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I Want You Tonight; Lay Your Racket: Museum Object and Cultural History

I Want You Tonight; Lay Your Racket: recording date: 1932. recording artist: Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers. manufacturer: His Master's Voice.

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The object in the museum catalogue

Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers. side 1: I Want You Tonight; side 2: Lay Your Racket (His Master's Voice B.9091). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1932 and released on Victor 23358.

Materials, dates and provenance

  • recording date: 1932
  • recording artist: Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers
  • manufacturer: His Master's Voice
  • Object Name: sound recording
  • Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
  • Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
  • place made: United Kingdom: England
  • ID Number: 1988.0698.0509
  • catalog number: 1988.0698.0509
  • accession number: 1988.0698
  • collector/donor number: B64
  • maker number: B-9091
  • Credit Line: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
  • Data Source: National Museum of American History

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