Name: Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith
Brand: BBC Records and Tapes
SKU: BBCCD602
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 3.00 (1 reviews)

Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith (Bessie Smith)

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Release pictures

Front cover
Picture of BBCCD602 Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith by artist Bessie Smith from the BBC records and Tapes library

Rear cover
Picture of BBCCD602 Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith by artist Bessie Smith from the BBC records and Tapes library

BBC records label code
BBC Records and Tapes label

Label

Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			BBCCD602
Title			Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith
Artist(s)			Bessie Smith
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
BBC records label code			A
Item deleted?			Yes
Released			1986
Distributed / printed by			BBC Enterprises Ltd.
Country of origin			UK
Media type			REB 602
Media genre			Music View all other tracks listed as Music.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			BBC CD 602 . MASTERED BY NIMBUS
My rating			*****
Guest rating			***** To vote, please select one of these buttons:
Number have			1
What type of seller was used?			Physical shop
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Front cover
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Back cover

Middle of cover

Label

Side & track	Track and Artist	Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	Empty bed blues [J. C. Johnson]	6.19
A2	Alexander's ragtime band [Berlin]	2.58
A3	Preachin' the blues [Smith]	2.49
A4	Keep it to yourself [C. Williams]	3.30
A5	Trombone cholly [Brooks]	3.09
A6	At the Christmas ball [Longshaw]	3.25
A7	Kitchen man [Razaf / Belledna]	2.57
A8	You've got to give me some [S. Williams]	2.44
A9	He's got me goin' [Gray]	3.12
A10	Thinking blues [Smith]	3.06
A11	Devil's gonna git you [Grainger]	3.10
A12	Send me to the 'lectric chair [Brooks]	3.20
A13	Baby doll [Smith]	3.00
A14	Take me for a buggy ride [Wilson / Buck and his band]	2.36
A15	Young woman's blues [Smith]	3.07
Total length of media 49:22.

Ratings
Reviews
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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Musicians Side A , track 1: Piano Porter Grainger Trombone Charlie Green Track 2: Banjo Charlie Dixon Clarinet Coleman Hawkins Cornet Joe Smith Piano Fletcher Henderson Trombone Jimmy Harrison Track 3: Piano James P. Johnson Track 4: Alto Saxophone Garvin Bushell Clarinet Garvin Bushell Piano Clarence Williams Trombone Charlie Green Trumpet Louis Bacon Track 5: Cornet Joe Smith Piano Fletcher Henderson Trombone Charlie Green Track 6: Cornet Joe Smith Piano Fletcher Henderson Track 7: Guitar Eddie Lang Piano Clarence Williams Side B Musicians , track 1: Guitar Eddie Lang Piano Clarence Williams Trombone Charlie Green Track 2: Piano James P. Johnson Track 3: Piano Fred Longshaw Trombone Charlie Green Trumpet Demas Dean Track 4: Clarinet Bob Fuller, Ernest Elliott Piano Porter Grainger Track 5: Cornet Joe Smith Piano Fletcher Henderson Trombone Charlie Green Track 6: Cornet Joe Smith Piano Fletcher Henderson Track 7: Bass Billy Taylor Guitar Bobby Johnson Piano Buck Washington Tenor Saxophone Chu Berry Trombone Jack Teagarden Trumpet Frank Newton Track 8: Clarinet Buster Bailey Cornet Joe Smith Piano Fletcher Henderson

Other versions
I have other similar versions, here is the 'primary' release in the database:
REB 602	Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith
Further information
BBC Radio Enterprises Ltd and BBC Enterprises Ltd, predecessors of BBC Worldwide / BBC Worldwide Ltd., the BBC's commercial arm. Formed 1968 and 1979 respectively, they were a subsidiary wholly owned by the BBC and merged into BBC Worldwide in 1995. In that time, there were companies set up within or structured brands as part of the company to deal with separate parts of the business, e.g. BBC Records for recorded audio. Sometimes written as BBC Enterprise Ltd. The items shown here are from the "main" BBC Records and Tapes library covering a wide secletion of genres from themes, comedy dramas and others, depending on which format you have selected.