Remember Me, Oh Lord / I Won't Be Back: Museum Object and Cultural History
Remember Me, Oh Lord / I Won't Be Back: Date: 1963. Published by: Gospel Record Co., American. Recorded by: The Caravans, American, 1947 - 2010.
The object in the museum catalogue
This black vinyl 45 rpm record has a red and silver label at its center. Just above the record's center is the record label logo; an arch of silver containing stylized red text reading [gospel]. Just beneath the silver arch in silver text on a portion of the red background it reads [GOSPEL RECORD CO. NEW ARK, N.J.]. Beneath the record's center, silver text reads: [REMEMBER ME, OH LORD / (James Cleveland) / THE CARAVANS] on one side and [I WON'T BE BACK / (J. Herndon) / THE CARAVANS].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1963
- Published by: Gospel Record Co., American
- Recorded by: The Caravans, American, 1947 - 2010
- Type: 45 rpm records
- Medium: vinyl with ink on paper (fiber product)
- Dimensions: Diameter: 6 7/8 × 1/16 in. (17.5 × 0.2 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Gospel (Music)
- Topic: Singers (Musicians)
- Object number: 2016.68.9ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: No Known Copyright Restrictions Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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