Thomas Alva Edison Sound Of Fame Original Edison Recordings 1961 Microgroove

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Thomas Alva Edison ?– The Sound Of Fame - Original Edison Recordings Label: Thomas Alva Edison Foundation ?– M8OP-7349 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album  Country: US Released: 1961 Genre: Jazz, Pop, Classical, Folk, World, & Country Style: Opera, Spoken Word, Folk, Classical Tracklist Hide Credits A1.1 –Thomas Alva Edison First Words Spoken Into The Phonograph (Re-recorded) Voice – Thomas Alva Edison A1.2 –Thomas Alva Edison Sir Arthur Sullivan Voice – Sir Arthur Sullivan A2 –John Burkhardt Light As A Feather Soloist, Bells [Bell Solo] – John Burkhardt A3 –Sophie Tucker Some Of These Days Written-By – Shelton Brooks A4 –Piccadilly Players* Rose Room Orchestra – Unknown Artist Written By – Williams-Hickman Written-By – Hickman*, Williams* A5 –Sir Harry Lauder* Roamin' In The Gloamin A6 –Collins* And Harlan* Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee Written By – Muir & Gilbert Written-By – Muir*, Gilbert* A7 –Henrietta Kamern Laugh, Clown, Laugh Organ [Moller Pipe Organ] – Henrietta Kamern Written By – Lewis-Young-Fiorito Written-By – Young*, Lewis*, Fiorito* B1 –Liszt* - Sergei Rachmaninoff* Second Hungarian Rhapsody (With Rachmaninoff's Cadenza) Composed By – Liszt* Piano – Sergei Rachmaninoff* B2 –Tchaikowsky* - Claudia Muzio Eugen Onegin "Sei Forse L'Angelo Fedele" (Tatiana's Letter Scene) Composed By – Tchaikowsky* Vocals [Soprano] – Claudia Muzio B3 –Gounod* - Lucrezia Bori Romeo Et Juliette "The Waltz Song" Composed By – Gounod* Vocals [Soprano] – Lucrezia Bori B4 –Chopin* - Mariz Rosenthal Preludes (Op. 28) - No. 11 In B - No. 6 In B - No. 23 In F - No. 7 In A Composed By – Chopin* Piano – Mariz Rosenthal B5 –Ponchielli* - Emmy Destinn La Gioconda "Suicidio" Composed By – Ponchielli* Vocals [Soprano] – Emmy Destinn B6 –Chopin* - Mariz Rosenthal Etude In C (Op. 10 No. 1) Composed By – Chopin* Piano – Moriz Rosenthal Credits Recorded By – Thomas Alva Edison Notes Issued by the Thomas Alva Edison Foundation to commemorate the installation of Edison in the Hall of Fame for Great Americans at NY University, New York City on June 4, 1961. 
Advanced copies are accompanied by a letter from the Edison foundation (Harry L. Cherry)  These performances have been electronically transferred from the original Edison cylinders and Diamond Disks by revolutionary process. This remarkable approach brings to listeners an extraordinary and overwhelming experience never before heard. 
Later reissues by Mark56 Records 
Recording & Track info (taken from Back-cover), Tracks:  A1.1: Re-Recorded 1927  A1.2: Recorded October 5, 1888 in England - white wax cylinder  A2: Recorded June 21, 1917 - Diamond Disk  A3: Recorded April 1911 - Amberol Cylinder (used by permission of Miss Tucker)  A4: Recorded February 2, 1928 - Edison Diamond Disk  A5: Recorded July, 1911 - Amberol Cylinder  A6: Recorded August 1912 - Blue Amberol Cylinder  A7: Recorded electrically 1928 - Edison Needle Type Record  B1: Recorded April 22, 1919 - Edison Diamond Disk  B2: Recorded November 3, 1920 - Edison Diamond Disk  B3: Recorded April, 1913 (Bori's debute season at the Metropolitan Opera) - Edison Diamond Disk  B4: Recorded electrically March 1, 1929 - Edison Needle Type Record  B5: Recorded December 16, 1911 - Edison Diamond Disk  B6: Recorded electrically April 5, 1929 - Edison Needle Type Record