Making Records: Home Recordings c. 1890-1920

Album by Death Is Not the End

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  1. 1.
    Excerpt from brown wax home recording of humorous talk and singing
    0:30
  2. 2.
    Black wax home recording of woman singing hymn
    4:37
  3. 3.
    Brown wax home recording of "Bring back my kitty to me" sung to the tune of "My bonnie lives over the ocean" by acapella children's chorus
    1:57
  4. 4.
    Brown wax home recording of Mother and Father trying to get "Billy out of bed, followed by whistling solo
    3:23
  5. 5.
    Black wax home recording of brass solo with dog howling and man whistling and calling Muggsy
    2:10
  6. 6.
    Brown wax home recording of woman reciting French language lesson
    2:14
  7. 7.
    Black wax home recording of Ralph Sunderland singing unidentified song
    2:22
  8. 8.
    Black wax home recording of brass solo and duet
    2:41
  9. 9.
    Brown wax home recording of dogs barking, with comic introductions
    1:10
  10. 10.
    Black wax home recording of whistling and singing duet
    1:36
  11. 11.
    Brown wax home recording of squealing of pigs and other barnyard sounds; occasional muffled speech in background
    1:50
  12. 12.
    Brown wax home recording of whistling over commercial recording of Afterwards, by Professor Wormser
    2:22
  13. 13.
    Brown wax home recording of flute solo, variations on Rock-a-bye baby
    2:15
  14. 14.
    Brown wax home recording of unidentified guitar solo
    2:06
  15. 15.
    Brown wax home recording of women talking, singing, and laughing
    2:11
  16. 16.
    Brown wax home recording of family gathering at home of W. H. Greenhow, Hornell, New York, November 16, 1901
    3:08
  17. 17.
    Brown wax home recording of male singing in French
    2:28
  18. 18.
    Brown wax home recording of child singing All alone
    2:02
  19. 19.
    Brown wax home recording of organ solo, January 23, 1896
    3:04
  20. 20.
    Brown wax home recording of group singing with zither accompaniment
    2:44
  21. 21.
    Brown wax home recording of baby crying; male speaking in French; child singing Welcome to winter
    2:31
  22. 22.
    Brown wax home recording of Psalm 23 recited by Morgan Parsons followed by Master Louis [?] Tupper [?] Parsons, toddler, talking on November 29, 1900
    1:37
  23. 23.
    Brown wax home recording of train imitation with whistle, and joke with laughing
    1:55
  24. 24.
    Brown wax business dictation recording
    7:54
  25. 25.
    Brown wax home recording of a meeting of the Wreckers Club
    2:23
  26. 26.
    Black wax home recording of banjo duet
    2:24
  27. 27.
    Black wax home recording of indistinct talk by Donald
    2:29
  28. 28.
    Black wax home recording of man and woman singing yodel song in German with zither
    2:33
  29. 29.
    Black wax home recording of singing and harmonica music
    4:44
  30. 30.
    Black wax home recording of boys attending Nazareth Hall boarding school, Nazareth, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1914
    2:08
  31. 31.
    Black wax home recording of man delivering religious speech
    4:20
  32. 32.
    Black wax home recording of woman singing Oh! what a beautiful dream
    3:01
  33. 33.
    Black wax home recording of woman singing The curse of an aching heart ; a dialog about a wedding; and man singing Shall we ever be able to fly?, August 27, 1915
    2:08
  34. 34.
    Brown wax home recording of man singing You're a million miles from nowhere
    1:41

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