[78-L] Bessie Smith album

[Royal Pemberton]

I imagine this album was in print for several years after the CBS takeover
of Columbia.  Was it only in print for as long as they had a supply of
pressings in stock from the original pressing run, or are there
post-takeover pressings out there?  And if there are, do they still have the
1939 'Full Range Recording' blue label, or do they have the red CBS label?

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 5:26 PM, Glenn Longwell <glongwell at snet.net> wrote:

> According to Geoffrey Wheeler's book - The Bessie Smith album had  no album
> number.  It was released "a few months after her death" which was Sept. 26,
> 1937.  However, a Columbia Records catalog from the mid-40s gives a number
> of C-8 for the album.  He also mentions that there was no booklet with it.
>
> Glenn
>
> --- On Mon, 1/11/10, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
>
> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Bessie Smith album
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Monday, January 11, 2010, 9:27 AM
>
>
> Wossamatta all you guys! The Bessie Smith album is C-8.
>
> C-1 is Tango Album No. 1
> C-2 is Tango Album No. 2
> C-3 is Rumba and Congo Album
> C-4 is the first issue of Air Raid, which no living person has ever seen
> C-5 is the second issue of Air Raid
> C-6 is Merchant of Venice
> C-7 is Twelfth Night
> C-9 is European Dance Album
> C-10 is Julius Caesar
>
> This would put the Bessie Smith album in 1938, unless it WAS issued earlier
> without a number (as was the case with Victor's Bix Beiderbecke Memorial
> Album). From the October 1940 catalog (designed by Steinweiss, by the way).
>
> dl
>
> Michael Biel wrote:
> > If I wake up in time (I gotta start getting to bed earlier) Leah and I
> > are going to R&H to look at some catalogs and magazines and I will be
> > looking to see the issue date.  I do think the album was sold with the
> > specific records and I think that George Blacker and I did figure out an
> > album catalog number decades ago, but it wasn't easy.  If I can't come
> > up with a copy to photograph myself, I NEED a color scan or photo of
> > it!!!  Is the photo a glued-on glossy photo?
> >
> > By the way, on Friday in less than three hours, Leah and I BLEW THE
> > STEINWEISS LEGEND OUT OF THE WATER with some of the evidence we found at
> > another branch of NYPL in journals unrelated directly to records that I
> > bet nobody has ever thought to use.  No further hints about this stuff
> > -- you will have to go to ARSC in New Orleans to find out.  It helps to
> > know where to find things.
> >
> > Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> >
> >
> >
> >   -------- Original Message --------
> >  Subject: [78-L] Bessie Smith album
> >  From: "Philip Fukuda" <pfukuda at att.net>
> >  Date: Mon, January 11, 2010 2:23 am
> >  To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >
> >
> >
> >  I'm just catching up on reading my emails after my vacation, so forgive
> > me if this has been discussed before.
> >
> >  I've been following the Alex Steinweiss thread with interest, but
> > didn't have anything to add to the discussion until today. Imagine my
> > surprise at finding the c1937 (Driggs and Lewine's "Black Beauty, White
> > Heat" say 1938, but I think the label was defunct by then) Bessie Smith
> > Album at the 78 swap meet today. It has a brown cover with a photo of
> > Bessie with the names of the accompanying musicians. I tend to believe
> > the 1937 date since there is no mention of Bessie's death. Did it come
> > with a booklet (mine doesn't have one)?
> >
> >  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.
> >
> >  Does anyone have a 1937 or 1938 Columbia catalog or monthly supplements
> > to back up any of my wild guesses?
> >
> >  By the way, Happy New Year to all,
> >  Philip
> >
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