[78-L] Bessie Smith album

[Royal Pemberton]

I only know the catalogue numbers, 3171-D through 3176-D (which is the very
last of the popular D series).  I do not have the records; in NOTE THE NOTES
there's a photo of one side of 3176-D showing the title 'Nobody knows you
when you're down and out' giving its matrix number as (21842).  Tyrone's
listing shows its recording date as 15 May 1929 but the original matrix
number W.148534-3.  I expect it is a safe bet most, if not all the other
sides in the set are dubbings as well.

>From Tyrone's listings (all shown as is):

3171-D:  'St Louis blues'  mx W.140241-1, recorded 14 January 1925;
'Reckless blues'  mx W.140242-1, recorded 14 January 1925

3172-D:  'Weeping willow blues'  mx W.140062-2, recorded 26 September 1924;
'Careless love blues'  mx W.140626-1, recorded 26 May 1925

3173-D:  'There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight'  mx W.143570-2,
recorded 2 March 1927; 'Alexander's ragtime band'  mx W.143568-1, recorded 2
March 1927

3174-D:  'Money blues'  mx W.142146-3, recorded 4 May 1926; 'Muddy water'
mx W.143569-2, recorded 2 March 1927

3175-D:  'Yellow dog blues'  mx W.140586-2, recorded 5 May 1925; 'Trombone
Cholly'  mx W.143575-3, recorded 3 March 1927

3176-D:  'Back water blues'  mx W.143491-1, recorded 17 February 1927;
'Nobody knows you when you're down and out'  mx W.148534-3, recorded 15 May
1929.

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 11:48 AM, <l78rpm at aol.com> wrote:

> What are the catalogue and matrix numbers?
>
> Paul Charosh
>
>
> In a message dated 1/11/10 2:23:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> pfukuda at att.net writes:
>
> There is  no text on the inside front or back covers. The album itself
> doesn't have a  number, so doesn't look like part of a series.
> Unfortunately, I
> only have 4 of  the 6 records. Also, I get the feeling the records were
> sold
> individually, but  the album was a "freebie" if the customer bought all six
> records. Of course,  they are the last six records in the -D  series.
>
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