Victor matrix BS-74849. Imagination / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

Additional Information
  • Description: Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio
  • Instrumentation: Bass, 4 saxophones, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, guitar, piano, and drums
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Victor ledgers: "Mr. Oberstein, 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): Victor blue history card; trade catalog; Victor ledgers.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
12/13/1932 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 1 Master Victor 23378 10-in.
12/13/1932 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 1 Master Victor [BS-74849] 10-in. Test pressing.

Imagination / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten

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Imagination / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten - Victor [BS-74849] - Take 1 - 12/13/1932
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
℗ © Sony Music Entertainment.
12/13/1932 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 1 Master Bluebird B-5078 10-in.
12/13/1932 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 1 Master Sunrise S-3159 10-in.
12/13/1932 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 1 Master Hep (England) 1071 Compact disc
12/13/1932 Camden, New Jersey. Church Bldg. Studio 2 2 Not processed

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix BS-74849. Imagination / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten," accessed January 3, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040143/BS-74849-Imagination.

Victor matrix BS-74849. Imagination / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 3, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800040143/BS-74849-Imagination.

"Victor matrix BS-74849. Imagination / Kansas City Orchestra ; Bennie Moten." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 3 January 2026.

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