Victor matrix BVE-64608. Never swat a fly / McKinney's Cotton Pickers

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo
  • Instrumentation: 4 saxophones, 3 cornets, trombone, tuba, banjo, piano, and traps
  • Category: Instrumental with vocal refrain
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Watson, 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.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
11/4/1930 New York, New York. Studio 4 1 Hold/master Victor 23020 10-in.

Never swat a fly / McKinney's Cotton Pickers

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Never swat a fly / McKinney's Cotton Pickers - Victor 23020 - Take 1 - 11/4/1930
Audio from the Joe Bussard Collection provided by:
11/4/1930 New York, New York. Studio 4 1 Hold/master Victor 40-0117 10-in.
11/4/1930 New York, New York. Studio 4 1 Hold/master Victor (Argentina) 62-0085 10-in.
11/4/1930 New York, New York. Studio 4 1 Hold/master Gramophone (Holland) JF-24 10-in.
11/4/1930 New York, New York. Studio 4 2 Master/hold Victor BHC: "Aberation–use no. 1."

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BVE-64608. Never swat a fly / McKinney's Cotton Pickers," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033602/BVE-64608-Never_swat_a_fly.

Victor matrix BVE-64608. Never swat a fly / McKinney's Cotton Pickers. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800033602/BVE-64608-Never_swat_a_fly.

"Victor matrix BVE-64608. Never swat a fly / McKinney's Cotton Pickers." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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