Ebony Rhapsody / When I Been Drinking

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 1947-08

Label: Columbia

Blues Singer with Piano, Guitar, String Bass and Drum Acc.

Both tracks recorded Chicago, IL, June 10, 1947

Billboard, August 9, 1947, page 120: Advance Record Releases.
Billboard, September 13, 1947, page 122: Record Reviews.

Red label with Columbia notes and CBS microphone at top. Under COLUMBIA is written a two-line patent and trademark statement referencing patent number 1,702,564. This label was in production from October 1945 to October 1947, making this very likely the first pressing.

Catalog number set in 14 point Erbar Bold Condensed font = Kings Mills pressing.