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78 RPM Record

Artist: The Virginians Label:   Victor Country: USA Catalogue: 18895 Date: Jul 1922 Format: 10" Genre: Dance, Instrumental Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  5 Own Price Guide: $27 » Search eBay #AD  » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	The Virginians	Lonesome Mama	Billie Brown	Rate
B	The Virginians	Memphis Blues	W. C. Handy	Rate

Notes

The Virginians under the direction of Ross Gorman:
Ross Gorman (clarinet), 2 saxophones, trombones, cornet, banjo, piano, and tuba.

A side (mx. B-26240, take 3) recorded New York, NY, March 9, 1922.
B side (mx. B-26266, take 4) recorded New York, NY, March 22, 1922.
(DAHR)

Listed in The Talking Machine World, July 15, 1922, page 146: Advance Record Bulletins for August, 1922 (actually released in late July 1922).

Listed as "Lonesome Mama (Blues)" in the Vancouver Daily World [Vancouver, BC], July 15, 1922, page 2.

Listed with the longer A side title in
The Concord Daily Tribune [Concord, NC], August 21, 1922, page 2.
The Oakland Tribune [Oakland, CA], October 6, 1922, page 20.
The Evening World [New York, NY], October 13, 1922, page 25.

Images

Number: 437397  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Victor 18895 A Side Label

Number: 437398  Uploaded By: xiphophilos Description: Victor 18895 B Side Label

Number: 3411297  Uploaded By: historyofcountrymusic Description: Victor 18895 A side label (early repress with title "Lonesome Mama Blues")

Comments and Reviews

xiphophilos 25th Dec 2023		"Lonesome Mama" is the title announced in the July 15, 1922 Talking Machine World, whereas the longer title "Lonesome Mama Blues" appears first in newspaper ads from August 1922.
historyofcountrymusic 3rd Nov 2023		Added a-side variant with title Lonesome Mama “Blues” - not sure which is earlier
xiphophilos 7th Feb 2014		A Side: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/8807/ B Side: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/recordings/detail/id/8818

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