Object Details
- Description
- A 45 rpm record album with the songs “When I First Sought the Lord “and “Tell Him You Saw Me” recorded by Sister Rosetta Tharpe. The vinyl record has a black label at center with white text reading [DECCA] in large block letters at the top center. The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee on January 10, 1952.
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Recorded by
- Sister Rosetta Tharpe, American, 1915 - 1973
- Published by
- Decca Records, British, founded 1929
- Distributed by
- Decca Records, British, founded 1929
- Date
- 1952
- 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: 6 7/8 in. (17.5 cm)
- Type
- 45 rpm records
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