[78-L] Moten's "South"

[David Lennick]

"South" may have been issued to juke box operators in the mid 40s, in which 
case it would indeed have been pressed on both sides. This sounds familiar. The 
V-38021 would have been the original issue in Victor's "race" series and 24893 
the renumbering in the regular Victor catalogue around 1935.

dl

J.F. Bennett wrote:
> Folks,
> 
>     I was looking up Bennie Moten's *South* for someone tonight and bumped
> into a question. Moten recorded *South* only twice correct? Once for Okeh
> and once for VTMCo.?
>   One of my meager sources lists Okeh 8194 with *Vine Street Blues* on the
> flip and a matrix number 8769-B, but another source lists it as 9184-B with
> no mention of a flip side recording. Both give a date of Nov. 29, 1924
> although one adds a question mark to that date. Which catalogue is correct?
> For the Victor recording I have once source listing V-38021-A and 24893-A
> and the other listing just the V-38021 and a matrix number 42935-1, the
> former also gives *She's No Trouble* as the B-side of both numbers.
> September 7, 1928 is given as a recording date from both sources.
>     I'm curious why two Victor numbers. Also how long was this in the
> catalogue? At what point was it "re-issued" I have both "Circle Victor" &
> "Circle RCA Victor" pressings, but not a Scroll. The "Circle Victor" is
> numbered 24893, I can't locate the RCA to check that one. I know this was
> deservedly a very popular recording so I'm sure it was carried for a long
> time. Also someone told me a story probably apocryphal that at one point *
> South* was issued on both sides of a record. I doubt it, but I thought I'd
> better ask the experts! Thank you in advance.
> 
> Regards,
> John B.