Wow - but Bessie Smith spills fire and fury in Hateful Blues on Columbia Record 14023D. Talk about hymns of hate - Bessie sure is a him-hater on this record. The way she tells what she is going to do with her "butcher" will make trifling fellows catch express trains going at 60 miles an hour. The music is full of hate too. You can almost see hate drip from the piano keys. Every note is a half-note. No quarter for anyone - Chicago defender ad, July 1924
Howdy folks, I've bought all my CBW online and have no liner notes -- could somebody tell me where/when exactly the two tracks from "Too Late, Too Late" go as regards the rest of his material?
They clearly don't go at the end, where I've got em.
Both takes of Do You Think That's Right and Did You Mean What You Said were recorded by Vocalion in Chicago on March 24, 1937. Personel is unknown. Two takes of each song were recorded, none of them were issued at the time.
Man oh man, that is the book for me, but not at $155. I got a copy of a similar book on Western Swing and it's indispensable. Thanks for the date, dj, but I'm hoping to place it chronologically without having any other dates, so I wonder if you (or somebody) could take a peek and let me know what sides were done at the previous or following session. Thanks.