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Bessie Smith the collection.

Author/creator Smith, Bessie, 1898?-1937 performer.
Format Audio (LP Record) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Columbia, ℗1989.
Description1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono. ; 12 in.
Subject(s)
Series Columbia jazz masterpieces
TomtheJazzman Collection. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Downhearted blues / A. Hunter-L.Austin (3:24) -- 'Taint nobody's bizness if I do / P. Grainger-E. Robbins (3:28) -- My sweetie went away (she didn't say where, when or why) / L. Handman-R. Turk (3:12) -- Weeping willow blues / P. Carter (3:10) -- St. Louis blues / W. C. Handy (3:11) -- Reckless blues / F. Longshaw (3:01) -- You've been a good ole Wagon / Smith-Balcom (3:27) -- I ain't gonna play no second fiddle / P. Bradford (3:21) -- Young woman's blues / B. Smith (3:09) -- Muddy Water (a Mississippi moan) / P. DeRose-H. Richman-J. Trent (3:06) -- Mean old bedbug blues / J. Wood (3:12) -- Empty bed blues (parts 1&2) / J. C. Johnson (6:23) -- Nobody knows when you're down and out / J. Cox (2:57) -- Black Mountain blues / H. Cole (2:59) -- Do your duty / W. Wilson (3:26) -- Gimme a pigfoot / W. S. Wilson (3:30).
Local noteJoyner-Gift of eastern North Carolina jazz radio personality Tom Mallison.
General noteDigitally remastered directly from the original analog tapes.
General noteNotes by Chris Albertson on container.
General noteColumbia: J 44441.
General noteColumbia: AL 44441.
General noteColumbia: CJ 44441 (on spine of container).
General noteProgram notes by Chris Albertson, personnel listings, and recording data on container.
Performer Bessie Smith, vocal ; with various ensembles.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1923-1933 in New York City.
Publisher numberJ 44441 Columbia
Publisher numberAL 44441 Columbia
Publisher numberCJ 44441 Columbia

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