Sold Date: July 11, 2020
Start Date: May 18, 2020
Final Price: $18.99 (USD)
Seller Feedback: 5033
Buyer Feedback: 175

(Visually Graded) Vinyl looks Near Mint and sleeve looks EX. See pics and info for details.

Bessie Smith ‎– Empty Bed Blues

Label:
 Columbia ‎– G 30450
Format:
 2 × Vinyl, Double LP, Compilation, Mono, 12", 33 RPM
Country:
 US
Released:
 1971
Genre:
  Blues
Style:
 Vocal

Tracklist

A1     Sorrowful Blues     3:16
A2     Pinchbacks - Take'em Away     3:13
A3     Rocking Chair Blues     3:12
A4     Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down     3:19
A5     Boweavil Blues     2:51
A6     Hateful Blues     3:06
A7     Frankie Blues     3:28
A8     Moonshine Blues     3:14
B1     Lou'siana Low Down Blues     3:23
B2     Mountain Top Blues     3:11
B3     Work House Blues     3:19
B4     House Rent Blues     3:05
B5     Salt Water Blues     3:26
B6     Rainy Weather Blues     3:34
B7     Weeping Willow Blues     3:07
B8     The Bye Bye Blues     3:15
C1     I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama     2:48
C2     I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave     2:54
C3     Standin' In The Rain Blues     2:52
C4     It Won't Be You     2:46
C5     Spider Man Blues     3:21
C6     Empty Bed Blues (Part 1 & 2)     6:19
C7     Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)     2:57
D1     Yes Indeed He Do!     3:13
D2     Devil's Gonna Get You     3:09
D3     You Ought To Be Ashamed     3:05
D4     Washwomam's Blues     3:07
D5     Slow And Easy Man     2:55
D6     Poor Man's Blues     3:24
D7     Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind     2:55
D8     Me And My Gin     2:50

Credits

    Alto Saxophone – Bob Fuller (tracks: D1 to D6)
    Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernest Elliot* (tracks: D1 to D6)
    Artwork [Cover] – Philip Hays
    Clarinet – Bob Fuller (tracks: C2, C5, D1 to D6), Ernest Elliot* (tracks: C2, D1 to D6)
    Cornet – Demus Dean* (tracks: C1, C3, C4)
    Executive-Producer – John Hammond
    Liner Notes – Chris Albertson
    Piano – Fletcher Henderson (tracks: B1 to B8), Fred Longshaw (tracks: C1, C3, C4,), Irving Johns (tracks: A2 to A8), Porter Grainger (tracks: C2, C5 to C7, D1 to D8)
    Producer – Chris Albertson
    Technician [Technical Restoration], Edited By – Larry Hiller
    Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: B3 to B8, C1, C3, C4, C6, C7), Joe Williams (11) (tracks: D6 to D8)
    Violin – Robert Robbins (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, A7)
    Vocals – Bessie Smith

Notes

This is the third of five two-record sets.

- BIO -     Bessie Smith
Real Name:
Bessie Smith
Profile:
Bessie Smith (born April 14, 1894, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA – died September 26, 1937, in a car accident near Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA) was an American blues singer.

Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues", she was considered by many to be the greatest blues singer of all time. She was also a successful vaudeville entertainer who became the highest paid African-American performer of the roaring twenties. Bessie died from injuries sustained in a car crash. Her arm which was probably hanging out the car window was almost severed at the elbow. Her grave was unmarked for 33 years until Janis Joplin paid for her headstone in 1970. -wikipedia

- We really want you to be happy with your purchase. If the vinyl does not live up to our grading upon receipt, please email us through EBAY before leaving a Feedback or Rating so that we may correct it for you. We have a 30 day return policy.

---------------------------------
- General Standards For Record Grading -


NM-
(NEAR MINT) The vinyl is almost flawless, bright and shiny. A very light minor, barely visible mark or two may be permitted. The disc should play with no audible noise. The label is bright, clean and unmarked. Sleeve looks almost Mint.
VG++/EX
(VERY GOOD ++/ Excellent) Disc plays near perfectly, but may have minor, light scuffs that do not interfere with the sound quality. There can possibly be a light hairline scratch or two but nothing that is obvious or affects play. Vinyl is bright and shiny; label is clean and unmarked. Sleeve is Excellent.
VG+
(VERY GOOD PLUS) Some visible surface wear, very minor scratches and scuffs, but minimal impact on the sound quality. Vinyl will still have good luster; labels may have minor imperfections (small labels or initials, etc.) but otherwise clean. Sleeve may have some shelf wear, or minor writing, no seem splits.