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Here's a lively sketch/duet from the popular early recording artistes Arthur Collins and Byron G Harlan, having to do with coin-operated pay telephones. Sadly, my copy was very well-loved and well-played by the time I found it in 1977. I gave this the best shot I could at cleaning it up.

Recorded 27 June 1905. The UCSB Victor database information for matrix B.2675, http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/matrixDe ... =200004128, states it is unknown whether take 1 or 2 was issued.

This is take 2. Transferred at 74.23 rpm. Click on the label!

Thanks for posting this; I've had the Columbia cylinder version of this since the late 60s, one of my favorites, and have never heard another version of it until now.

My sample of the cylinder is in my on-line archives (click the link in my signature to go there).