BESSIE SMITH – Empty Bed Blues
CBS Records

Cat# 2BP 2200721971
Australian releaseGatefold cover is in good condition, no seam splits, no tears, no personal writing and only very light edge-wear from handling. However there is a couple of small areas inside the gatefold where the graphic has slight damage, this looks to have been damp at some stage and when separated the graphics pulled away. Not terribly serious but noticeable. I can also see the remains of a retail price stick on the rear, top right hand corner.
New inner plastic sleevesBoth vinyl’s are in good condition, visually inspected under a bright white halogen light source and I can see just a couple of very light scratches or marks on either side of each record. Just looking at your records isn’t good enough to judge the condition so I then played the ENTIRE album, every single track, and there are no significant issues with surface noise nor click/pops, during quieter tracks I can hear some low level surface noise and a couple of times I heard a couple of single clicks.
New outer clear plastic protective sleeve
RECORD 1
TRACKS: Sorrowful Blues, Pinchbacks – Take ‘Em Away, Rocking Chair Blues, Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down, Boweavil Blues, Hateful Blues, Frankie Blues, Moonshine Blues, Lou’siana Low Down Blues, Mountain Top Blues, Work House Blues, House Rent Blues, Salt Water Blues, Rainy Weather Blues, Weeping Willow Blues, The Bye Bye Blues
My records are not this noisy!

RECORD 2
TRACKS: I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama, I’d Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave, Standin’ In The Rain Blues, It Won’t Be You, Spider Man Blues, Empty Bed Blues (Part I & II), Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There), Yes Indeed He Do!, Devil’s Gonna Get You, You Ought To Be Ashamed, Washwoman’s Blues, Slow And Easy Man, Poor Man’s Blues, Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind, Me And My Gin