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Release details
| Title | Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith | ||||||||
| Artist(s): | Bessie Smith | ||||||||
| Category: | BBC - RE* (Click on this button to view other releases of BBC - RE* Albums.) | ||||||||
| Label and catalogue number: |  BBC Records - REB 602 | ||||||||
| Format: | Vinyl Albums | ||||||||
| Country: | UK  | ||||||||
| Released: | 1986 | ||||||||
| Genre: | Music - Jazz View all other tracks listed as Music - Jazz. | ||||||||
| Run-off codes: | REB 602 A-1C-1-1- C D REB 602 B-2C--1- C D | ||||||||
| Item deleted? | Yes | ||||||||
| Distributed / printed by |  EMI Records | ||||||||
| Page views: | 1406 times since 20th May, 2017, global rank is 3647, rank in albums is 2039. | ||||||||
| My rating: | ***** | ||||||||
| Guest rating: | ***** | ||||||||
My copies information
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| Detail | Value | ||||||||||
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| Cover condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| Record condition | Near mint | ||||||||||
| BBC records label code | E | ||||||||||
| Number have | 1 | ||||||||||
| What type of seller was used | Physical shop | ||||||||||
| Where can I buy this release? | You may be able to purchase this release from the following websites (others are available!) | ||||||||||
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Tracks
| Below is a list of tracks for this release. | |||||||||||
| Side & track no | Track and Artist | Length | |||||||||
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| A1 | Empty bed blues [J.C. Johnson / Bessie Smith] | 6.24 | |||||||||
| A2 | Alexander's ragtime band [Berlin / Bessie Smith and her band] | 3.03 | |||||||||
| A3 | Preachin' the blues [Bessie Smith] | 2.54 | |||||||||
| A4 | Keep it to yourself [C. Williams / Bessie Smith] | 3.35 | |||||||||
| A5 | Trombone cholly [Brooks / Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys] | 3.13 | |||||||||
| A6 | At the Christmas ball [Longshaw / Bessie Smith] | 3.31 | |||||||||
| A7 | Kitchen man [Razaf / Belledna / Bessie Smith] | 3.02 | |||||||||
| B1 | You've got to give me some [S. Williams / Bessie Smith] | 2.48 | |||||||||
| B2 | He's got me goin' [Gray / Bessie Smith] | 3.15 | |||||||||
| B3 | Thinking blues [Bessie Smith] | 3.09 | |||||||||
| B4 | Devil's gonna git you [Grainger / Bessie Smith] | 3.16 | |||||||||
| B5 | Send me to the 'lectric chair [Brooks / Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys] | 3.25 | |||||||||
| B6 | Baby doll [Bessie Smith] | 3.06 | |||||||||
| B7 | Take me for a buggy ride [Wilson / Bessie Smith with Buck and his band] | 2.40 | |||||||||
| B8 | Young woman's blues [Bessie Smith and her Blue Boys] | 3.12 | |||||||||
| Total length of media 50:33. | |||||||||||
All release pictures
| Below is all the cover (front, back, middle and inserts if applicable) and label pictures I have for this release. | |||||||||||
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Reviews
| Below is my review for this release and the ratings. | ||
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| Ratings | ||
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| My rating | 3 | |
| Guest rating | Current average value is 3. To vote, please select one of these buttons: | |
Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts | ||
MusiciansSide 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 BMusicians, 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 the title track on these releases: | ||
| ZCF 602 | Jazz Classics - Bessie Smith | |
| BBCCD602 | 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. | ||
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