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Bessie Smith – The Empress

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Label:	Avan-Guard – B2VL 082
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono
Country:	Australia
Released:	1971
Genre:	Jazz, Blues
Style:	Vocal

Tracklist

A1	Bessie Smith–	Sing Sing Prison Blues Clarinet – Buster Bailey, Don Redman Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – F. Johnson, P. Grainger	3:03
A2	Bessie Smith–	Follow The Deal On Down Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – T. Delaney*	3:16
A3	Bessie Smith–	Sinful Blues Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – P. Bradford*	3:09
A4	Bessie Smith–	Woman's Trouble Blues Clarinet – Buster Bailey, Don Redman Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – J. Gee*	3:04
A5	Bessie Smith–	Love Me Daddy Blues Clarinet – Buster Bailey, Don Redman Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – F. Longshaw*	3:13
A6	Bessie Smith–	Dying Gambler's Blues Piano – Fred Longshaw Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – J. Gee*	2:56
A7	Bessie Smith–	St. Louis Blues Cornet – Louis Armstrong Harmonium – Fred Longshaw Written-By – W. C. Handy	3:09
A8	Bessie Smith–	Reckless Blues Cornet – Louis Armstrong Harmonium – Fred Longshaw Written-By – F. Longshaw*	3:01
B1	Bessie Smith–	Sobbin' Hearted Blues Cornet – Louis Armstrong Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – Davis, Bradford, Layer*	3:00
B2	Bessie Smith–	Cold In Hand Blues Cornet – Louis Armstrong Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – F. Longshaw, J. Gee	3:12
B3	Bessie Smith–	You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Cornet – Louis Armstrong Piano – Fred Longshaw Written-By – B. Smith, Balcom	3:28
B4	Bessie Smith and Henderson's Hot Six–	Cake Walkin' Blues Banjo – Charlie Dixon Clarinet – Buster Bailey Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins Trombone – Charlie Green Tuba – Bob Escudero Written-By – B. Smith, C. Williams, A. Troy*	3:07
B5	Bessie Smith and Henderson's Hot Six–	The Yellow Dog Blues Banjo – Charlie Dixon Clarinet – Buster Bailey Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins Trombone – Charlie Green Tuba – Bob Escudero Written-By – W. C. Handy	3:01
B6	Bessie Smith–	Soft Pedal Blues Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – B. Smith*	3:17
B7	Bessie Smith–	Dixie Flyer Blues Clarinet – Buster Bailey Effects – James T. Wilson Piano – Fred Longshaw Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – B. Smith*	3:07
B8	Bessie Smith–	Nashville Woman's Blues Cornet – Louis Armstrong Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – F. Longshaw*	3:41
C1	Bessie Smith And Her Band–	Muddy Water Banjo – Charlie Dixon Clarinet – Buster Bailey, Coleman Hawkins Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Jimmy Harrison Written-By – H. Richman, J. Trent, P. DeRose*	3:06
C2	Bessie Smith And Her Band–	There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight Banjo – Charlie Dixon Clarinet – Buster Bailey, Coleman Hawkins Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Jimmy Harrison Written-By – T. Metz*	3:28
C3	Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys–	Trombone Cholly Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – G. Brooks*	3:10
C4	Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys–	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – G. Brooks*	3:21
C5	Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys–	Them's Graveyard Words Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – G. Brooks*	2:57
C6	Bessie Smith And Her Blue Boys–	Hot Springs Blues Cornet – Joe Smith (3) Piano – Fletcher Henderson Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – B. Smith*	3:02
C7	Bessie Smith–	Sweet Mistreater Piano – James P. Johnson* Written-By – H. Creamer, J. Johnson	3:09
C8	Bessie Smith–	Lock And Key Piano – James P. Johnson* Written-By – H. Creamer, J. Johnson	2:57
D1	Bessie Smith–	Mean Old Bedbug Blues Guitar – Lincoln Conaway Piano – Porter Grainger Written-By – J. Wood*	3:48
D2	Bessie Smith–	A Good Man Is Hard To Find Guitar – Lincoln Conaway Piano – Porter Grainger Written-By – E. Green*	3:00
D3	Bessie Smith–	Homeless Blues Alto Saxophone – Ernest Elliott Piano – Porter Grainger Written-By – P. Grainger*	3:34
D4	Bessie Smith–	Looking For My Man Blues Alto Saxophone – Ernest Elliott Piano – Porter Grainger	2:48
D5	Bessie Smith–	Dyin' By The Hour Cornet – Tommy Ladnier Piano – Fletcher Henderson Tuba – June Cole Written-By – G. Brooks*	2:58
D6	Bessie Smith–	Foolish Man Blues Cornet – Tommy Ladnier Piano – Fletcher Henderson Tuba – June Cole Written-By – B. Smith*	2:53
D7	Bessie Smith–	Thinking Blues Cornet – Demas Dean Piano – Fred Longshaw Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – B. Smith*	3:07
D8	Bessie Smith–	Pickpocket Blues Cornet – Demas Dean Piano – Fred Longshaw Trombone – Charlie Green Written-By – B. Smith*	2:42

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Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Records Inc.
Distributed By – Avan-Guard

Credits

Design [Cover] – Henrietta Condak, John Berg
Liner Notes, Producer – Chris Albertson

Notes

[On gatefold]
A1: December 6, 1924
A2-A3: December 11, 1924
A4-A5: December 12, 1924
A6: December 13, 1924
A7-A8, B1-B3: January 14, 1925
B4-B5: May 5, 1925
B6: May 14, 1925
B7: May 15, 1925
B8: May 26, 1925
C1-C2: March 2, 1927
C3-C6: March 3, 1927
C7-C8: April 1, 1927
D1-D2: September 27, 1927
D3-D4: September 28, 1927
D5-D6: October 27, 1927
D7-D8: February 9, 1928

[On liner notes]
"The following is a brief extract from "Bessie," a biography of Bessie Smith by Chris Albertson, to be published by Stein and Day in January, 1972. (c) 1971 by Chris Albertson"

[On labels]
Stereo

[On labels]
B4: Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
C1: Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)

This is the fourth of five two-record sets.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (Original Catalog Number): CG 30818
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 label): MX215187
Matrix / Runout (Side 4 label): MX215188
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 label): MX215189
Matrix / Runout (Side 3 label): MX215190
Matrix / Runout (Side 1 runout): MX 215187 BZVL 082-1 RECORD ONE
Matrix / Runout (Side 4 runout): MX 215188-C B2VL 082-4 RECORD ONe
Matrix / Runout (Side 2 runout): MX 215189-B BZVL089-2 record two
Matrix / Runout (Side 3 runout): MX 21551 ̷6̷9̷0̷ 90 BZVL 082-3 record two

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Empress (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold)	Columbia	G 30818	US	1971
Recently Edited	The Empress (2×LP, Compilation, Mono)	CBS, CBS	66264, M 66264	Netherlands	1971
New Submission	The Empress (2×LP, Compilation, Mono)	Columbia	G 30818	Canada	1971
New Submission	The Empress (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold)	CBS	66264	UK	1971
	The Empress (2×LP, Album, Compilation, Mono, Pitman Pressing)	Columbia, Columbia	CG 30818, G 30818	US	1971

Bessie Smith – The Empress

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