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      • [Brown wax home recording of talk by Father O'Brien at end of commercial recording of Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield by the Greater New York Quartet].

[Brown wax home recording of talk by Father O'Brien at end of commercial recording of Way Down Yonder in the Cornfield by the Greater New York Quartet].

Cylinder13309

Place of Publication:
[United States],
Issued Date:
1898
Genres:
Personal recordings
Notes:

Brown wax concert cylinder.

Inscription on paper affixed to edge of lid: "Mary Ann."

Father O'Brien.

The David Giovannoni Collection of home cylinder recordings (Father O'Brien - Concert Cylinder Collection, Set Number: 353-06, Originally acquired: Union Phonograph Show, 2013).

Description:

At end of commercial recording, man says: "Well, children, do you want to hear the phonograph [...]? All right. Hello, Winnifred! Hello!" Speaker presumed to be Father O'Brien based on 353-2.

Physical Description:
1 cylinder (ca. 2 min.) : 136.7 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/f3xp74c9
Catalog System Number:
990041103180203776
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.