Decca 23897 (10-in. double-faced)

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

CompanyMatrix No.Take NumberDateTitle/Artist 
Decca DLA 2455 A 6/24/1941 He's dead - but he won't lie down / Gracie Fields
Decca DLA 2456 A 6/24/1941 The biggest aspidistra in the world / Gracie Fields

Primary Performers:

Gracie Fields (vocalist : soprano vocal)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Decca 23897 (10-in. double-faced)," accessed April 25, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/319004/Decca_23897.

Decca 23897 (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/319004/Decca_23897.

"Decca 23897 (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
0280023897 ǂb Decca
02810DLA 2455 ǂb Decca
02810DLA 2456 ǂb Decca
24500He's dead - but he won't lie down ; ǂb The biggest aspidistra in the world / ǂc [composer not identified].
264 1[United States] : ǂb Decca, ǂc [1941]
300  1 audio disc : ǂb analog, 78 rpm ; ǂc 10 in.

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  Decca: 23897 (DLA 2455 (matrix), DLA 2456 (matrix)).
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/319004
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Gracie Fields.
7001 Fields, Gracie, ǂd 1898-1979, ǂe singer.
7102 Victor Young Orchestra, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002The biggest aspidistra in the world.

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
0280023897 ǂb Decca
02810DLA 2456 ǂb Decca
02810DLA 2455 ǂb Decca
24500The biggest aspidistra in the world ; ǂb He's dead - but he won't lie down / ǂc [composer not identified].
264 1[United States] : ǂb Decca, ǂc [1941]
300  1 audio disc : ǂb analog, 78 rpm ; ǂc 10 in.

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  Decca: 23897 (DLA 2456 (matrix), DLA 2455 (matrix)).
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/319004
500  Title from disc label.
5110 Gracie Fields.
7001 Fields, Gracie, ǂd 1898-1979, ǂe singer.
7102 Victor Young Orchestra, ǂe instrumentalist.
74002He's dead - but he won't lie down.