Vaudeville Showcase Vol.5 Sketches & Songs By :
STEVE PORTER - COMEDIAN
VAUDEVILLE FAVORITES (REC 1906-1914)

TRANSFER MADE FROM RARE CYLINDERS & DISCS.
MIRACLE SOUND FILTERING SYSTEM WAS USED.

This collection of vaudeville sketches were recorded between 1906 to 1911. All were transcribed from Edison wax cylinders, Columbia celluloid cylinders & disc records. Steve Porter was a master of the comic specialty. These routines are performed in variety of dialects. There is a lot of fast patter jokes & many are still funny today. You will hear several voices on these recordings. Several men's voices and a women's voice. Most voices are that of Steve Porter. At times it seems that several are speaking at the same time. Most routines end with a short song related to the sketch. His recording career began in the 1890's & continued into the early 1920's. He died at the ripe old age of 81 in 1946.

ALL SKETCHES ARE PERFORMED BY MR. STEVE PORTER & CO.

SIDE A

1-FLANAGAN'S NIGHT OFF (Assisted By Len Spencer) - RECORDED 1906 - EDISON 9244 (WAX)

2-FLANAGAN ON A BROADWAY CAR - RECORDED 1907 - COLUMBIA 722 (CELLULOID)

3-MRS. CLANCY & THE STREET MUSICIANS - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 9564 (WAX)

4-FLANAGAN'S MARRIED LIFE - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 9575 (WAX)

5-FLANAGAN & HIS SERVANT GIRL - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 9594 (WAX)

6-FLANAGAN AT THE BARBERS - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 9647 (WAX)

7-FLANAGAN AT THE VOCAL TEACHER'S - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 9656 (WAX)

8-FLANAGAN'S TROUBLE WITH HIS TAILOR - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 9704 (WAX)

9-SIDEWALK CONVERSATION (Assisted By Ed Meeker) - RECORDED 1908 - EDISON 9840 (WAX)

10-IMITATION OF AMATEUR NIGHT - RECORDED 1908 - COLUMBIA 688 (CELLULOID)

11-HE & SHE IN VAUDEVILLE - RECORDED 1908 - EDISON 9888 (WAX)

12-FINNEGAN'S FLAT - RECORDED 1908 - EDISON 9912 (WAX)

13-A MORNING IN MRS. CLANCY'S KITCHEN - RECORDED 1908 - EDISON 9988 (WAX) 

SIDE B

1-FLANAGAN'S BOARDING HOUSE - RECORDED 1907 - EDISON 10175 (WAX)

2-FLANAGAN & THE REILLY'S AT BASEBALL GAME (Assisted By Ed Meeker) RECORDED 1908 - EDISON AMBEROL 4 (WAX)

3-FLANAGAN'S NEW YEAR'S CALL - RECORDED 1908 - VICTOR 5620 (DISC)

4-FLANAGAN ON A FARM - RECORDED 1908 - VICTOR 5660 (DISC)

5-O'BRIAN'S AUTOMOBILE - RECORDED 1908 - VICTOR 16016A (DISC)

6-THE LAUGHING SPECTATOR (Assisted By Billy Murray) RECORDED 1908 - VICTOR 5454 (DISC)

7-FLANAGAN AT THE DOCTOR'S - RECORDED 1908 - STAR 5616 (DISC)

8-AN IRISH-DUTCH ARGUMENT (Assisted By Frank Kennedy) RECORDED 1909 - VICTOR 16332B (DISC)

9-FLANAGAN'S MOTOR CAR - RECORDED 1909 - VICTOR 16436B (DISC)

10-THE PIANO TUNER (Assisted By Ada Jones) - RECORDED 1911 - VICTOR 16851B (DISC)

11-FLANAGAN AT THE SUFFRAGISTS - RECORDED 1914 - VICTOR 17658A (DISC)