Victor matrix MS-76615. Introducing the cast / Ford Bond ; Frank McMahon

TitleSource
Introducing the cast (Primary title)Victor ledgers
Texas trail blazers (Series title)Victor ledgers
Authors and ComposersNotes
Humble Oil and Refining Company (sponsor)Ledgers note that company is a "client" of McCann Erickson.
McCann Erickson Inc (sponsor)Noted in ledgers as "advertising agency."
PersonnelNotes Hide Additional Titles
Ford Bond (speaker)Role noted in Victor ledgers as "announcer."
Frank McMahon (speaker)Role not confirmed; noted in ledgers as "cast," possibly implying cast director.
J. Bondas (conductor)Role noted in ledgers as "[Orchestra] director."
Frank Walker (session supervisor)
  • Description: Radio program audition
  • Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, clarinet, 3 saxophones, 2 French horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, piano, and traps
  • Category: Spoken
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 16-in.
Notes
Source(s): Victor ledgers.
This is believed to be a tryout of a proposed radio program, recorded for evaluation by networks and/or sponsors. Two episodes of the program were registered for U.S. Copyright in July 1933 by McCann-Erickson, Inc. as dramatic compositions and noted as “radio audition program.”
Victor ledgers: "Electrical transcriptions"; "Records cut outside-in, per Messrs Walker and McMahon."
Ledgers: "Cast of 15"; "17 in orchestra inc[luding] director"; "Trapman--J. Bondas dir[ector]."
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote Hide Additional Titles
7/8/1933 New York, New York. Studio 1 1 Master
7/8/1933 New York, New York. Studio 1 1A Destroy

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Victor matrix MS-76615. Introducing the cast / Ford Bond ; Frank McMahon," accessed March 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800041819/MS-76615-Introducing_the_cast.

Victor matrix MS-76615. Introducing the cast / Ford Bond ; Frank McMahon. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/800041819/MS-76615-Introducing_the_cast.

"Victor matrix MS-76615. Introducing the cast / Ford Bond ; Frank McMahon." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 March 2024.

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