Victor matrix CU-974. No vale la pena / Reinaldo Henríquez ; Orquesta Casino de la Playa
| Title | Source |
|---|---|
| No vale la pena (Primary title) | Disc label |
| Bolero son (Title descriptor) | Disc label |
| Authors and Composers | Notes |
| Orlando de la Rosa (composer) | |
| Composer information source: Disc label. | |
| Personnel | Notes |
| Orquesta Casino de la Playa (Musical group) | |
| Reinaldo Henríquez (vocalist) | |
- Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
- Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
- 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 this re-recording of the master. It was made in Victor's 24th Street Studio 1 in New York, New York on 12/7/1942. |
| Victor blue history card notes: "12/10/45 Master burnt in bath." BS 075832-1R was then dubbed to BS 075832-1BR on January 18, 1946. |
| A note on the Victor blue history card dated 6/4/1948 states that this recording "is doubled with 23-0478-A [i.e., CU-1450, "Ten jabón" by the Orquesta Casino de la Playa] for Arthur Murray Dance Studios." |
| Source(s): Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc. |
| Take Date and Place | Take | Status | Label Name/Number | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| before 12/7/1942 Cuba [city unknown] | Unknown | Master | ||||
| before 12/7/1942 Cuba [city unknown] | [Unknown]1R | Master | Dub BS-075832 made 12/7/1942. | |||
| before 12/7/1942 Cuba [city unknown] | [Unknown]1BR | Master | Victor 83994 | Issued from dub BS-075832-1R, made 1/18/1946. | ||
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| before 12/7/1942 Cuba [city unknown] | [Unknown]1CR | Unknown | Dub BS-075832-1R made 1/18/1946. | |||
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix CU-974. No vale la pena / Reinaldo Henríquez ; Orquesta Casino de la Playa," accessed December 31, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055976/CU-974-No_vale_la_pena.
Victor matrix CU-974. No vale la pena / Reinaldo Henríquez ; Orquesta Casino de la Playa. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 31, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/200055976/CU-974-No_vale_la_pena.
"Victor matrix CU-974. No vale la pena / Reinaldo Henríquez ; Orquesta Casino de la Playa." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 31 December 2025.
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