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Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

The Columbia Rehearsals Volume 1. (The Jolson Story)

Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue Number0:102350
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label
Record FormatCD
Shelf Number102350
Number of Tracks38
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes N/A

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Who said dreams don't come true (Unused title song for "The Impatient Years")
Composer(s) : N/A
2 - Let me sing and I'm happy (Alternative Version)
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3 - Sweet Sixteen (Alternative Take)
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4 - Rip Van Winkle (Unused rehearsal song dialect version)
Composer(s) : N/A
5 - Rip Van Winkle (Unused rehearsal song straight version)
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6 - Ma Blushin' Rosie (Larry Parke sings a few bars)
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7 - Ma Blushin' Rosie (Alternative Version)
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8 - Where did Robinson Crusoe go.. (Unused rehearsal take)
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9 - Darktown strutters ball (Unused rehearsal take)
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10 - I want a girl (Rehearsal Take)
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11 - N. Orleans Jazz Number (No vocal)
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12 - N. Orleans Jazz Number (No Vocal)
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13 - My Mammy (Variant version)
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14 - Cantor on the Sabbath (Unused rehearsal take)
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15 - I'm sitting on top of the world (Uncut version)
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16 - I'm crying just for you (Unused rehearsal take)
Composer(s) : N/A
17 - Jolson Talking bridge (Unused rehearsal take)
Composer(s) : N/A
18 - You made me love you (As film soundtrack)
Composer(s) : N/A
19 - Where the black eyed Susans (Unused Rehearsal Take)
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20 - Swanee (Complete uncut take)
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21 - Toot Toot Tootsie (Complete uncut take)
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22 - Spaniard that blighted my life (Complete uncut take)
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23 - At Sundown (Unused rehearsal take)
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24 - April Showers (Alternative Version)
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25 - California here I Come (Alternative Piano version)
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26 - Liza (Alternative Version)
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27 - Carolina in the morning (Unused rehearsal take)
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28 - Rainbow Round My Shoulder (Jolson humming the intro)
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29 - Rainbow round my shoulder (Full uncut take)
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30 - Avalon (Variant version)
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31 - Sonnyboy (Unused rehearsal take)
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32 - Latin from Manhattan (Female Vocal/Chorus)
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33 - Quarter to Nine (Uncut version)
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34 - Anniversary Song (Duet/Jolson & Saul Silverman)
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35 - Anniversary Song (Full Version)
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36 - Waiting for the Robert E Lee (Full Version)
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37 - Rockabye Your Baby (Alternative Version)
Composer(s) : N/A
38 - April Showers (Fast Piano Version)
Composer(s) : N/A