Ada jones recorded then?

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Ada jones recorded then?

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I was looking at the UCSB cylinder archive and came across an oddity. Ada jones was supposed to have recorded a few songs in about 1895, and then start again in 1905. this sketch by Jones and Len spencer is either misdated or this could be new information.
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Heinie, by Ada Jones and Len Spencer, was released in May 1905 on a Gold-Moulded Edison cylinder. If the example in UCSB's collection is on brown wax, it was likely dubbed from the original record by a private individual.

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I remember hearing about her recording the song "Sweet Marie" on a brown cylinder for the North American Phonograph Company.edisonplayer.

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If you look at the catalogue number 8952 that dates from early 1905. There are always going to be errors. That one is pretty blatant.

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