PM, April 1947

Turn Up ’98 Discs In Collyer Museum

“…Collyer had boasted the house contained 10 pianos. Fourteen have been found to date. Also:

Three radios.
Two organs.
Two violins.
An old fashioned gramophone.

The record collection had items that were a record-collectors dream, to wit:

Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpeter Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898.

A recording of La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898.

American Republic March, also by Sousa, 7-inch. One side, 1898.

A record of Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon for her Lover Who is Fur Away, by the American Quartet.”

1. “Bugle Calls, by Chief Trumpeter Cassi of Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. One side, 7-inch, 1898.”:

https://archive.org/details/78_bugle-calls-of-the-rough-riders-in-their-charge-up-san-juan-hill_gbia0205750a

Bugle Calls of the Rough Riders in Their Charge Up San Juan Hill, Columbia (A180).

https://archive.org/details/78_bugle-calls-of-the-rough-riders-in-their-charge-up-san-juan-hill_gbia0300614a

Bugle Calls of the Rough Riders in their Charge up San Juan Hill, Manhattan (638)

2. “A recording of La Marseillaise, by Sousa’s Band. One side, 7-inch, 1898.”:

https://archive.org/details/78_la-marseillaise_sousas-band-de-lisle_gbia0105533b

La Marseillaise. Sousa’s Band. Victor (16514-B).

https://archive.org/details/78_la-marseillaise-de-lisle_sousas-band_gbia0206460a

La Marseillaise. Sousa’s Band. Victor (17668-A)

https://archive.org/details/78_la-marseillaise-national-air-of-france_sousas-band_gbia0206497a

La Marseillaise-National Air of France. Sousa’s Band. Victor (17668-A).

3. “American Republic March, also by Sousa, 7-inch. One side, 1898.”:

https://archive.org/details/78_american-republic-march_columbia-band-thiele_gbia0012281a

American Republic March, Columbia Band; Thiele. Columbia (A87), 1901.

https://archive.org/details/78_american-republic-march_princes-band-thiele_gbia0167578b

American Republic March, Prince’s Band; Thiele. Columbia (A2223). 1917.

4. “A record of Round Her Neck She Wears a Yeller Ribbon for her Lover Who is Fur Away, by the American Quartet.”:

https://archive.org/details/78_round-her-neck-she-wears-a-yeller-ribbon-for-her-lover-who-is-fur-fur-away_amer_gbia0015541b

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

https://archive.org/details/78_round-her-neck-she-wears-a-yeller-ribbon-for-her-lover-who-is-fur-fur-away_amer_gbia0191706b

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

https://archive.org/details/78_round-her-neck-she-wears-a-yeller-ribbon-for-her-lover-who-is-fur-fur-away_amer_gbia0209026b

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).

https://archive.org/details/78_round-her-neck-she-wears-a-yeller-ribbon-for-her-lover-who-is-fur-fur-away_amer_gbia0276363b

‘Round Her Neck She Wears A Yeller Ribbon (For Her Lover Who is Fur, Fur Away). American Quartet; George A. Norton. Victor (18436-B).