OKeh 8540 (10-in. double-faced)

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

CompanyMatrix No.Take NumberDateTitle/Artist 
OKeh W81897 B 11/30/1927 Georgia skin / Walter Beasley
OKeh W81899 B 11/30/1927 Toad frog blues / Walter Beasley

Primary Performers:

Walter Beasley (vocalist)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "OKeh 8540 (10-in. double-faced)," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/254778/OKeh_8540.

OKeh 8540 (10-in. double-faced). (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/254778/OKeh_8540.

"OKeh 8540 (10-in. double-faced)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 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
028008540 ǂb OKeh
02810W81897 ǂb OKeh
02810W81899 ǂb OKeh
24500Georgia skin / ǂc Walter Beasley ; Walter Beasley. Toad frog 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: 8540 (W81897 (matrix), W81899 (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/254778
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Walter Beasley.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe composer.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe lyricist.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe singer.
7001 Weaver, Sylvester, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe composer.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe lyricist.
74002Toad frog 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
028008540 ǂb OKeh
02810W81899 ǂb OKeh
02810W81897 ǂb OKeh
24500Toad frog blues / ǂc Spencer Williams ; Spencer Williams. Georgia skin / Walter Beasley ; Walter Beasley.
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: 8540 (W81899 (matrix), W81897 (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/254778
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Walter Beasley.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe composer.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe lyricist.
7001 Beasley, Walter, ǂc (Guitarist), ǂe singer.
7001 Weaver, Sylvester, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe composer.
7001 Williams, Spencer, ǂd 1889-1965, ǂe lyricist.
74002Georgia skin.