Brunswick matrix E21281-E21283. The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) / Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman

TitleSource
The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) (Primary title)Disc label
Fox trot (Title descriptor)Disc label
Esfinge (Parallel (translated) title)Disc label
Authors and ComposersNotes
Robert King (songwriter)
Harry Warren (songwriter)
Composer information source: Disc label; U.S. Copyright Office files.
PersonnelNotes
Anglo-Persians (Musical group)
Louis Katzman (leader)
The Ambassadors [Brunswick Records] (Musical group)Listing on Vo 15518 for Anglo-Persians.
Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Disc label: "For dancing."
Session indicated as recorded in the AM.
Masters renumbered for Vocalion use as E4454-E4456. Vocalion numbers assigned on January 29, 1927.
Orchestra: 13 men, plus leader.
Documentation of Brunswick Records derives primarily from Ross Laird's "Brunswick Records: A discography of recordings, 1916-1931" (Greenwood Press, 2001). See the ADP Brunswick Records Resources page for more information.
Source(s): disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21281 Unknown
1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21282 Master Brunswick 3438 10-in.

The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) / Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman

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The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) / Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman - Brunswick 3438 - Take E21282 - 1/24/1927
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1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21282 Master Brunswick (Australia) 3438 10-in.
1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21282 Master Brunswick (U.K.) 3438 10-in.
1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21282 Master Brunswick (Germany) A248 10-in.
1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21282 Master Vocalion 15518 10-in. Renumbered for Vocalion as master E4455.
1/24/1927 New York, New York. 799 Seventh Avenue, Room no. 3 E21283 Unknown

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Brunswick matrix E21281-E21283. The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) / Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000222982/E21281-E21283-The_sphinx_Just_sits_and_thinks_and_thinks_and_thinks.

Brunswick matrix E21281-E21283. The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) / Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000222982/E21281-E21283-The_sphinx_Just_sits_and_thinks_and_thinks_and_thinks.

"Brunswick matrix E21281-E21283. The sphinx (Just sits and thinks and thinks and thinks) / Anglo-Persians ; Louis Katzman." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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