Death Is Not the End

Making Records: Home Recordings c. 1890-1920

Release date August 28, 2024

Tracklist

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