Red Onion Blues; Gravier Street Blues: Museum Object and Cultural History
Red Onion Blues; Gravier Street Blues: recording date: 1940. release date: 1947. date made: 1940: 1947.
The object in the museum catalogue
Johnny Dodds and his Orchestra. side 1: Red Onion Blues; side 2: Gravier Street Blues (Decca 25103), fom the album, New Orleans Jazz (Decca A-425). 78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1940 and released on Decca 18094. The album was released in 1947.
Materials, dates and provenance
- recording date: 1940
- release date: 1947
- date made: 1940: 1947
- recording artist: Johnny Dodds and his Orchestra
- 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: 1978.0670.593
- accession number: 1978.0670
- maker number: 25103
- maker number: A-425
- catalog number: 1978.0670.593
- Credit Line: Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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