There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight; Alexander's Ragtime Band
There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight; Alexander's Ragtime Band
- Description (Brief)
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Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys. side 1: There'll Be a Hot Time in Old Town Tonight; side 2: Alexander's Ragtime Band (British Rhythm Society BRS 1012).
78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1927 and released on Columbia 14219-D. -
British Rhythm Society was a 78-rpm record bootleg label founded by American jazz enthusiast and record label manager Dante S. Bollettino in New York, in 1950. Most of the BRS pressings were on non-breakable vinyl. British Rhythm Society was fictional and most likely created as a “club label” akin to legitimate re-issue record labels Hot Record Society and United Hot Clubs of America. Bollettino was also responsible for Jolly Roger Records bootleg label.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- sound recording
- recording date
- 1927
- recording artist
- Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys
- manufacturer
- British Rhythm Society
- place made
- United States: New York, New York
- Physical Description
- vinylite (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
- ID Number
- 1978.0670.058
- accession number
- 1978.0670
- maker number
- BRS 1012
- catalog number
- 1978.0670.058
- Credit Line
- Gift of Lucy C. Shain in memory of James Lewis Shain
- subject
- Music
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- Cultural and Community Life: Entertainment
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Sound Recordings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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