Blue Steel Blues; Worried Mind: Museum Object and Cultural History
Blue Steel Blues; Worried Mind: recording date: 1940. recording artist: Ted Daffan's Texans. manufacturer: Conqueror.
The object in the museum catalogue
Ted Daffan's Texans. side 1: Blue Steel Blues; side 2: Worried Mind (Conqueror 9699). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1940 and released on Okeh 05668.
Conqueror Records was a budget record label sold by the Sears-Roebuck Company in their stores and through mail-order. Most of the recordings originated from the Plaza Music Company and later the American Record Corporation (ARC) and Vocalion/Okeh, with some only appearing on Conqueror. The label was active from 1928 to 1942.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1940
- recording artist: Ted Daffan's Texans
- manufacturer: Conqueror
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.14271
- collector/donor number: 8982
- maker number: 9699
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.14271
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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