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      • [Brown wax home recording of speech by F. L. Embree and Mrs. Bond, and man singing and reciting The owl and the pussycat].

[Brown wax home recording of speech by F. L. Embree and Mrs. Bond, and man singing and reciting The owl and the pussycat].

Cylinder13293

Performer:
Embree, Frank Lawrence
Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1890
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

List accompanying cylinder case: "(70) Mrs. Bond & the Owl and the Pussy Cat went to sea."

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Frank Lawrence Embree Collection, Set Number: 294-32, Originally acquired: The Musical Wonder House Collection, 2011).

Brown wax cylinder.

Frank Lawrence Embree; Mrs. Bond.

Description:

Speech beginning: "How d'ye do, Mister Graphophone. Very nice of you to have talked to Mrs. Bond and Mrs. Harris as well as you have this morning, and I'm very much obliged to you," etc. Speech by Mrs. Bond. Man sings, whistles, and recites "The Owl and the Pussycat," followed by: "Running stream, babbling brook, girl in a hammock reading a book, along comes a man with a big moustache and the girl in the hammock makes the ma--(?)"

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 132.8 rpm ; 2 1/4 x 4 in.
Format:
Audio musical
Collection(s):
Cylinder Audio Archive
Library Location:
Department of Special Research Collections
ARK:
ark:/48907/f3vq3233
Catalog System Number:
990041103340203776
Copyright Holder:
University of California (System). Regents
Restrictions:

MP3 files of the restored cylinders available for download are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California. They are licensed for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial License. Acknowledgments for reuse of the transfers should read "University of California, Santa Barbara Library." The original wav files (either unedited or restored) can be provided upon request for commercial or non-commercial use such as CD reissues, film/tv synchronization, use on websites or in exhibits. The University of California makes no claims or warranties as to the copyright status of the original recordings and charges a use fee for the use of the transfers. Please contact the University of California, Santa Barbara Library Department of Special Research Collections for information on licensing cylinder transfers.