Thanks to Ron Steeds for sharing with me this 1998 set from West Hill Audio Archives in Toronto, with "technical reconstruction" and liner notes by Allen Lowe.
Tonight, tracks from cd's 1-3 of this 9-cd collection.
| Mama's Black Baby Boy (1893) The Unique Quartet - American Pop: An Audio History |
| Cakewalk (1900) unknown - American Pop |
| Pasquinale (1901) Sousa's Band - American Pop |
| Nobody (1906) Bert Williams - American Pop |
| You Made Me Love You (1913) Al Jolson - American Pop |
| Desecration Rag (1914) Felix Arndt - American Pop |
| Memphis Blues (1914) Victor Military Band - American Pop |
| After You've Gone (1918) Marion Harris - American Pop |
| Royal Garden Blues (1921) Mamie Smith's Jazz Hounds - American Pop |
| It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' (1923) Wendell Hall - American Pop |
| Suitcase Blues (1925) Hersal Thomas - American Pop |
| Ragtime Annie (1922) Eck Robertson - American Pop |
| Country Blues (1927) Doc Boggs - American Pop |
| My Pretty Girl (1927) Jean Goldkette - American Pop |
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