4,000 Years Ago; Who Stole the Lock
date: label: recording date
content: 1931
name: label: recording artist
content: Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys
label: manufacturer
content: Melotone
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Otto Gray and his Oklahoma Cowboys. side 1: 4,000 Years Ago; side 2: Whe Stole the Lock (Melotone M 12182).<br>78 rpm.</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: 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: 1996.0320.16918
label: label number
content: M 12182
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.16918
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
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