The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.1 2 3 4 Columbia Rare Blues Louis Armstrong

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Bessie Smith With Louis Armstrong ?– The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.1Label:Columbia ?– CL 855Series:The Golden Era Series –Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, MonoCountry:USReleased: Genre:Jazz, BluesStyle:Louisiana BluesTracklistA1 St. Louis Blues A2 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle A3 You've Been A Good Ole Wagon A4 Sobbin' Hearted Blues A5 Reckless Blues A6 J.C. Holmes Blues B1 Careless Love Blues B2 Cold In Hand Blues B3 Nashville Woman's Blues B4 Jailhouse Blues B5 Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down B6 Down Hearted Blues Primis Player Placeholder


Companies, etc.Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa MariaCreditsDesign – Monogram (2), Stanley (10)Harmonium – Fred LongshawPiano – Clarence Williams, Fred Longshaw, Irving JohnsTrombone – Charlie GreenTrumpet – Louis ArmstrongViolin – Robert RobbinsVoice – Bessie SmithNotesRecording dates:February 17, 1923 - "Down Hearted Blues"April 7, 1923 - "Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down"January 24, 1925 - "St.Louis Blues"; "Reckless Blues"; "You've Been A Good Ole Wagon"; "Sobbin' Hearted Blues"; "Cold In Hand Blues"May 26, 1925 - "Careless Love Blues"; "Nashville Woman's Blues"May 27, 1925 - "I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle"; "J.C. Holmes Blues"
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Bessie Smith ?– The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2Label:Columbia ?– CL 856Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, MonoCountry:USReleased: Genre:BluesStyle: TracklistA1 Gimme A Pigfoot A2 Take Me For A Buggy Ride A3 Do Your Duty A4 I'm Down In The Dumps A5 Black Mountain Blues A6 New Orleans Hop Scop Blues B1 Weeping Willow Blues B2 Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town B3 The Gin House Blues B4 Poor Man's Blues B5 Me And My Gin B6 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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CreditsBass – Billy Taylor* (tracks: A1-A4)Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: A1), Buster Bailey (tracks: B2, B3), Garvin Bushell (tracks: A5)Cornet – Ed Allen (tracks: B6), Joe Smith (3) (tracks: B1)Design – Monogram (2), Stanley (10)Guitar – Bobby Johnson (tracks: A1-A4)Piano – Buck Washington (tracks: A1-A4), Clarence Williams (tracks: A5, B6), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: B1-B3), Porter Grainger (tracks: B4, B5)Producer – George AvakianSaxophone – Bob Fuller (tracks: B4), Ernest "Sticky" Elliot* (tracks: B4)Tenor Saxophone – Chu Berry* (tracks: A1-A4)Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: A5, B1), Jack Teagarden (tracks: A1-A4), Joe Williams (11) (tracks: B4, B5)Trumpet – Frank Newton (tracks: A1-A4), Louis Bacon (tracks: A5)Tuba – Cyrus St. Clair (tracks: B6)Vocals – Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith with Joe Smith (3) & Fletcher Henderson's Hot Six* ?– The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.3Label:Columbia ?– GL 505Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation, MonoCountry:USReleased:1951Genre:Jazz, BluesStyle: TracklistA1 Alexander's Ragtime Band A2 Baby Doll A3 The Yellow Dog Blues (He's Gone Where The Southern Cross' The Yellow Dog) A4 One And Two Blues A5 Money Blues A6 After You've Gone B1 Cake Walking Babies (From Home) B2 Young Woman's Blues B3 At The Christmas Ball B4 There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town To-Night B5 Lost Your Head Blues B6 Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
Bessie Smith ?– The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 4Label:Columbia ?– GL 506Format:Vinyl, LP, Compilation, MonoCountry:USReleased:1951Genre:BluesStyle: TracklistA1 Back Water Blues A2 Preachin' The Blues A3 Moan, Mourners A4 He's Got Me Goin' A5 Blue Spirit Blues A6 On Revival Day B1 Trombone Cholly B2 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair B3 Long Old Road B4 Shipwreck Blues B5 Empty Bed Blues