Victor matrix CU-324[a]. Botamos la pelota / Orquesta Hermanos Contreras ; Modesto Pérez

TitleSource
Botamos la pelota (Primary title)Victor blue history card
Conga (Title descriptor)Victor blue history card
Authors and ComposersNotes
Silvio Contreras (composer)
Composer information source: BHC.
PersonnelNotes
Orquesta Hermanos Contreras (Musical group)
Modesto Pérez (vocalist)
Additional Information
  • Description: Instrumental ensemble, with male vocal solo
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: Spanish
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
This master derives from an instantaneous disc believed to have been recorded in Cuba. Victor ledgers available to the ADP list only re-recordings of the master. The issued dub take was made in Victor's New York Studio 3 on 4/16/1940.
Ledgers list the date of the issued dub 2R as 4/25/1940; the Victor blue history card lists the date as 4/24/1940.
Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
before 4/16/1940 Cuba [city unknown] Unknown Master
before 4/16/1940 Cuba [city unknown] [Unknown]1R Destroy Dub BS-048345 made 4/16/1940 in Victor's New York Studio 1.
before 4/16/1940 Cuba [city unknown] [Unknown]2R Master Victor 83145 10-in. Issued from dub BS-048345, made 4/25/1940 in Victor's New York Studio 3.

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CU-324[a]. Botamos la pelota / Orquesta Hermanos Contreras ; Modesto Pérez," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043202/CU-324a-Botamos_la_pelota.

Victor matrix CU-324[a]. Botamos la pelota / Orquesta Hermanos Contreras ; Modesto Pérez. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200043202/CU-324a-Botamos_la_pelota.

"Victor matrix CU-324[a]. Botamos la pelota / Orquesta Hermanos Contreras ; Modesto Pérez." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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