Farm Relief Song; The Crow Song

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Description: Lone Star Ranger. side 1: Farm Relief Song; side 2: The Crow Song (Broadway 8144)
78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1929 and released on various American Record Corporation (ARC) labels.; Lone Star Ranger is a pseudonym on Broadway for John I. White.; Broadway Records was a record label formed in the 1920s and manufactured by the Bridgeport Die and Machine Company in Connecticut. The early Broadway issues were from Paramount Records masters. Beginning in 1924, Broadway issued records from Emerson and Banner masters. From 1925 to 1930, Broadway issues were predominately from Banner masters, a label of the Plaza Music Company.; The Plaza Music Company was formed in New York City with the Banner Record label, in 1922. The company acquired several smaller labels in the 1920s including Domino, Jewel, Oriole, and Regal. In 1929, the Plaza Music Company, Cameo Record Corporation, and Pathé Phonograph and Radio Corporation merged into the American Record Corporation (ARC). Plaza began a single matrix series for all of its labels in 1923, beginning with 5000. ARC would continue using this system after the merger.
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Related Publication: Russell, Tony. Country Music Records: A Discography, 1921-1942

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