Columbia matrix W147224. Ain't going to lay my armor down / McVay & Johnson

Title	Source
Ain't going to lay my armor down (Primary title)	Disc label
Personnel	Notes
McVay & Johnson (Vocal group)
Instrumentalist(s) (unidentified; Columbia Records) (instrumentalist)	Playing banjo-mandolin.
Roland Johnson (instrumentalist : violin)
Roland Johnson (vocalist)
Ancil McVay (instrumentalist : guitar)
Ancil McVay (vocalist)

Additional Information

Description: Male vocal and instrumental trio
Instrumentation: Fiddle (violin), guitar, and banjo-mandolin
Category: Vocal
Language: English
Master Size: 10-in.

Notes
Russell lists the performance as by a trio, with an unknown third performer singing and playing banjo-mandolin; Brooks/Rust notes the performance as by a duo, with fiddle (violin) and banjo.
Information on issued take from "The Columbia 15000-D series discography (1924–1933)" / Cary Ginell.
Source(s): OCLC; Russell.

Take Date and Place	Take	Status	Label Name/Number	Format	Note
10/17/1928 Johnson City, Tennessee. Marshall Brothers Lumber Company	1	Master	Columbia 15370-D	10-in.
10/17/1928 Johnson City, Tennessee. Marshall Brothers Lumber Company	2	Master

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix W147224. Ain't going to lay my armor down / McVay & Johnson," accessed January 5, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000036885/W147224-Aint_going_to_lay_my_armor_down.

Columbia matrix W147224. Ain't going to lay my armor down / McVay & Johnson. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000036885/W147224-Aint_going_to_lay_my_armor_down.

"Columbia matrix W147224. Ain't going to lay my armor down / McVay & Johnson." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 5 January 2026.

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