Maple Leaf Rag; Sweetie Dear: Museum Object and Cultural History
Maple Leaf Rag; Sweetie Dear: recording date: 1932. recording artist: Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers. manufacturer: British Rhythm Society.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sidney Bechet's New Orleans Feetwarmers. side 1: Maple Leaf Rag; side 2: Sweetie Dear (British Rhythm Society BRS 999). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1932 and released on Victor 23360.
British Rhythm Society was a 78-rpm record bootleg label founded by American jazz enthusiast and record label manager Dante S. Bollettino in New York, in 1950. Most of the BRS pressings were on non-breakable vinyl. British Rhythm Society was fictional and most likely created as a “club label” akin to legitimate re-issue record labels Hot Record Society and United Hot Clubs of America. Bollettino was also responsible for Jolly Roger Records bootleg label.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1932
- recording artist: Sidney Bechet and his New Orleans Feetwarmers
- manufacturer: British Rhythm Society
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: vinylite (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- general subject association: Music
- ID Number: 1978.0670.057
- accession number: 1978.0670
- maker number: BRS 999
- catalog number: 1978.0670.057
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
Sources and reuse
Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of American History through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed.
Sources
More in Music
Keep reading