George W. Johnson - The Laughing Song from an original 1897 Columbia cylinder 

Only a true 1890's kids remember this

Thank you for sharing something i never saw before in the 44 years of my life. This 120 year old song made me laugh and smile, great that it's played on that beautiful original machine.

Wonderful brown wax cylinder. Very clear.

We have the same cylinder, not in the best of shape, however it still has the original record ticket, and box. Fred Hylands Piano for Columbia. The look of the blank is before 1899, early mid 1898, 1899 and 1900 Columbia's are actually 4 1/4" long, and Higher cooking temperature used. 1896-1897 Columbia blanks are a bit shorter than 4 1/4 " long, and in the 2.140-2.150" thick, and 1899 ones 2.160-2.170" thick. It is interesting to note that Columbia did not make its own blanks on a regular basis until late 1896-1897. They had small scale production as early as 1895, however mostly used Edison blanks, until some technical problems were resolved in 1897, and then regular production of blanks began.

Incredible, thank you for sharing this treasure of time with us!

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wow im surprised how lilttle static and how good it sounds

I love this old-style sound!

I guess it´s the same song Charles Penrose made sometimes in the 1940´s. called " The laughing Policeman " . I´v got it on a 78´Rpm record and the backside of the record is " Laughter and Lemons " .Didn´t know it was that old. ! Nice one...

125 Years Later Still Good

This is amazing! Wish I had one of these.

i've never heard gwj's voice so clear

A BIG THANK YOU for THIS ! AMAZING clear sound here !

Wow! Never seen anything like this! A real piece of history!

Rest in peace mr johnson, god bless you in some universe site

Amazing & Amorous antique achievement of our golden past...😊❤❤

One of the best sounding recordings of Johnson I ever heard. But the date is probably 1898 not 97. But I could be wrong in 1897 their announced newyork city. But for now long I don't know.

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What a wonderful treasure. I wonder where did you get it?

One of my favourites.

Great quality! Still a funny song to this day.

Thanks for posting this. 😊👍

Thanks for uploading! The piano accompaniment is very interesting, I wonder who the pianist could be? His sense of rhythm is pretty good but he doesn't seem to have much experience playing ragtime, and his solo at the end is pretty crude!

A surprisingly good sound quality for a 125 year old wax cylinder. And what I would be interested in...how did they duplicate the wax rollers as mass-produced goods back then?

Is it just me, or does it sound a little fast? Basing it on the 1891 recording, this sounds quite a bit higher in pitch.

This feels edited due to how good condition this is.

The best song to laugh along with

this is probably a new york and paris cylinder of 1898 or 1899 not 1897

Now I know I've heard this tune before, but not the laughing song.

OMG this is awesome. Need to find a 78 rpm issue since I don't have a cylinder player---well not yet anyways.

This is from 1898 not 1897 as the announcement New York and Paris is 1898, 1897 would be "New York City" as Columbia moved there in late 1896. Earlier Columbia records are announced " Washington D. C. .

This is amazing! Kind of sad the lyrics are degrading, but he was a great entertainer.

that’s really good condition !😊

What reproducer are you using there?

I wish Pinkie Pie is listening to this 100+ year old song where she got the inspiration for the song “The Laughter Song (aka ‘Giggle At The Ghostly’)”.

Nice where do you find this stuff

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Are the artifacts part of your private collection or from a museum?

Actually 1898. Sounds great.

How old are you?

Lol nice one

That's where they got from

funny and very old )

Ayn Rand liked this song, I think

what about the 1896 version?

this sounds like itd be in a horror movie

Maybe it could be played a bit more slow

No bad😂😂

Tell me where to get a free one!!!!!!

This reproducer will destroy the brown wax cylinder if you keep playing it more often with it.

first time hearing this song. im trying to get myself known with the earliest of days of popular music. you have great equipment and the quality is amazing! it's sad that these songs are as racist as they get lol

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Sounds like the laughing policeman

Traditions of nonsense vocals are all over, the laughing ones on early records seem related, in a funny way 😀

Don't break the record

lol

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How old are you?

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