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Empty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith, album cover

First-year pressing

Empty Bed Blues 1971 US Pressing (G 30450)

Empty Bed Blues by Bessie Smith

Mono
Artist
Bessie Smith
Title
Empty Bed Blues
Label
  • Columbia G 30450
Country
US
Released
1971
Format
LP, Compilation, Mono · 2 records
Format notes
Pitman pressing, Gatefold

Runout and matrix codes

Etched or stamped in the dead wax between the last track and the label. If yours match, you have this pressing.

  • AL 30451Side A label
  • AL 30452Side B label
  • BL 30452Side C label
  • BL 30451Side D label
  • o P AL 30451-1B ᴘ 4 ᗄSide A runout, stamped, variant 1
  • o P AL 30452-1A ᴘ 2 ASide B runout, stamped, variant 1
  • o P BL 30452-1A ᴘ A 3Side C runout, stamped, variant 1
  • o P BL 30451-1A ᴘ 1 3 ᗄSide D runout, stamped, variant 1
  • o P AL 30451-1B ᴘ -1 ASide A runout, stamped, variant 2
  • o P AL 30452-1A ᴘ A 2Side B runout, stamped, variant 2
  • o P BL-30452-1A ᴘ A 2Side C runout, stamped [except second A is etched], variant 2
  • o P BL 30451-1A ᴘ A 2Side D runout, stamped [except second A is etched], variant 2

Other US pressings of Empty Bed Blues

All 19 pressings of Empty Bed Blues