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- AAfter you've gone
- BMuddy Water
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- AAfter you've gone (27)
- BA good man is hard to find
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, on Brunswick, performing 'After You've Gone' and 'A Good Man is Hard to Find', two of her most famous numbers. UK copies of Bessie Smith on Brunswick are uncommon — the series carried some of the most important blues of the 1920s, and British issues of these sides seldom surface.AI summary
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- AAggravatin Papa
- BBeale Street Mamma
Bessie Smith was the greatest blues singer of the 1920s, known as the 'Empress of the Blues'. 'Aggravatin' Papa' and 'Beale Street Mamma' are classic blues recordings from her celebrated Columbia catalogue, representing the peak of acoustic blues recording.AI summary
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- ABlue Spirit blues(29)
- BWhat's the Matter now(26)
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- ABoweavil blues
- BMoonshine blues
Bessie Smith, the legendary American blues singer, performing *Beale Street Blues* and *Moonshine Blues* for Columbia. This is a British pressing of one of Smith's most celebrated recordings, from the mid-1920s when she was at the height of her fame. Columbia 14018D is a UK issue number.AI summary
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- AChicago Bound blues
- BMistreatin' Daddy
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues singer, recorded in New York for the American Columbia 14000-D series (a 'race' series). This is a UK pressing of the Columbia original. Smith was the most celebrated blues voice of the 1920s-30s.AI summary
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- ADyin by the Hour (27)
- BFoolish Man blues
Bessie Smith, the legendary blues and jazz singer, on a dub pressing bearing catalogue 14273. Smith was among the most important recording artists of the 1920s.AI summary
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- AJazzbo Brown from Memphis town(26)
- BSqueeze me
Bessie Smith, the "Empress of the Blues" and one of the greatest singers of the 1920s, is heard on this Biltmore pressing, a specialist British label that reissued her Columbia sides for collectors rather than an original issue.AI summary
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- AKitchen Man(29)
- BI want every Bit of it(26)
Bessie Smith, the most celebrated of the 1920s classic blues singers, recorded 'Kitchen Man' and 'I Want Every Bit of It' for Columbia; this Biltmore disc is a cut-price reissue of the material rather than an original pressing.AI summary
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- AThem's Graveyard Words(27)
- BSend me to the 'Lectric Chair
Bessie Smith was the pre-eminent classic blues singer of the 1920s, known as the Empress of the Blues; this Biltmore pressing is a later UK reissue of her original recordings rather than a period American pressing.AI summary
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- AWasted Life blues(29)
- BIt makes my Love come down
Bessie Smith's 1929 Columbia recording "Wasted Life Blues", here appearing on the obscure British label Biltmore, a cheap marque that sometimes issued reissues or covers of American blues under the original artist's name.AI summary
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- AWorn our Papa blues(29)
- BI got what it takes
Bessie Smith, the 'Empress of the Blues', recorded 'Worn our Papa Blues' and 'I Got What It Takes' for Biltmore. UK copies of Biltmore pressings are extremely uncommon and highly sought by blues collectors.AI summary