Jimmie Rogers - Sleep Baby Sleep Soldier’s Sweetheart Victor 78 Oakland Pressing

$

55

Description

Historic debut release by The Singing Brakeman, recorded at the famous Bristol Sessions, August 4, 1927. This is an original Victor “scroll” gold-on-black label pressing, not a later RCA issue.

Condition (visual grade): VG to VG+

– Clean label with bright gold print, minor spindle wear.

– Surface retains gloss with light scuffs and handling marks.

– No cracks or chips.

– Plays with light to moderate surface noise typical of 1920s shellac.

Details:

• Catalog No.: 20864

• Side A: Sleep, Baby, Sleep

• Side B: The Soldier’s Sweetheart

• Artist: Jimmie Rodgers (vocal & guitar)

• Recording Location: Bristol, Tennessee

• Matrix: BVE-40139 / BVE-40140

• Pressing mark “O” above horn = Oakland, CA plant

Notes:

This was Jimmie Rodgers’ very first record — the beginning of modern country music. A key early Victor Electric (VE) recording.

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