tracks

Fine And Brown (Alternate) (1001-1)
Lucky Blues (1002-1)
Raining In My Heart (1003-5)
Heavy Heart (100402)
4:00 Blues (1129-12)
Too Hot To Handle (Hot Boogie) (1130-9)
Tell Me True (1293-7)
Ruthie Lee (1292-3)
Something Like That (1131-4)
Security Blues (1132-3)
Boogie Sykes (1295-3)
Listen To My Song (She's The One For Me) (1133-17)
Toy Piano Blues (1131-9)
Been Through The Mill (1291-1)
Walkin' This Boogie (1128-4)
Come Back Baby (1290-3)
44 Blues (1294-5)
4:00 Blues (Alternate) (1129-4)
Fine And Brown (1001-2)
Listen To My Song (She's The One For Me) (Alternate) (1133-2)

notes

tracks 1,14,17,18,20 previously unissued. 16 unavailable since 78rpm issue. 1001-1004 July 12, 1951. 1128-1133 August 21, 1952, 1290-1295 March 19, 1953. "Raining In My Heart is the first album to contain all the songs Sykes recorded for the United label"

credits

Alto Saxophone – Oett "Sax" Mallard (tracks: 1 to 4, 19)
Bass – Ransom Knowling (tracks: 1 to 6,9,10,12,13,15,18, 2019)
Celesta – Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: 13)
Drums – Armand "Jump" Jackson (tracks: 1 to 4,19)
Guitar – John "Schoolboy" Porter (tracks: 5,6,9,10,12,13,15,18,20), Unknown Artist (tracks: 7, 8, 11, 14, 16,17)
Tenor Saxophone – J.T. Brown (tracks: 7, 8, 11, 14, 16,17), Robert Crowder (2) (tracks: 1 to 4, 19)
Violin – Remo Biondi (tracks: 5,6,9,10,12,13,15,18,20)
Vocals, Piano – Roosevelt Sykes (tracks: 1 to 12, 14 to 20)

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