Claxtonola Records Explained

Claxtonola was a jazz record label founded in 1918 by the Brenard Manufacturing Company in Iowa City, Iowa.^[1] It reissued Paramount, Black Swan, and Gennett Records masters on the Claxtonola and National labels. The label closed in 1925. The company also sold phonographs.

Discography

The company's recordings include:

The Wolverines

• Oh Baby
• Copenhagen
• Susie
  • Riverboat Shuffle Sensation
• Lazy Daddy

The Bucktown Five

• Hot Mittens

Hitch's Happy Harmonists

• Steady Steppin' Papa

Midway Gardens Orchestra

• Tin Roof Blues
• Black Sheep Blues
• Lots 0' Mama
• Sobbin' Blues

Fletcher Henderson, on National:

• Aunt Hagar's Children
• My Sweetie Went Away

Jelly Roll Morton, on National:

• Muddy Water Blues

Sam Ash

• When Shall We Meet Again (4007-A)

Charles Harrison

• That's How I Believe in You(4007-B)

Eddie Peabody

• Tell Me Dreamy Eyes (40440-A)
• Indian Dawn - Minnetonka (40440-B)

The Seven Syncopaters

• Take Me (40415-A)
• Susquenna Home (40415-B)

Notes and References

1. Book: Rye, Howard. The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz, vol. 1. 2002. Grove's Dictionaries Inc.. New York. 1561592846. 2nd. Barry Kernfeld. 456.