Mean Mama Blues; Yesterday's Tears: Museum Object and Cultural History
Mean Mama Blues; Yesterday's Tears: recording date: 1941. recording date: 1944. release date: 1949.
The object in the museum catalogue
Ernest Tubb. side 1: Mean Mama Blues; side 2: Yesterday's Tears (Decca 46162). 78 rpm. Side 1 was recorded in 1941 and initially released on Decca 5976. Side 2 was recorded in 1944 and initially released on Decca 6098. This pressing was released in 1949.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1941
- recording date: 1944
- release date: 1949
- recording artist: Tubb, Ernest
- manufacturer: Decca
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- place made: United States: New York, New York
- ID Number: 2015.3005.948
- nonaccession number: 2015.3005
- catalog number: 2015.3005.948
- maker number: 46162
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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