Anyone want to dance to 'Cohen on the Telephone'?

[shimp scrampi]

I was curious about this creaky old 1917 record that got a big laugh out of Cole Porter when Jack mentioned he was going to get some new records because he was getting tired of "Cohen on the Telephone".

You can hear it for yourself at this wonderful archive of historical Canadian recordings:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/index-e.html

Search for 'Herbert Samuel Berliner' in the "virtual gramophone" section, you can hear the whole Cohen series if you're so inclined.

[David47Jens]

If you find all the "Cohen" recordings by doing a title search under "C," after listening to all the "Cohen" cuts, you might want to drop down two listings and hear one of the earliest versions of the "Colonel Bogey March," later immortalized in "Bridge on the River Kwai!"

"Cohen on the Telephone" at last! *sigh* I love this forum!

Thanks, Shimp!!!

[Caretaker]

I was curious about this creaky old 1917 record that got a big laugh out of Cole Porter when Jack mentioned he was going to get some new records because he was getting tired of "Cohen on the Telephone".

You can hear it for yourself at this wonderful archive of historical Canadian recordings:

http://www.collectionscanada.ca/gramophone/index-e.html

Search for 'Herbert Samuel Berliner' in the "virtual gramophone" section, you can hear the whole Cohen series if you're so inclined.

Thanks!!
Very interesting site!

[Maxwell]

Speaking of great sites for old phonograph records, one of my favorites is http://www.%20tinfoil.com. The earliest recording you can listen to is a test done in within a year after Edison invented the phonograph to make a talking clock. The only reason the cylinder is preserved is that it was made from lead.

The site features a cylinder of the month, and these are archived going back at least 4-5 years, maybe more. Some of these cylinders go back to the early 1890s. There are also some great photographs of early recording studios.