OKeh 8608 (10-in. double-faced)

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

CompanyMatrix No.Take NumberDateTitle/Artist 
OKeh W81875 B 11/27/1927 Railroad porter blues / Sylvester Weaver
OKeh W81879 B 11/27/1927 Polecat blues / Sylvester Weaver

Primary Performers:

Sylvester Weaver (vocalist)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "OKeh 8608 (10-in. double-faced)," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/254769/OKeh_8608.

OKeh 8608 (10-in. double-faced). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 25, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/254769/OKeh_8608.

"OKeh 8608 (10-in. double-faced)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 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
028008608 ǂb OKeh
02810W81875 ǂb OKeh
02810W81879 ǂb OKeh
24500Railroad porter blues / ǂc Spencer Williams ; Spencer Williams. Polecat blues / Porter Grainger ; Porter Grainger.
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: 8608 (W81875 (matrix), W81879 (matrix)).
5208 Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars.
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/254769
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Sylvester Weaver.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Grainger, Porter, ǂe composer.
7001 Grainger, Porter, ǂe lyricist.
7001 Weaver, Sylvester, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Weaver, Sylvester, ǂe singer.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe composer.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe lyricist.
74002Polecat 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
028008608 ǂb OKeh
02810W81879 ǂb OKeh
02810W81875 ǂb OKeh
24500Polecat blues / ǂc Porter Grainger ; Porter Grainger. Railroad porter blues / Spencer Williams ; Spencer Williams.
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: 8608 (W81879 (matrix), W81875 (matrix)).
5208 Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars.
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/254769
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Sylvester Weaver.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Grainger, Porter, ǂe composer.
7001 Grainger, Porter, ǂe lyricist.
7001 Weaver, Sylvester, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Weaver, Sylvester, ǂe singer.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe composer.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe lyricist.
74002Railroad porter blues.