Devil in the Moon; Louisiana Fairy Tale
date: label: recording date
content: 1935
name: label: recording artist
content: Taft Jordan and the Mob
label: manufacturer
content: Melotone
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Taft Jordan and The Mob. side 1: Devil in the Moon; side 2: Louisiana Fairy Tale (Melotone M 13365).<br>78 rpm. This same 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: Rust, Brian. Jazz Records 1897-1942, Vol. 1
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Howard A. Guernsey (through Richard L. Guernsey)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0698.1459
label: collector/donor number
content: J73
label: maker number
content: M 13365
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0698.1459
label: accession number
content: 1988.0698
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm