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Bessie Smith: Empress Of The Blues 1923-33 - VINYL LP
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| Management number | 205742798 | Release Date | 2025/10/22 | List Price | $85.20 | Model Number | 205742798 | ||
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Title: Empress Of The Blues 1923-33
Artist: Bessie Smith
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 824046161422
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2023-11-10
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: 140 GRAM VINYL
Bessie Smith, "The Empress Of The Blues", a uniquely powerful, soulful and uncompromising blues singer, was an originator and a star. She became one of the highest-paid Black performers of her time, influencing fellow blues and jazz singers for generations to come and helping transform the record industry. After treading the vaudeville boards in the 1910's alongside Ma Rainey, Smith rose to the top and was picked up by a struggling Columbia Records. Her first single Down Hearted Blues sold nearly a million in 8 months, saving Columbia from bankruptcy. Pressed on 140g black vinyl, this 13-track LP features some of The Empress' best-loved songs from her tragically short career. From her very earliest sessions in 1923, through collaborations with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson to later reflections on prohibition. A fitting tribute to one of the true heroes, not only of the blues, but musical history itself.
Tracks:
1.1 Down Hearted Blues
1.2 Gulf Coast Blues
1.3 Aggravatin' Papa
1.4 Baby Won't You Please Come Home
1.5 Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
1.6 Careless Love Blues
1.7 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
1.8 St Louis Blues
1.9 Lost Your Head Blues
1.10 After You've Gone
1.11 Empty Bed Blues PT 1
1.12 Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out
1.13 I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
Artist: Bessie Smith
Label: Acrobat
Product Type: VINYL LP
UPC: 824046161422
Genre: Blues
Release Date: 2023-11-10
Number of Discs: 1
Additional Details: 140 GRAM VINYL
Bessie Smith, "The Empress Of The Blues", a uniquely powerful, soulful and uncompromising blues singer, was an originator and a star. She became one of the highest-paid Black performers of her time, influencing fellow blues and jazz singers for generations to come and helping transform the record industry. After treading the vaudeville boards in the 1910's alongside Ma Rainey, Smith rose to the top and was picked up by a struggling Columbia Records. Her first single Down Hearted Blues sold nearly a million in 8 months, saving Columbia from bankruptcy. Pressed on 140g black vinyl, this 13-track LP features some of The Empress' best-loved songs from her tragically short career. From her very earliest sessions in 1923, through collaborations with Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson to later reflections on prohibition. A fitting tribute to one of the true heroes, not only of the blues, but musical history itself.
Tracks:
1.1 Down Hearted Blues
1.2 Gulf Coast Blues
1.3 Aggravatin' Papa
1.4 Baby Won't You Please Come Home
1.5 Ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do
1.6 Careless Love Blues
1.7 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
1.8 St Louis Blues
1.9 Lost Your Head Blues
1.10 After You've Gone
1.11 Empty Bed Blues PT 1
1.12 Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out
1.13 I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
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