Leeds & Catlin matrix [L & C cat 4050]. The banjo evangelist / Parke Hunter ; Len Spencer

TitleSource
The banjo evangelist (Primary title)Bryant/Sutton L & C
Descriptive (Title descriptor)Bryant/Sutton L & C
Unverified composer information: Spencer
Composer information source: Bryant/Sutton L & C.
PersonnelNotes
Parke Hunter (instrumentalist : banjo)
Len Spencer (speaker)
Additional Information
  • Description: Monologue, with banjo
  • Category: Spoken
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
From the catalog: "The colored preacher starts the service with the banjo; after giving the announcements for the week,Gone to Glory” is sung with banjo accompaniment. The parson sees no necessity for his paying a debt of fifteen cents.”
See 44816 for Spencer's remake of this title with Vess L. Ossman (banjo).
Information on this recording from "Leeds & Catlin records : a history and discography" compiled by William R. Bryant, edited by Allan Sutton (Mainspring Press, 2015). Database edition by arrangement with Mainspring Press.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
between late 1903 and 1904 New York, New York [1] Master Leeds 4050 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leeds & Catlin matrix [L & C cat 4050]. The banjo evangelist / Parke Hunter ; Len Spencer," accessed January 9, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000367389/L_C_cat_4050-The_banjo_evangelist.

Leeds & Catlin matrix [L & C cat 4050]. The banjo evangelist / Parke Hunter ; Len Spencer. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 9, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000367389/L_C_cat_4050-The_banjo_evangelist.

"Leeds & Catlin matrix [L & C cat 4050]. The banjo evangelist / Parke Hunter ; Len Spencer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 9 January 2026.

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