BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer/ Any Woman's Blues/ Empty Bed Blues/ The Empress/ Nobody's Blues But Mine (Fantastic & complete 1970-72 UK mono FIVE 2-LP compilation set on first issue plain orange labels, a total of TEN recordsaltogether & a mammoth 159 tracks by the Blues legend, with each part housed in its respective gatefold picture sleeve. The sleeves are in very good condition. There is a small price sticker tear in a corner or two & The World's Great has a 2 more...
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BESSIE SMITH Empty Bed Blues (Scarce 1971 Italian smooth & plain orange label 31-track double LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl & housed in a heavy duty silk laminated gatefold picture sleeve with liner notes in English & Italian series catalogue inners. The sleeve is excellent & the vinyl looks barely played - a gorgeous copy!) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Empty Bed Blues (70s UK graduated orange label 31-track double vinyl LP, gatefold picture sleeve with detailed liner notes. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains excellent & looks barely played) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Empty Bed Blues (1971 UK smooth orange label 31-track double vinyl LP, internal pocket gatefold picture sleeve with detailed liner notes. The sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear and the vinyl remains excellent & looks barely played) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Complete Recordings Vol. 4 (Sealed 1993 US 40-track 2-CD Deluxe Box Set of original mono recordings in the Roots n' Blues series, all digitally remastered & housed in a stunning long box complete with a comprehensive liner notesbooklet containing rare photos. This collector's set remains factory sealed in the hype stickered shrinkwrap, the discs are unplayed C2K52838) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Complete Recordings Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter (Sealed 1996 US 19-track 2-CD Deluxe Box Set of original mono recordings in the Roots n' Blues series, all digitally remastered & housed in a stunning long box complete with a comprehensive liner notes booklet containing rare photos. This collector's set remains factory sealed in the hype stickered shrinkwrap, the discs are unplayed C2K57546) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Complete Recordings Vol. 3 (Sealed 1992 US 39-track 2-CD Deluxe Box Set of original mono recordings in the Roots n' Blues series, all digitally remastered & housed in a stunning long box complete with a comprehensive liner notesbooklet containing rare photos. This collector's set remains factory sealed in the hype stickered shrinkwrap, the discs are unplayed C2K47474) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Late 70s UK issue of the 1970 32-track double LP in mono, on the graduated orange label. The gatefold picture sleeve shows minimal wear & the vinyl still looks barely played) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Hot Jazz Classics - Empress Of The Blues (1940s US 4 x 10" 78RPM album set, issued as Volume 4 in a series of original recordings that made jazz history. Housed in a heavyweight gatefold jacket with die-cut card inners and liner notes by George Avakian pasted inside. The packaging is in VG condition with paper loss along the bottom edge. The discs are excellent, showing only light cosmetic marks that will easily clean away. A nice historic set for the 78 connoisseur C-31) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer (70s Italian graduated orange label 32-track double vinyl LP, gatefold picture sleeve with extensive liner notes in English. The sleeve shows just a little light spot of disolouring & the vinyl isinexcellent condition with just a few light signs of play) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Volume Four (Very rare & quite possibly unique double sided metal based methyl cellulose lacquer acetate for a proposed 12-track LP compilation, housed in a plain die-cut reference sleeve with pasted tracklisting in the corner with hand enscribed 'side one' & 'side two' in the centre by the spindle hole & no studio labels. The disc reveals only light cosmetic wear or surface tarnishing - very tough to find, we're not even sure if the compilation was ever released!) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer (1970 UK first issue 32-track double mono LP with plain orange labels, housed in a matte gatefold picture sleeve complete with the original gold price sticker, company catalogue inners & 12" sized'Empress Of The Blues' eight-page booklet. The sleeve shows some paper scuffing around the edges yet the vinyl discs remain Excellent with minimal sign of play) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Story (1956 UK 48-track complete set of four LPs, divided into the following parts; 'With Louis Armstrong', 'Blues To Barrel House', 'With Joe Smith & Fletcher Henderson' & 'With James P. Johnson & CharlieGreen',with each LP housed in its respective front laminated flipback picture sleeve. A couple of the sleeves show tape repairs to the seams and a little laminate splitting but all relmain respectable & clearly readable. The vinyl on all four volumes more...
