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J. P. Nestor, "Train on the Island" (Victor 21707), recorded in Bristol, Tennessee, 1 August 1927. Re-issued on Rural String Bands of Virginia (County CD-3502) and on The Anthology of American Folk Music (Smithsonian Folkways 40090).
 
Babe Spangler and Dave Pearson, "Midnight Serenade" (Okeh 45387), recorded in Richmond, Virginia, October 14, 1929. Re-issued on Rural String Bands of Virginia (County CD-3502), and on Virginia Roots: the 1929 Richmond Sessions (Outhouse Records 1001).
 
Tarter and Gay, "Unknown Blues" (Victor 38017), recorded in Bristol, Tennessee, on November 2, 1928. Re-issued on Ragtime Blues Guitar (Document records, DOCD-5062).
 
Tubize Royal Hawaiian Orchestra, "Sweetheart of Mandalay" (Okeh 45394), recorded in Richmond, Virginia, October 14, 1929. Re-issued on Virginia Roots: the 1929 Richmond Sessions (Outhouse Records 1001).
 
William Moore, "Old Country Rock" (Paramount 12761), recorded in Chicago, ca. January 1928. Re-issued on Ragtime Blues Guitar (Document records, DOCD-5062).
 
Golden Crown Quartet, "The Sign of Judgement" (Okeh 8739), recorded in Richmond, Virginia, October 13, 1929. Re-issued on Virginia Roots: the 1929 Richmond Sessions (Outhouse Records 1001).
 
Jimmie Strother, "We Are Almost Down to the Shore" (AFS 747 A2), recorded at the Virginia State Prison Farm, Goochland County, by John A. Lomax and Harold Spivake, June 1936. Re-issued on Field Recordings Vol. 1: Virginia 1936-1941 (Document records, DOCD-5575), and on Deep River of Song: Virginia and the Piedmont, Minstrelsy, Work Songs, and Blues (Rounder Records).