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OCLC number
1007616935
Performer heading
Murray, Billy, 1877-1954.
Murray, Billy, 1877-1954.
Performer
Billy Murray, with orchestra.
Title
I used to be afraid to go home in the dark / [Egbert Van Alstyne].
Composer heading
Van Alstyne, Egbert, 1882-1951.
Generic label
Berliner.
Larger work
Miss Innocence
Transcribed label
Victor :
Manufacturer
Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. of Canada.
Issue number
05640
Matrix number
B6596
Side number
A.
Take number
3.
Notes:Recorded
Recorded: 12 Apr 1908?, Camden, NJ, Victor Talking Machine.
Notes
Comments:
Brown disc; recording information etched in label area, obscured by paper label; sales/use licence in Canada only, appears arcing across top of label; HMV symbol on label; trademark; "His Master's Voice"; patented 1897, 1908; Victor Talking Machine Co. matrices, sales/use licence in Canada only, appears arcing as a single-line across bottom of label; recording information etched on disc but obscured by label.
Discographical reference:
disc; Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1905, composer/lyricist.
Distributor:
Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. of Canada.
Issue type:
primary label.
Other number:
C; DEP13.
Comments:
Brown disc; recording information etched in label area, obscured by paper label; sales/use licence in Canada only, appears arcing across top of label; HMV symbol on label; trademark; "His Master's Voice"; patented 1897, 1908; Victor Talking Machine Co. matrices, sales/use licence in Canada only, appears arcing as a single-line across bottom of label; recording information etched on disc but obscured by label.
Discographical reference:
disc; Complete Encyclopedia of Popular Music and Jazz 1900-1905, composer/lyricist.
Distributor:
Berliner Gram-O-Phone Co. of Canada.
Issue type:
primary label.
Other number:
C; DEP13.
Physical description
1 audio disc : 78 rpm, mono ; 10 in.
Genre
Musical revues and comedies
Humorous songs.
Humorous songs.
Chansons humoristiques.
Chansons humoristiques.
Musical revues and comedies.
Date modified:
2022-09-27
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