Boogie And Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
Boogie And Blues: Date: 1958. Recorded by: The Aristocats, American. Recorded by: Al Mitchell, American.
The object in the museum catalogue
A twelve-inch 33 1/3 rpm LP vinyl record (a) of the album "Boogie and Blues" recorded by the Aristocats, with album cover (b). The album cover shows the members of the group leaning and sitting on a car. They are wearing light orange colored tuxedos and are holding their instruments. Pictured from left to right is Al Mitchell, Art Maryland and Joe Alexander. The record is stamped in red [NOT FOR SALE / DEMONSTRATION ONLY]
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1958
- Recorded by: The Aristocats, American
- Recorded by: Al Mitchell, American
- Recorded by: Art Maryland, American
- Recorded by: Joe Alexander, American
- Distributed by: HiFi Records, American, founded 1956
- Owned by: Ginger Smock, American, 1920 - 1995
- Type: record covers
- Type: long-playing records
- Medium: vinyl, ink on paper
- Dimensions: H x W (album jacket): 12 5/16 × 12 5/16 in. (31.3 × 31.3 cm)
- Dimensions: Diameter (record): 12 in. (30.5 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Jazz (Music)
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Object number: 2016.161.3.2ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Lydia Samuel Bennett
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: Unknown - Restrictions Possible Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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