band
C8.My Little Queen - (Schottische) - Issler's Orchestra
C9.Selection - (Duet For Cornet) - Voss' 1st Regiment Band
D1.Electric Light Quadrille - (With Figures Called) - Issler's Orchestra
D2.Climb De Golden Fence - (Pickanniny Song) - Len Spencer
D3.The Nightingale Waltz - (Cornet Solo) - David B. Dana
D4.Nothing Too Good For The Irish - (Comic Song) - Dan W. Quinn
D5.Minstrel First Part - The Imperial Minstrels
D6.Columbia Exposition March - Gilmore's Band
D7.Tally Ho Galop - (Descriptive Selection) - Issler's Orchestra
D8.Aunt Dinah's Surprise - (Descriptive Selection) - Voss's 1st Regiment Band
D9.First Part - The Imperial Minstrels
E1.Lancers - (With Figures Called) - Issler's Orchestra
E2.I Don't Want To Play In Your Yard - Miss Emmett
E3.I'll Follow Thee - (Piccolo Solo) - Issler's Orchestra
E4.La Troubador - Issler's Orchestra
E5.Laugh You LIttle Nigger - (Popular Negro Laughing Song) - Len Spencer
E6.From The Comic Opera:Princess Nicotine - (Lancers With Figures Called - Issler's Orchestra
E7.Polka - No Artist
E8.I Love My Love In The Springtime - (Popular Waltz Song) - Dan W. Quinn
E9.Ben Bolt - (Cornet Solo) - David B. Dana
F1.Dr. Syntax - (Lancers From The Comic Opera) - Issler's Orchestra
F2.The Bobolink Schottische - (Piccolo Solo) - George Schweinfest
F3.Southern Pastimes - (Overture) - Issler's Orchestra
F4.The Story Of Little Moses - Billy Williams
F5.The Jolly Coppersmith - (Descriptive Selection) - Issler's Orchestra
F6.My Pearl Is A Bowery Girl - Issler's Orchestra
F7.The Handicap March - Sousa's Band
F8.The Wood Nymph - (Xylophone Solo) - Charles P. Lowe
F9.Chimes Of Trinity Church - No Artist
G1.King Cotton March - Sousa's Band
G2.The Sly Cigarette - (From The Runaway Girl) - Samuel H. Dudley
G3.La La Palizer - Press Eldridge
G4.The Serenade Waltz - Sousa's Band
G5.Morning Serenade - The Fadettes Of Boston
G6.Military Mollie - Samuel H. Dudley
G7.The Mocking Bird - (Whistled) - Harry Taft
G8.Selections From Carmen - Banda Rossa
G9.Miserere - Ferruccio Giannini
G10.Boston Belles Polka - (Cornet Duet) - No Artist
G11.Hot Time In The Old Town - Sousa's Band
H1.The Charlatan March - Metropolitan Orchestra
H2.Sidewalks Of New York - Charles B. Lawlor
H3.Streets Of Cairo - Dan W. Quinn
H4.Oh Uncle John - Russell Hunting
H5.March High School Cadets - John Philip Sousa
H6.Whistling Rufus - Sousa's Band
H7.Drill Ye Tarriors Drill - George J. Gaskin
H8.Thoughts Of Home Polka - (Clarinet Duet) - Messrs. Stengler & McNeice
H9.Imitations Of Steam Calliope - Brilliant Quartette
H10.O Promise Me - Jessie Bartlett Davis
H11.March Double Eagle - Dusolina Giannini

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