Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band – The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues

Louisiana Five - The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues album cover

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Label:	Columbia – A2768
Format:	Shellac , 10", 78 RPM , GX
Country:	USA & Canada
Released:	Sep 1919
Genre:	Jazz
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Tracklist

	Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra*	The Alcoholic Blues
A1a	–	The Alcoholic Blues Written-By – A. Von Tilzer*
A1b	–	Minnie Written-By – Frisch*
A1c	–	Oh Lawdy Written-By – Layton*
A1d	–	Victory Ball Written-By – Landfield*
B	Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band–	Kansas City Blues Written-By – Bowman*

Companies, etc.

Record Company – Columbia Graphophone Company

Notes

Variant with "Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra" rather than "Louisiana Five Original Jazz Band" on the A side and take 2 rather than take 3 on the B side; label printing date code: GX (= July 1919). Label also has six patent dates at the bottom, beginning Dec 10, 1901.

A side (matrix 78523, take 1) recorded New York, NY, June 23, 1919.
B side (matrix 78366, take 2) recorded New York, NY, March 22, 1919.

A & B: Dance Music; Fox Trot

The Alcoholic Blues - Introducing (1) Minnie (2) Oh Lawdy (3) Victory Ball

The Talking Machine World, September 15, 1919, page 193: Advance Record Bulletins for Oct., 1919 (actually released in September 1919) [also credits the "Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra"]

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Other (Label printing date code): GX
Price Code (Price in U.S.): 85c.
Price Code (Price in Canada): 90c.
Matrix / Runout (A side label): 78523
Matrix / Runout (B side label): 78366
Matrix / Runout (A side runout): 1-B-86 78523
Matrix / Runout (B side runout): 2-B-102 78366

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Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues (Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, GX)	Columbia	A2768	USA & Canada	1919
The Alcoholic Blues / Kansas City Blues (Shellac, 10", 78 RPM, GX)	Columbia	A2768	USA & Canada	1919