OKeh 8497 (10-in. double-faced)

The following matrix(es) were released with this catalog number:

CompanyMatrix No.Take NumberDateTitle/Artist 
OKeh W81214 A 8/11/1927 Mean old bed bug blues / Lonnie Johnson
OKeh W81220 B 8/12/1927 Roaming rambler blues / Lonnie Johnson

Primary Performers:

Lonnie Johnson (vocalist)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "OKeh 8497 (10-in. double-faced)," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/254576/OKeh_8497.

OKeh 8497 (10-in. double-faced). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/254576/OKeh_8497.

"OKeh 8497 (10-in. double-faced)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 April 2024.

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Coupling 1

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
028008497 ǂb OKeh
02810W81214 ǂb OKeh
02810W81220 ǂb OKeh
24500Mean old bed bug blues ; ǂb Roaming rambler blues / ǂc Jack Wood ; Jack Wood.
264 1[New York] : ǂb Okeh, ǂc [1927]
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  OKeh: 8497 (W81214 (matrix), W81220 (matrix)).
5208 Male vocal solo, with guitar.
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/254576
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Lonnie Johnson.
7001 Johnson, Lonnie, ǂd 1899-1970, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Johnson, Lonnie, ǂd 1899-1970, ǂe singer.
7001 Wood, Jack, ǂe composer.
7001 Wood, Jack, ǂe lyricist.
74002Roaming rambler 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
028008497 ǂb OKeh
02810W81220 ǂb OKeh
02810W81214 ǂb OKeh
24500Roaming rambler blues ; ǂb Mean old bed bug blues / ǂc Jack Wood ; Jack Wood.
264 1[New York] : ǂb Okeh, ǂc [1927]
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  OKeh: 8497 (W81220 (matrix), W81214 (matrix)).
5208 Male vocal solo, with guitar.
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/254576
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Lonnie Johnson.
7001 Johnson, Lonnie, ǂd 1899-1970, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Johnson, Lonnie, ǂd 1899-1970, ǂe singer.
7001 Wood, Jack, ǂe composer.
7001 Wood, Jack, ǂe lyricist.
74002Mean old bed bug blues.