Object Details
- Description
- A 33 1/3 rpm record album titled “Precious Memories” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record (2014.98.16a) has an orange label with black lettering. The front of the album sleeve (2014.98.16b) is dark blue with [SISTER ROSETTA THARPE] in large light blue text with a color photographic image of Sister Rosetta Tharpe holding a guitar and wearing an orange head scarf and a white feathered boa against a light blue background at center. At the very top is [Golden Gospel Classics] in yellow, scripted text. To the left of the image is [SPECIAL / MID-PRICED / ALBUM] in white text. Below the image is ["Precious Memories'].
- The back of the sleeve is white with black text. To the left is a biography of Sister Rosetta Tharpe and to the right is the track listing ["Precious Memories" / SIDE A / PREVIOUS MEMORIES / COME BY HERE / NO ROOM IN THE CHURCH FOR LIARS / LAST MILE OF THE WAY / PEACE IN THE VALLEY / SIDE B / PRECIOUS LORD TAKE MY HAND / WALKING UP THE KING'S HIGHWAY / WHAT ARE THEY DOING / SAVIOR DON'T PASS ME BY / THIS TRAIN]. At the bottom is a logo for [SAVGOS RECORDS / 200 West 57th Street New York, N.Y. 10029].
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Recorded by
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Manufactured by
- Savoy Records, American, founded 1945
- Distributed by
- Savoy Records, American, founded 1945
- Date
- 1968; published 1984
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gayle Wald
- Medium
- vinyl, ink on paper
- Dimensions
- Diameter (record): 11 13/16 in. (30 cm)
- H x W (album jacket): 12 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (31.5 × 31.5 cm)
- Type
- record covers
- long-playing records
