BESSIE SMITH RARE 4 - 78rpm RECORD SET " EMPRESS OF THE BLUES " NEAR MINT
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INTHIS RARE 4 - 78rpm RECORD SET ON THE U.S. COLUMBIA LABEL THEY PRESENT EIGHT BESSIE SMITH SIDES THAT ARE RE-ISSUED FROM THE ORIGINAL MATERS UNEATHED IN ITS FILES IN BRIDGEPORT CONNECTICUT, AND ISSUED IN LIMITED QUANTITY IN THE 1940'S. ALTOUGH ALL OF BESSIE'S RECORDS HAVE BECOME IMPORTANT FROM THAT POINT OF VIEW "CAKE WALKING BABIES" WAS RECORDED IN 1925 BUT NEVER RELEASED UNTIL INCLUDED IN THIS SET ON THE U.S. COLUMBIA LABEL # 35672 - 35673 - 35674 & 35675. SONGS ARE: (Recorded Jan.14th 1925) Cold In Hand Blues & You've Been A Good Ole Wagon (Recorded May5th 1925) Cake Walking Babies (Recorded Oct 26 1926) Young Woman's Blues (Recorded May 4th 1926) Lost Your Head Blues & Baby Doll (Recorded March 20th 1928) Empty Bed Blues Part 1 & 2. THIS ALBUM COVER IS IN GREAT CONDITION FOR ITS AGE, AND THESE VINTAGE RECORDS LOOK LIKE NEW WITH GLOSS AND SHINE. THEY PLAYS WITH EXCELLENT SOUND WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE RECORDING METHODS USED WAY BACK THEN. THE SOUND QUALITY IS AS GOOD AS YOU WILL EVER GET AS THESE 78'S ARE IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. PROPER PACKAGING AND SHIPPING WILL BE $27.00 IN THE U.S. AND CANADA DEPENDING ON THE STATE OR PROVINCE, AND SHIPPING TO EUROPE WILL NEED TO BE CHECKED.
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