Down By the Old Rustic Well; It Seems I've Always Held Your Hand

Description:

Frank Luther Trio. side 1: Down By the Old Rustic Well; side 2: It Seems I've Always Held Your Hand (Perfect 12902).
78 rpm. This same coupling was released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.

Perfect Records was an American budget record label founded in by Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation, in 1922. Perfect and Pathé became part of the original merger of record labels that formed the American Record Corporation, in 1929. Perfect was discontinued in 1938.

In 1929, the American Record Corporation (ARC) was established with the merger of three companies. These were the Cameo Record Corporation (which owned Cameo, Lincoln and Romeo Records), the Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation (which owned Actuelle, Pathé, and Perfect), and the Plaza Music Company (which owned Banner, Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal).

Recording Date: 1933

Recording Artist: Frank Luther TrioManufacturer: Perfect

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States

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Related Publication: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1996.0320.20043Catalog Number: 1996.0320.20043Label Number: 12902Accession Number: 1996.0320

Object Name: sound recording

Physical Description: shellac (overall material)Measurements: overall: 10 in; x 25.4 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-3a10-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1327629

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