78 RPM - Blind Lemon Jefferson - Black Snake Moan / Match Box Blues - OKeh - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Blind Lemon Jefferson
Label:	OKeh
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	8455
Date:	25 Apr 1927
Format:	10"
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	4 Own
Price Guide:	$260
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Notes

Singing With Guitar.
Recorded March 14, 1927, Atlanta, GA.
First issue with red labels, later issues with black labels.

Images

Number: 595403

THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: fixbutte
Description: A Side Label

Number: 595406

Uploaded By: fixbutte
Description: B Side Label

Number: 987356

Uploaded By: fixbutte
Description: Talking Machine World, May 1927, p. 135

Comments and Reviews


Bob1951 5th Oct 2017		A side B side



fixbutte 25th Feb 2016		To make things clear, as a seeming disagreement of notes vs comments has been queried: we have two different dates here deliberately. The first date (March 14, 1927) is the recording date, the second one (25 Apr 1927) is the release date, which seems rather logical in timing. Snippet from May 1927 Talking Machine World with release information meanwhile uploaded.



these4578s 8th Sep 2015		Released April 25, 1927 per p. 899 of Talking Machine World (Jan - Jun 1927)



fixbutte 14th Nov 2014		I've deleted a note on this record from the original submitter, reading as follows: thebluesneverdie wrote: Under contract to Paramount Records, this was the only Okeh issue for BLJ, although he recorded several tracks for the company. Under obligation to return to Paramount, he subsequently recorded two more versions each of both the above Okeh sides. Leaving aside that this is rather a comment that a factual note on the record, it is apparently not completely correct. Actually Jefferson re-recorded "Match Box Blues" (spelled like this) a few weeks later in April 1927 for Paramount (two takes preserved), but he had recorded "That Black Snake Moan" for Paramount some months before, in November 1926 (and it was one of his biggest hits there, followed by "Black Snake Dream Blues" in May 1927 and "That Black Snake Moan No. 2" in March 1929).