Mr. Sykes Blues 1929-1932

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Release Date: 1967

Label: Riverside Records

Comes in a laminated gatefold sleeve with blue stapled-in 4-page information and lyric booklet.
A1 to A4 recorded September 7, 1929 - Richmond, Ind.
A5 & A6 recorded February 1930 - Grafton, Wis.
A7 & A8 recorded August 1930 - Grafton, Wis.
B1 to B8 recorded September 22, 1932 - Richmond, Ind.

A1 & A2 attributed to "Roosevelt Sykes (under pseudonym Dobby Bragg)", while the other two songs originally featuring an artist named Dobby Bragg Sylk 130 …"may be Roosevelt Sykes, but [it] sounds more like Wesley Wallace". (Paul Oliver)

A2 features "probably Edith Johnson, talking".

Made and sold by Fontana Records under rights from Interdisc S. A. (Made in Holland)

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