Notes:
Catalog numbers: CG 31093 on the jacket spine, back cover, and inside gatefold; G 31093 on the labels
Release is auto-coupled, with sides 1 and 4 on first disc and sides 2 and 3 on second.
Runout info is stamped.
This is the fifth of five two-record sets.
Recorded 1925-1927.
℗ 1972 CBS, Inc./Manufactured by Columbia Records/CBS, Inc.
The selections are ASCAP except where noted
B2, B3, B4, C3, C5, C7, D1, D2 are (P.D.)
All selections were recorded in New York City
Liner notes include a condensed extract from "Bessie," a biography of Bessie Smith by Chris Albertson, to be published by Stein and Day in January, 1972. © 1972 by Chris Albertson.
A1: May 26, 1925
A2, A3: May 27, 1925
A4: June 23, 1925
A5 & A6: August 19, 1925
A7: September 1, 1925
A8 & B1: November 17, 1925
B2, B3: November 18, 1925
B4 & B5: November 20, 1925
B6: December 9, 1925
B7, B8, C1, C2: March 5, 1926
C3 & C4: March 18, 1926
C5 to C8: May 4, 1926
D1 & D2: October 25, 1926
D3 & D4: October 26, 1926
D5 & D6: February 27, 1927
D7 & D8: March 2, 1927