BESSIE SMITH Empress Of The Blues (1958 UK 4-track 7" EP with rough textured three-prong centre labels, featuring historic recordings from 1925-27 with Joe Smith & Fletcher Henderson's Hot Six, front laminated flipback picture sleeve. The sleeve & vinyl are almost near mint, with minimal sign of wear or play. The vinyl grades Excellent with merely the lightest few paper scuffs to highlight any handling. An archive quality example BBE12202) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Empress (Original 1972 UK 32-track double LP, complete with the limited 8-page booklet containing rare photographs & biography details. The gatefold picture sleeve shows some light ring wear scuffing & the vinyl is Near Mint with few signs of play) more...
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BESSIE SMITH The Empress (1972 US 32-track double compilation LP featuring tracks she recorded between 1924 & 1927, superb gatefold picture sleeve with extensive sleeve notes. The sleeve shows some light spine scuffing and edgewear, whilst the vinyl has a few minor surface scuffs, but appears barely played G30818) 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 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 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 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/ 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 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 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 Bessie Smith Story Vol. 3 (1955 Dutch 12-track LP, flipback picture sleeve with small catalogue sticker & date annotation on the rear. This amazing copy has survived with minimal wear to the flimsy sleeve & the vinyl is gleaming& practically near mint. A lovely copy of this veteran disc! B07004L) 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 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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