Best Wishes; Bundle of Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
Best Wishes; Bundle of Blues: recording date: 1932. recording date: 1933. release date: 1940.
The object in the museum catalogue
Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra. side 1: Best Wishes; side 2: Bundle of Blues (Columbia 35836), from the album, Hot Jazz Classics - Duke Ellington (Columbia C-38). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1932. Side 2 was recorded in 1933. Both tracks are dubs from the original recordings. The album was released in 1940.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1932
- recording date: 1933
- release date: 1940
- recording artist: Duke Ellington and his Famous Orchestra
- manufacturer: Columbia
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1978.0670.489
- maker number: 35836
- maker number: C-38
- accession number: 1978.0670
- catalog number: 1978.0670.489
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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