Excelsior matrix OR-166-A. Big gorilla blues / Gladys Bentley Quintette ; Billy Hadnott ; Byron Johnson ; Sylvester Scott ; William Woodman

Additional Information
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Information on this recording derives from label copy and has not been verified from any other primary sources or evaluated by a DAHR editor, except as indicated. It is included here as it has been digitized by the University of California Santa Barbara.
Label has no catalogue number, the matrix number is "166 A," but the runout has the engraving "OR-166A"; McGrath 2000 gives no matrix numbers, but a catalog number of "166." (The flip-side catalog number is the same, but the runout matrix number is "OR 163 B.")
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
1944-1951 Hollywood, California unknown Master Excelsior 166 10-in.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Excelsior matrix OR-166-A. Big gorilla blues / Gladys Bentley Quintette ; Billy Hadnott ; Byron Johnson ; Sylvester Scott ; William Woodman," accessed December 27, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000687760/OR-166-A-Big_gorilla_blues.

Excelsior matrix OR-166-A. Big gorilla blues / Gladys Bentley Quintette ; Billy Hadnott ; Byron Johnson ; Sylvester Scott ; William Woodman. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 27, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000687760/OR-166-A-Big_gorilla_blues.

"Excelsior matrix OR-166-A. Big gorilla blues / Gladys Bentley Quintette ; Billy Hadnott ; Byron Johnson ; Sylvester Scott ; William Woodman." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 27 December 2025.

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