Blazin' the Trail; Montana
date: label: recording date
content: 1936
name: label: recording artist
content: Montana, Patsy
label: manufacturer
content: Melotone
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Patsy Montana. side 1: Blazin' the Trail; side 2: Montana (Melotone 6-09-58).<br>78 rpm. This coupling was released on other American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Melotone Records was an American budget record label founded by Warner/Brunswick Records, in 1930. Melotone originally 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.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>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).</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0320.21459
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: label number
content: 6-09-58
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.21459
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm