Seven Years With the Wrong Woman; Memories That Haunt Me: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Cliff Carlisle. side 1: Seven Years With the Wrong Woman; side 2: Memories That Haunt Me (Melotone M 12527). 78 rpm. This same coupling was released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone featured jazz and popular dance music of the period, most often using pseudonyms for New York area studio musicians on the recordings. In 1932, Melotone was acquired by the American Record Corporation (ARC). The label ceased production in 1938.

Materials, dates and provenance

• recording date: 1932
• recording artist: Carlisle, Cliff
• manufacturer: Melotone
• Object Name: sound recording
• Physical Description: shellac (overall material)
• Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm
• place made: United States
• ID Number: 1996.0320.12913
• collector/donor number: 7719
• maker number: M 12527
• accession number: 1996.0320
• catalog number: 1996.0320.12913
• Data Source: National Museum of American History

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