Kansas City Blues

Louisiana Five - The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues album cover

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Label:	Columbia – A2768
Format:	Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, GX
Country:	USA & Canada
Released:	Sep 1919
Genre:	Jazz
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Tracklist

	Louisiana Five Original Jazz Band*	The Alcoholic Blues
A1a	–	The Alcoholic Blues Written-By – A. Von Tilzer*
A1b	–	Minnie Written-By – Frisch*
A1c	–	Oh Lawdy Written-By – Creamer, Layton
A1c	–	Victory Ball Written-By – Landfield*
B	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band–	Kansas City Blues Written-By – Bowman*

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Columbia Graphophone Company

Notes

Pre-release variant pressed in late July 1919 with "Louisiana Five Original Jazz Band" rather than "Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra" on the A side and take 3 rather than take 2 on the B side; label printing date code: GX (= July 1919). The A side label has only five patent dates at the bottom, beginning with Nov. 25, 1902, whereas the B side still features the older label design with six patents, beginning with Dec. 10, 1901.

A & B: Dance Music; Fox Trot
The Alcoholic Blues - Introducing (1) Minnie (2) Oh Lawdy (3) Victory Ball

A side (matrix 78523, take 1) recorded New York, NY, June 23, 1919.
B side (matrix 78366, take 3) recorded New York, NY, March 22, 1919.

The Talking Machine World, September 15, 1919, page 193: Advance Record Bulletins for October, 1919 (actually released in September 1919) [credits the "Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra"].

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (Label printing date code): GX
Matrix / Runout (A side label): 78523
Matrix / Runout (B side label): 78366
Matrix / Runout (A side under label & in runout): 1-CC-?6 78523
Matrix / Runout (B side under label & in runout): 3-AH-26 78366

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Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues (Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, GX)	Columbia	A2768	USA & Canada	1919
The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues (Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, GX)	Columbia	A2768	USA & Canada	1919