The Prisoner’s Song / A Boy’s Best Friend Is His Mother

Side A recorded ca. 22 May 1928 in New York, NY. Side B recorded ca. 25 May 1928 in New York, NY. Side A matrix GEX-1255. Side B matrix GEX-1287-B. This matrix coupling also released on [l=Silvertone] 8138. Identical or nearly-identical title-pairings on other labels use different matrices recorded at a different session. A Cameo session was recorded ca. March 1925, using matrices 1386- and 1385-, and released on [l=Cameo (3)] 703, [l=Lincoln] 2335, and [l=Tremont] 0536. Two other Gennett sessions were recorded ca. 26 February 1925 and ca. 28 October 1924 in New York, NY, resulting in matrices 9364-A and 9147, respectively, and released on [l=Gennett] 3030 and [l=Silvertone] 3030.