Bluebird B-8909 (10-in. double-faced)
The following matrix(es) were released with this catalog number:
| Company | Matrix No. | Take Number | Date | Title/Artist | ||
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| Victor | BS-064477 | 1 | 6/26/1941 | Life is just a book / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) |  |
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| Victor | BS-064481 | 1 | 6/26/1941 | Levee camp blues / Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) | |
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Primary Performers:
| Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) (Musical group) |
Other Information:
| Release Date: 1/16/1942 | Source: Victor blue history card |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Bluebird B-8909 (10-in. double-faced)," accessed December 28, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/64986/Bluebird_B-8909.
Bluebird B-8909 (10-in. double-faced). (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 28, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/object/detail/64986/Bluebird_B-8909.
"Bluebird B-8909 (10-in. double-faced)." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 28 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
02800B-8909 ǂb Bluebird
02810BS-064477 ǂb Bluebird
02810BS-064481 ǂb Bluebird
24500Life is just a book ; ǂb Levee camp blues / ǂc Ernest Lawler.
264 1[Camden, N.J.] : ǂb Victor, ǂc [1942]
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 Bluebird: B-8909 (BS-064477 (matrix), BS-064481 (matrix)).
5208 Male vocal solo, with washboard band.
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/64986
500 Title from disc label.
5110 Washboard Band (Washboard Sam).
7001 Broonzy, Big Bill, ǂd 1893-1958, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Lawler, Ernest, ǂe composer.
7001 Memphis Slim, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Mitchell, William, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Washboard Sam, ǂd 1910-1966, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Washboard Sam, ǂd 1910-1966, ǂe singer.
7102 Washboard Band (Washboard Sam), ǂe instrumentalist.
74002Levee camp 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
02800B-8909 ǂb Bluebird
02810BS-064481 ǂb Bluebird
02810BS-064477 ǂb Bluebird
24500Levee camp blues ; ǂb Life is just a book / ǂc Ernest Lawler.
264 1[Camden, N.J.] : ǂb Victor, ǂc [1942]
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 Bluebird: B-8909 (BS-064481 (matrix), BS-064477 (matrix)).
5208 Male vocal solo, with washboard band.
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/64986
500 Title from disc label.
5110 Washboard Band (Washboard Sam).
7001 Broonzy, Big Bill, ǂd 1893-1958, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Lawler, Ernest, ǂe composer.
7001 Memphis Slim, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Mitchell, William, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Washboard Sam, ǂd 1910-1966, ǂe instrumentalist.
7001 Washboard Sam, ǂd 1910-1966, ǂe singer.
7102 Washboard Band (Washboard Sam), ǂe instrumentalist.
74002Life is just a book.