Victor matrix BVE-62910. I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band
  • Instrumentation: 3 saxophones, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, banjo, guitar, 2 pianos, accordion, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Peer, present."
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.
Test pressing in Michael Brooks collection at UCSB.
Source(s): HEP CD (personnel); Victor blue history card; Victor ledgers; disc.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 1 Hold Victor [BVE-62910] 10-in. Test pressing.

I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BVE-62910] - Take 1 - 10/28/1930
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 1 Hold Hep (England) 1070 Compact disc
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 2 Master Victor 22734 10-in.

I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor 22734 - Take 2 - 10/28/1930
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10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 2 Master Victor [BVE-62910] 10-in. Test pressing.

I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BVE-62910] - Take 2 - 10/28/1930
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
10/28/1930 Kansas City, Missouri. Lincoln Hall 2 Master Hep (England) 1070 Compact disc

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-62910. I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten," accessed January 5, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800032369/BVE-62910-I_wish_I_could_be_blue.

Victor matrix BVE-62910. I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 5, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800032369/BVE-62910-I_wish_I_could_be_blue.

"Victor matrix BVE-62910. I wish I could be blue! / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 5 January 2026.

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