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Bessie Smith empress of the blues. Vol. 2.
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Bessie Smith [sound recording] : empress of the blues. Vol. 2.
Published
[New York?] : Columbia, [1947?]
Physical Description
4 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 10 in.
Notes
Columbia: C 142-1--C 142-8 (37574--37577).
Original issue: OKeh 8949 (sides 1-2), 8945 (sides 3-4); Columbia 14516-D (side 7), 14451-D (side 8).
Sides 5-6 "previously unissued."
Title from container cover.
Recorded on May 15, 1929 (side 8), Mar. 27, 1930 (side 7), Apr. 12, 1930 (sides 5-6) and Nov. 24, 1933 (sides 1-4).
Variant and related titles
Title on container spine: Hot jazz classics : Bessie Smith
Baby, have pity on me.
Do your duty.
Gimme a pigfoot.
I'm down in the dumps.
New Orleans hop scop blues.
Nobody knows when you're down and out.
See if I'll care.
Take me for a buggy ride.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
November 02, 2009
Series
Hot jazz classics
Performers
Bessie Smith, vocals ; with Buck [Washington] and his band (sides 1-4) ; with various instrumentalists (remainder).
Contents
Gimme a pigfoot ; Take me for a buggy ride ; Do your duty ; I'm down in the dumps / Wilson
See if I'll care / Williams, Hill (Charlie Green, trombone ; Clarence Williams, piano) ; Baby, have pity on me / Moll, Williams (Charlie Green, trombone ; Clarence Williams, piano)
New Orleans hop scop blues / Thomas (Louis Bacon, trumpet ; Charlie Green, clarinet ; Garvin Bushell, clarinet ; Clarence Williams, piano) ; Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Cox (Ed Allen, trumpet ; Clarence Williams, piano ; Cyrus St. Clair, tuba).
Issue number
37574 Columbia
37575 Columbia
37576 Columbia
37577 Columbia
C 142-1--C 142-8 Columbia
Matrix number
21842 Columbia
W 150132 Columbia
W 150458 Columbia
W 150459 Columbia
W 152577 Columbia
W 152578 Columbia
W 152579 Columbia
W 152580 Columbia
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