Freight Train Blues; Wabash Cannon Ball: Museum Object and Cultural History
Freight Train Blues; Wabash Cannon Ball: recording date: 1936. recording artist: Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys. manufacturer: Conqueror.
The object in the museum catalogue
Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys. side 1: Freight Train Blues; side 2: Wabash Cannon Ball (Conqueror 9121). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1936 (matrices C1590 and C1589) and released on Vocalion 04466).
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: 1936
- recording artist: Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
- 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: 1996.0320.10214
- collector/donor number: 8998
- maker number: 9121
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.10214
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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