Alimony Woman; Midnight Special: Museum Object and Cultural History
Alimony Woman; Midnight Special: recording date: 1933. recording artist: Cox, Bill. manufacturer: Romeo.
The object in the museum catalogue
Bill Cox. side 1: Alimony Woman; side 2: Midnight Special (Romeo 5271). 78 rpm. This coupling was released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.
Romeo Records, a budget label of Cameo Records, was started in 1926. The discs were sold entirely at S.H. Kress and Company stores. In 1929, the Cameo Record Corporation and its subsidiaries, became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation. Romeo continued to be released through 1938.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1933
- recording artist: Cox, Bill
- manufacturer: Romeo
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.14020
- collector/donor number: 11515
- maker number: 5271
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.14020
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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