
1903: “‘Twas on the Good Ship Cuspidor” features 26 selections from the year the Wright Brothers took flight and the Department of Commerce and Labor was founded. Highlights include “Hurrah for Baffin’s Bay,” “Come Down My Evening Star,” “Down Where the Wurzburger Flows,” and “The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous.” List price: $17.49 Sale price: Save 10% + free US shipping on orders over $30
OVERVIEW
- Catalogue number: ARCH 9023
- UPC: 199874700618
- Original release date: December 26, 2025
- Running length: 26 tracks / 63 minutes
- Notes & packaging: Includes a 24-page full-color booklet
- Tracks recorded: 1902-1905
- Contains racially derogatory language
- In Archeophone’s Phonographic Yearbook series
| Tracklist | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | In the Good Old Summer Time | Haydn Quartet | 1902 | |
| 2. | Down Where the Wurzburger Flows | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1902 | |
| 3. | Up in a Cocoanut Tree | Billy Murray | ca. 1903 | |
| 4. | Come Down Ma Evening Star | Mina Hickman | ca. 1903 | |
| 5. | Dear Old Girl | J. W. Myers | ca. 1903 | |
| 6. | Hiawatha | Harry Macdonough | 1903 | |
| 7. | Good-Bye, Eliza Jane | Arthur Collins | 1903 | |
| 8. | ‘Deed I Do | Corinne Morgan and Frank C. Stanley | 1903 | |
| 9. | By the Sycamore Tree | Bob Roberts | 1903 | |
| 10. | Laughing Water | Columbia Orchestra | ca. 1903 | |
| 11. | Always in the Way | Byron G. Harlan | 1903 | |
| 12. | Goodnight, Beloved, Goodnight | William H. Thompson | 1902 | |
| 13. | In the Sweet Bye and Bye | Harry Macdonough and John Bieling | 1903 | |
| 14. | The Beer that Made Milwaukee Famous | Dan W. Quinn | 1903 | |
| 15. | Hurrah for Baffin’s Bay | Arthur Collins and Byron Harlan | 1903 | |
| 16. | Violets (Transcription) | Frank P. Banta | 1903 | |
| 17. | Uncle Josh on an Automobile | Cal Stewart | 1903 | |
| 18. | Come Down, Ma Evening Star | Henry Burr | ca. 1903 | |
| 19. | Congo Love Song | Mina Hickman | 1903 | |
| 20. | Any Rags? | Arthur Collins | 1905 | |
| 21. | The Message of the Violet | J. W. Myers | ca. 1902-03 | |
| 22. | Tessie, You Are the Only, Only, Only | Billy Murray | 1903 | |
| 23. | In Old Alabama | Peerless Orchestra | 1903 | |
| 24. | Anona | Henry Burr | 1903 | |
| 25. | In the Good Old Summer Time | Sousa’s Band | 1902 | |
| 26. | I’m a Jonah Man | Arthur Collins | 1903 | |