Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone: recording date: 1931. recording artist: Luther, Frank. manufacturer: Melotone.
The object in the museum catalogue
Phil and Frank Luther. side 1: Can I Sleep in Your Barn Tonight, Mister?; side 2: You Will Never Miss Your Mother Until She Is Gone (Melotone M 12144). 78 rpm.
Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone originally featured jazz and popular dance music of the period, most often using pseudonyms for New York area studio musicians on the recordings. In 1932, Melotone was acquired by the American Record Corporation (ARC). The label ceased production in 1938.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1931
- recording artist: Luther, Frank
- manufacturer: Melotone
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.20033
- catalog number: 1996.0320.20033
- label number: M 12144
- accession number: 1996.0320
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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