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Pallab Ghosh. A small record label has reissued what it believes is the oldest recorded country song. The track, Thompson's Old Grey Mule, dates from 1891 and is sung by Louis Vaznier in New Orleans in the United States. The music was first released on a wax cylinder. Now a speciality label, Archeophone Records, has restored and released the record. The quality of the audio is a bit faint.