Columbia 472-D (10-in. double-faced)

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CompanyMatrix No.Take NumberDateTitle/Artist 
Columbia W140863 1 8/25/1925 Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me) / Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters Audio Available

Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me) / Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters

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Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me) / Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters - Columbia 472-D - Take 1 - 8/25/1925
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © 1925 Sony Music Entertainment.
Columbia W140936 3 9/12/1925 Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters Audio Available

Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters

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Pickaninny blues / Ethel Waters - Columbia 472-D - Take 3 - 9/12/1925
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © 1925 Sony Music Entertainment.

Primary Performers:

Ethel Waters (vocalist)
Ebony Four (Musical group)

Other Information:

Release Date: 1925 Source: Brooks/Rust

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia 472-D (10-in. double-faced)," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/193514/Columbia_472-D.

Columbia 472-D (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/193514/Columbia_472-D.

"Columbia 472-D (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
02800472-D ǂb Columbia
02810W140863 ǂb Columbia
02810W140936 ǂb Columbia
24500Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me) / ǂc Lew Pollack ; Jack Yellen. Pickaninny blues / Joe McKiernan ; Joe McKiernan.
264 1[New York] : ǂb Columbia, ǂc [1925]
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  Columbia: 472-D (W140863 (matrix), W140936 (matrix)).
5208 Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with bass saxophone, cornet, and piano (side A) ; Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with ukulele and piano (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/193514
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters, Ethel Waters.
7001 Holmes, Horace, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Jackson, A. S., ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 McKiernan, Joe, ǂe composer.
7001 McKiernan, Joe, ǂe lyricist.
7001 Pollack, Lew, ǂd 1895-1946, ǂe composer.
7001 Waters, Ethel, ǂd 1900-1977, ǂe singer.
7001 Wright, Pearl, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Yellen, Jack, ǂd 1892-1991, ǂe lyricist.
7102 Ebony Four, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002Pickaninny blues.

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
02800472-D ǂb Columbia
02810W140936 ǂb Columbia
02810W140863 ǂb Columbia
24500Pickaninny blues / ǂc Joe McKiernan ; Joe McKiernan. Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me) / Lew Pollack ; Jack Yellen.
264 1[New York] : ǂb Columbia, ǂc [1925]
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  Columbia: 472-D (W140936 (matrix), W140863 (matrix)).
5208 Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with ukulele and piano (side A) ; Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with bass saxophone, cornet, and piano (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/193514
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Ebony Four ; Ethel Waters, Ethel Waters.
7001 Holmes, Horace, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Jackson, A. S., ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 McKiernan, Joe, ǂe composer.
7001 McKiernan, Joe, ǂe lyricist.
7001 Pollack, Lew, ǂd 1895-1946, ǂe composer.
7001 Waters, Ethel, ǂd 1900-1977, ǂe singer.
7001 Wright, Pearl, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Yellen, Jack, ǂd 1892-1991, ǂe lyricist.
7102 Ebony Four, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002Loud speakin' papa (You'd better speak easy to me).