Victor 21539 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced)
The following matrix(es) were released with this catalog number:
| Company | Matrix No. | Take Number | Date | Title/Artist | ||
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| Victor | BVE-37574 | 2 | 1/26/1927 | Police done tore my playhouse down / Elizabeth Smith |  |
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Police done tore my playhouse down / Elizabeth Smith0:00
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| Victor | BVE-38048 | 2 | 5/20/1927 | I'm going to see my ma / Alberta Hunter | |
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I'm going to see my ma / Alberta Hunter0:00
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Primary Performers:
| Elizabeth Smith (vocalist) |
| Alberta Hunter (vocalist : soprano vocal) |
Other Information:
| Release Date: 10/1928 | |
| Delete (Cutout) Date: 1930 |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor 21539 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced)," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/102322/Victor_21539.
Victor 21539 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced). (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/102322/Victor_21539.
"Victor 21539 (Black label (popular) 10-in. double-faced)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.
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007 s ǂb d ǂd d ǂe m ǂf s ǂg d ǂh n ǂi n ǂj m ǂk s ǂl l ǂm n ǂn a
0280021539 ǂb Victor
02810BVE-37574 ǂb Victor
02810BVE-38048 ǂb Victor
24500Police done tore my playhouse down / ǂc Edgar Dowell. I'm going to see my ma / Clarence Todd.
264 1[Camden, N.J.] : ǂb Victor, ǂc [1928]
300 1 audio disc : ǂb analog, 78 rpm ; ǂc 10 in.
336 performed music ǂb prm ǂ2 rdacontent
337 audio ǂb s ǂ2 rdamedia
338 audio disc ǂb sd ǂ2 rdacarrier
340 shellac ǂ2 rdamat
344 analog ǂ2 rdatr
344 ǂc 78 rpm
344 ǂd coarse groove ǂ2 rdagw
344 ǂg mono ǂ2 rdacpc
500 Victor: 21539 (BVE-37574 (matrix), BVE-38048 (matrix)).
5208 Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble (side A) ; Female vocal solo, with pipe organ (side B).
546 Sung in English.
500 Data derived from the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
5103 Discography of American Historical Recordings ǂu http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/102322
500 Title from disc label.
5110 Elizabeth Smith, Alberta Hunter.
7001 Dowell, Edgar, ǂe composer.
7001 Hunter, Alberta, ǂe singer.
7001 Peer, Ralph Sylvester, ǂd 1892-1960, ǂe session supervisor.
7001 Smith, Elizabeth, ǂc vocalist, ǂe singer.
7001 Todd, Clarence, ǂd b. 1897, ǂe composer.
7001 Waller, Fats, ǂd 1904-1943, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002I'm going to see my ma.
Reverse coupling
007 s ǂb d ǂd d ǂe m ǂf s ǂg d ǂh n ǂi n ǂj m ǂk s ǂl l ǂm n ǂn a
0280021539 ǂb Victor
02810BVE-38048 ǂb Victor
02810BVE-37574 ǂb Victor
24500I'm going to see my ma / ǂc Clarence Todd. Police done tore my playhouse down / Edgar Dowell.
264 1[Camden, N.J.] : ǂb Victor, ǂc [1928]
300 1 audio disc : ǂb analog, 78 rpm ; ǂc 10 in.
336 performed music ǂb prm ǂ2 rdacontent
337 audio ǂb s ǂ2 rdamedia
338 audio disc ǂb sd ǂ2 rdacarrier
340 shellac ǂ2 rdamat
344 analog ǂ2 rdatr
344 ǂc 78 rpm
344 ǂd coarse groove ǂ2 rdagw
344 ǂg mono ǂ2 rdacpc
500 Victor: 21539 (BVE-38048 (matrix), BVE-37574 (matrix)).
5208 Female vocal solo, with pipe organ (side A) ; Female vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble (side B).
546 Sung in English.
500 Data derived from the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
5103 Discography of American Historical Recordings ǂu http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/objects/detail/102322
500 Title from disc label.
5110 Elizabeth Smith, Alberta Hunter.
7001 Dowell, Edgar, ǂe composer.
7001 Hunter, Alberta, ǂe singer.
7001 Peer, Ralph Sylvester, ǂd 1892-1960, ǂe session supervisor.
7001 Smith, Elizabeth, ǂc vocalist, ǂe singer.
7001 Todd, Clarence, ǂd b. 1897, ǂe composer.
7001 Waller, Fats, ǂd 1904-1943, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002Police done tore my playhouse down.