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Hallowe’en Dance: Original Recordings 1902-1926
Beginning Halloween Week at Centuries of Sound, here's a mix of Halloween-themed music and spoken word recordings from the pre-electrical era.
This mix is also available in compilation format - to supporters on Patreon, and on the Centuries of Sound Bandcamp page
00:00 Aleister Crowley- The Call Of The First And Second Aethyr (Ca. 1920)
01:21 Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Skeleton Jangle (1918)
04:14 Bert Williams - Never Mo' (1916)
06:52 Sodero's Band - The Vampire. Dance Characteristic (1918)
10:24 Billy Murray - I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1908)
12:36 Len Spencer - The Transformation Scene From ''Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde'' (1905)
14:46 Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn Original Jazz Hounds - Evil Blues (1923)
18:04 Edison Concert Band - Skeleton Dance (1905)
20:17 Arthur Collins - The Goose-Bone Man (1905)
22:24 Unknown Artist - Brown Wax Home Recording of Comic Ghost Stories (Ca. 1910)
24:42 Six Brown Brothers - Ghost of the Saxophone (1917)
27:20 American Symphony Orchestra - Hallowe'en Dance (1909)
29:22 New Orleans Owls - The Nightmare (1926)
32:29 Victor Military Band - Spooky Spooks (1917)
35:12 Abdal Ali - Death Lament (1902)
39:00 Al Weston & Irene Young - At The Circus (1921)
42:24 Unknown Artist - Okeh Laughing Record (1922)
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By James M Errington
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Beginning Halloween Week at Centuries of Sound, here's a mix of Halloween-themed music and spoken word recordings from the pre-electrical era.
This mix is also available in compilation format - to supporters on Patreon, and on the Centuries of Sound Bandcamp page
00:00 Aleister Crowley- The Call Of The First And Second Aethyr (Ca. 1920)
01:21 Original Dixieland Jazz Band - Skeleton Jangle (1918)
04:14 Bert Williams - Never Mo' (1916)
06:52 Sodero's Band - The Vampire. Dance Characteristic (1918)
10:24 Billy Murray - I'm Afraid to Come Home in the Dark (1908)
12:36 Len Spencer - The Transformation Scene From ''Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde'' (1905)
14:46 Edith Wilson and Johnny Dunn Original Jazz Hounds - Evil Blues (1923)
18:04 Edison Concert Band - Skeleton Dance (1905)
20:17 Arthur Collins - The Goose-Bone Man (1905)
22:24 Unknown Artist - Brown Wax Home Recording of Comic Ghost Stories (Ca. 1910)
24:42 Six Brown Brothers - Ghost of the Saxophone (1917)
27:20 American Symphony Orchestra - Hallowe'en Dance (1909)
29:22 New Orleans Owls - The Nightmare (1926)
32:29 Victor Military Band - Spooky Spooks (1917)
35:12 Abdal Ali - Death Lament (1902)
39:00 Al Weston & Irene Young - At The Circus (1921)
42:24 Unknown Artist - Okeh Laughing Record (1922)
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