Victor matrix BVE-53929. Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 3 saxophones, cornet, trombone, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Instrumentation is from Victor ledgers and is not confirmed; collective personnel from notes to a reissue compilation CD. Personnel listings here are not intended to imply that every instrument listed is played on every master recorded at the session.
Disc label for Bluebird B-10702 shows personnel as follows: Henry Allen, trumpet; J. C. Higginbotham, trombone; Albert Nicholas, Charlie Holmes, Teddy Hill, saxes; Luis Russell, piano; Will Johnson, banjo; "Pops" Foster, bass; Paul Barbarin, drums.
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Watson present."
Source(s): JSP CD notes (personnel); Rigler-Deutsch Index; Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
7/17/1929 New York, New York 1 Hold X LVA-3033 LP (10-in.)
7/17/1929 New York, New York 1 Hold JSP 3403 Compact disc
7/17/1929 New York, New York 1 Master Victor [BVE-53929] 10-in.
7/17/1929 New York, New York 2 Hold RCA Victor LPV-556 LP

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Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra - RCA Victor LPV-556 - Take 2 - 7/17/1929
℗ © 1968 Sony Music Entertainment.
7/17/1929 New York, New York 2 Hold JSP 3403 Compact disc
7/17/1929 New York, New York 2 Master Victor [BVE-53929] 10-in.
7/17/1929 New York, New York 3 Master Victor V-38080 10-in. Listed as by Henry Allen, Jr. and his Orchestra

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Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra - Victor V-38080 - Take 3 - 7/17/1929
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
7/17/1929 New York, New York 3 Master Bluebird B-10702 10-in. Listed as by Henry Allen and Orchestra

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Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra - Bluebird B-10702 - Take 3 - 7/17/1929
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
7/17/1929 New York, New York 3 Master JSP 3403 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-53929. Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra," accessed December 12, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800025750/BVE-53929-Feeling_drowsy.

Victor matrix BVE-53929. Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 12, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800025750/BVE-53929-Feeling_drowsy.

"Victor matrix BVE-53929. Feeling drowsy / Henry Allen ; New York Orchestra." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 12 December 2025.

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