Farm Relief Song; The Crow Song
date: label: recording date
content: 1929
name: label: recording artist
content: Lone Star Ranger
label: manufacturer
content: Broadway
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Lone Star Ranger. side 1: Farm Relief Song; side 2: The Crow Song (Broadway 8144)<br>78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1929 and released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Lone Star Ranger is a pseudonym on Broadway for John I. White.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>Broadway Records was a record label formed in the 1920s and manufactured by the Bridgeport Die and Machine Company in Connecticut. The early Broadway issues were from Paramount Records masters. Beginning in 1924, Broadway issued records from Emerson and Banner masters. From 1925 to 1930, Broadway issues were predominately from Banner masters, a label of the Plaza Music Company.</p>
label: Description
content: <p>The Plaza Music Company was formed in New York City with the Banner Record label, in 1922. The company acquired several smaller labels in the 1920s including Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal. In 1929, the Plaza Music Company, Cameo Record Corporation, and Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation merged into the American Record Corporation (ARC). Plaza began a single matrix series for all of its labels in 1923, beginning with 5000. ARC would continue using this system after the merger.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Wisconsin, Port Washington
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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: 1996.0320.19833
label: accession number
content: 1996.0320
label: label number
content: 8144
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0320.19833
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