The Empress

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Album Info

Release Date: 1971

Label: Columbia

This is the fourth of five two-record sets.
Release is auto-couples. Sides A & D on LP 1, sides B & C on LP 2

Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS, Inc.

All selections were recorded in New York City.
Inside cover photo courtesy of the Estate of Carl Van Vechten

Selections A1, B2 to B8, C1, C3 to C5, D1, D2, D6 to D8 (ASCAP)
selection C2 (P.D.)

Liner notes include a brief extract from "Bessie," a biography of Bessie Smith by Chris Albertson, to be published by Stein and Day in January, 1972. © 1971 by Chris Albertson.

A1: December 6, 1924
A2 & A3: December 11, 1924
A4 & A5: December 12, 1924
A6: December 13, 1924
A7 & A8, B1 to B3: January 14, 1925
B4 & B5: May 5, 1925
B6: May 14, 1925
B7: May 15, 1925
B8: May 26, 1925
C1 & C2: March 2, 1927
C3 to C6: March 3, 1927
C7 & C8: April 1, 1927
D1 & D2: September 27, 1927
D3 & D4: September 28, 1927
D5 & D6: October 27, 1927
D7 & D8: February 9, 1928

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