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Bessie Smith [sound recording] : the collection / Bessie Smith.

Smith, Bessie, 1894-1937 (Performer). Brooks, Michael. (Producer).

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Berklee College of Music.

Current holds

0 current holds with 1 total copy.

Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Stan Getz Library CD 2687 37684000257624 Annex Copy hold / Volume hold Available -

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: New York : Columbia, p1989.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Original Recordings produced by John Hammond and Frank Walker.
Compact disc.
Analog recording.
Produced by Michael Brooks
Faculty reserve.
Material for ILVC-141 (Goodman).
Formatted Contents Note:
Downhearted blues -- 'Taint nobody's bizness if I do -- My sweetie went away -- Weeping willow blues -- St. Louis blues -- Reckless blues -- You've been a good ole wagon -- I ain't gonna play no second fiddle -- Young woman's blues -- Muddy water -- Mean old bedbug blues -- Empty bed blues -- Nobody knows when you're down and out -- Black mountain blues -- Do your duty -- Gimme a pigfoot.
Participant or Performer Note:
Bessie Smith, vocal ; with various ensembles.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:
Recorded in New York between 16 February 1923 and 24 November 1933.

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