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Any Woman's Blues; Cemetery Blues

Object Details

Description (Brief)
Bessie Smith. side 1: Any Woman's Blues; side 2: Cemetery Blues (Columbia LF 217).
78 rpm. Both tracks were originally recorded in 1923 and released on Columbia 13001-D.
Data Source
National Museum of American History
recording artist
Smith, Bessie
manufacturer
Columbia
recording date
1923
Credit Line
Gift of Howard A. Guernsey
Physical Description
shellac (overall material)
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm
Object Name
sound recording
Any Woman's Blues; Cemetery Blues
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