The Texas Blue Destroyers, who were only trumpet player Bubber Miley and organist Alvin Ray, pulled some kind of con job back in 1924, and managed to record the same two songs for three different companies within a week or two of each other. This is a pretty sparse-sounding, unusual group of recordings, but Miley is playing well and the reed organ wheezing away adds a demented “Phantom of the Opera” feel to the songs.

Title	Recording Date	Recording Location	Company
Down In The Mouth Blues (Bubber Miley / Alvin Ray )	9-1924	New York, New York	Pathe Actuelle 036160 Perfect 14341
Lenox Avenue Shuffle (Bubber Miley / Alvin Ray )	9-1924	New York, New York	Pathe Actuelle 036160 Perfect 14341
Lenox Avenue Shuffle (Bubber Miley / Alvin Ray )	10-2-1924	New York, New York	Ajax 17065
Down In The Mouth Blues (Bubber Miley / Alvin Ray )	10-2-1924	New York, New York	Ajax 17065
Lenox Avenue Shuffle (Bubber Miley / Alvin Ray )	10-7-1924	New York, New York	Vocalion A 14913
Down In The Mouth Blues (Bubber Miley / Alvin Ray )	10-7-1924	New York, New York	Vocalion 13834

Artist	Instrument
Bubber Miley	Cornet
Alvin Ray	Reed Organ