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Thread #54913 Message #852369
Posted By: Stewie
22-Dec-02 - 08:56 PM
Thread Name: Origins: My Wife Died on a Saturday Night/Plank Rd
Subject: RE: Lyr. Req: My Wife Died on A Sat. Night
The details of Dr Bates' recording are as follows:
Dr Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters 'My Wife Died Saturday Night' was recorded in Atlanta, Georgia, on 27 December 1928 and issued as Br 271. It has been reissued on CD: Various Artists 'Nashville: The Early String Bands Vol One' County CO-CD-3521.
The Crook Brothers had recorded it a couple of months earlier [October 1928] in Nashville, but it wasn't released until February 1928 as Victor 40020. I have not seen a reissue of this.