Police Station Blues; They Can't Do That: Museum Object and Cultural History
Police Station Blues; They Can't Do That: recording date: 1930. recording artist: Sampson, Sammy. manufacturer: Oriole.
The object in the museum catalogue
Sammy Sampson. side 1: Police Station Blues; side 2: They Can't Do That (Oriole 8123) 78 rpm. Both tracks were released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.
Sammy Sampson is a pseudonym on Oriole for Big Bill Broonzy.
Oriole Records was an American budget record label sold exclusively by McCrory Stores from 1921 to 1938.
In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1930
- recording artist: Sampson, Sammy
- manufacturer: Oriole
- Object Name: sound recording
- Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
- place made: United States
- ID Number: 1996.0320.26588
- accession number: 1996.0320
- catalog number: 1996.0320.26588
- collector/donor number: 1999
- maker number: 8123
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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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.
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