Matrix B-22890. Wise bird / Laura Littlefield

Primary Title Source
Wise bird Victor catalog

Title Source
Wise bird (Primary title) Victor catalog
Cuckoo music (Additional title) Victor catalog
A star child (Additional title) Victor catalog
Pretty tulip (Additional title) Victor catalog

Authors and Composers Notes
Arthur E. Johnstone (composer) All selections
Harvey Worthington Loomis (lyricist) "Wise bird"

Composer information source: Victor ledgers

Primary Performer Notes
Laura Littlefield (vocalist: soprano vocal)

Description: Female vocal solo, with instrumental quintet
Instrumentation: 2 first violins, flute, cello, and piano
Category: Vocal
Marketing Genre: Educational
Language: English
Master Size: 10-inch
Title Note: Victor ledgers: From Hollis Dann music course.

Take Date and Place
Take
Status Label Name/Number
Format
Note
6/6/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 1 Destroy
6/6/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 2 Destroy
9/17/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 3 Master/destroy
9/17/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 4 Destroy
9/17/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 5 Destroy
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 6 Hold
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 7 Destroy
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 8 Master Victor 18649
10" disc

 

12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 8 Master Victor 19025
10" disc
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 8 Master Gramophone 2-3540
10" disc
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey) 9 Hold

Take Date and Place
Take
Status Label Name/Number
Format
Note
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey)
8
Master Victor 18649
10" disc

 

12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey)
8
Master Victor 19025
10" disc
12/12/1919 (Camden, New Jersey)
8
Master Gramophone 2-3540
10" disc

Footnotes and Sources
Victor ledgers: "First pressings on B-22890 will be incorrectly marked B-22891, but the matrices will be changed and all future pressings will bear the corrected serial number B-22890 (referred to Mr. Hewitt)."
Instrumentalists not specified in Victor ledgers for takes 1-2.
Source(s) consulted: catalog; Victor ledgers.

Footnotes and Sources