Sound Postcard

Posted: November 3, 2020 

For your audio treat of the day, click here to enjoy the jaunty rhythms of “Ragtime Echoes,” performed on mandolin and ukulele, and recorded in 1918 on an Edison Diamond Disc test pressing. To read more about the Thomas Edison Historical Park and their library of audio recordings, check out “Sound Profiles” in the most recent issue of Spectrum .

 

 


(photo: Edison Standard Phonograph, NPS.gov)