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BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer (1970 UK first press 32-track MONO double LP, with plain orange labels & the original gatefold pocket picture sleeve. The sleeve shows a little light shelfwear while the two vinyl discs remain inExcellent condition with minimal play) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer (Early 1980s UK red label issue of the 1970 Mono 32-track double compilation LP, internal pocket gatefold picture sleeve with extensive liner notes. The sleeve shows minimal wear and the vinyl isNear Mint) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The World's Greatest Blues Singer (1970 US 32-track double vinyl compilation LP, featuring the first & last sixteen tracks she recorded between 1923 & 1933 including eight page illustrated booklet, superb 'gold collector's item' stickered gatefold picture sleeve with back pasted 'tracklisting for radio' and extensive sleeve notes. The sleeve shows minimal shelf/ringwear & the vinyl is near mint - a wonderful copy! GP33) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Complete Recordings Vol. 2 (Sealed 1991 US 37-track 2-CD Deluxe Box Set of original mono recordings in the Roots n' Blues series, all digitally remastered & housed in a stunning long box complete with a comprehensive liner notes booklet containing rare photos. This collector's set remains factory sealed in the hype stickered shrinkwrap, the discs are unplayed C2K47471) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Complete Recordings Vol. 1 (Sealed 1991 US 38-track 2-CD Deluxe Box Set of original mono recordings in the Roots n' Blues series, all digitally remastered & housed in a stunning long box complete with a comprehensive liner notes booklet containing rare photos. This collector's set remains factory sealed in the hype stickered shrinkwrap, the discs are unplayed C2K47091) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Story Vol.2 (1955 UK 12-track compilation LP featuring tracks recorded in 1924-1933, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The flimsy sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a couple of spots of mild discolouration to the unlaminated back & the vinyl remains in fantastic condition with little sign of play BBL7020) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Story Vol.1 (1955 UK 12-track compilation LP featuring tracks recorded with Louis Armstrong in 1923 & 1925, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The flimsy sleeve shows just a little light shelfwear with a couple of spots of mild discolouration to the unlaminated back & the vinyl remains in fantastic condition with little sign of play BBL7019) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Story Vol. 1-4 (1966 UK 48-track complete 4-LP mono set, divided into the following parts; 'With Louis Armstrong', 'Blues To Barrel House', 'With Joe Smith & Fletcher Henderson' & 'With James P. Johnson & CharlieGreen', each LP housed in its respective front laminated picture sleeve with company inner. The covers show little of their vintage & each vinyl disc appears near mint) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Hot Jazz Classics - Empress Of The Blues Vol. 2 (1947 US 4 x 10" 78RPM album set, issued as Volume 19 in a series of recordings that made jazz history, housed in a 10" square textured & pasted picture box. Considering its vintage, the packaging shows light shelfwear only and the discs have been well looked after. A great set for the jazz enthusiast P-151) more...
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BESSIE SMITH St. Louis Blues (Scarce 1938 UK 10" 78RPM shellac single also featuring Reckless Blues, both recorded in 1925 with a young Louis Armstrong on trumpet, great gold printed blue & white Parlophone labels. The disc itself is in superb condition with no scratches & just a couple of light surface marks to show for its nearly SEVENTY years! R2476) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Collection (1984 Italian 20-track LP compilation album, housed in a glossy picture sleeve which is still in the original opened shrink and therefore has only light signs of wear with the vinyl in Excellent condition DVLP2008) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Empress (1972 Australian 32-track double LP, housed in a gatefold picture sleeve with artwork by Philip Hays & detailed liner notes. The sleeve shows minimal ring wear & the vinyl is Excellent & looks barely played B2VL082) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Classic Jazz Masters - Bessie's Blues 1923-24 (1962 Dutch pressed 16-track mono LP compilation, on a 'rough' textured black & silver Philips label, housed in a front laminated gatefold picture sleeve with extensive English liner notes inside. Despite a little edge scuffing to the sleeve the vinyl looks barely played 13651A-JL / BBL.7513) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Bessie Smith Story - Volume One (1966 UK 12-track mono LP featuring nine recordings made in 1925 with Louis Armstrong on cornet, plus three tracks from 1923 and '24, front laminated picture sleeve) more...
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BESSIE SMITH Empty Bed Blues (US double vinyl LP including most of Bessie's classics like ME & My Gin, Empty Bed Blues etc, gatefold picture sleeve. This copy has been factory sealed from new in the original shrink & is therefore mint & unplayed!CG30450) more...
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BESSIE SMITH La Vie De Bessie Smith - "L'Impératrice Du Blues" (Limited edition 1960 French 18-track mono LP pressed on heavyweight vinyl, compiling a decade's worth of historic Bessie recordings from 1923-33, gorgeous numbered gatefold hardcover with 8-page integral booklet in French with credits & photographs. The sleeve shows only light signs of edge wear & the vinyl looks near mint V.30) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Collection (1989 Dutch 16-track remastered LP compilation, in the CBS Jazz Masterpieces series. The picture sleeve & vinyl remain in Excellent condition) more...
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