Victor matrix MVE-50603. Jailhouse blues / Mamie Smith

TitleSource
Jailhouse blues (Primary title)Victor ledgers
Jailhouse blues ; You can't do it (Medley contents)Victor ledgers
Columbia-Victor Gems (Series title)U.S. Copyright Office files
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Mamie Smith (vocalist)
Columbia Pictures (Motion picture production company)
Porter Grainger (instrumentalist : piano)
  • Description: Motion picture soundtrack : Female vocal solo, with violin and piano
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 16-in.
Notes
Source(s): Dixon/Godrich/Rye; Victor ledgers.
Victor ledgers: "Audible—Photophone." The soundtrack for the reel includes dialogue and/or closely synchronized sound.
Use of "Western Electric system" noted in Victor ledgers.
Ledgers note this master as "reel 1," but it appears to be a single-reel short.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
4/9/1929 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 1 Unknown Victor ledgers: "#2 take"
4/9/1929 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 1A Unknown
4/9/1929 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 2 Unknown Ledgers: "#3 take"
4/9/1929 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 2A Unknown
4/9/1929 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 3 Unknown Ledgers: "#4 take"
4/9/1929 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. 3A Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix MVE-50603. Jailhouse blues / Mamie Smith," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023812/MVE-50603-Jailhouse_blues.

Victor matrix MVE-50603. Jailhouse blues / Mamie Smith. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800023812/MVE-50603-Jailhouse_blues.

"Victor matrix MVE-50603. Jailhouse blues / Mamie Smith." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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