Bessie Smith 


CD 1

Easy Come


Down Hearted Blues (A. Hunter – L. Austin) 3:26

Gulf Coast Blues (C. Williams) 3:05

Oh Daddy Blues (E. Herbert – W. Russell) 3:05

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (C. Williams – C. Warfield) 2:56

Agravatin’ Papa (R. Turk – J.R. Robinson – A. Britt) 3:17

Beale Street Mama (R. Turk – J.R. Robinson) 3:35

Keeps On A-Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)(S. Williams – M.Kortlander) 3:07

Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (P. Grainger – E. Robbins) 3:27

Mama’s Got The Blues (S. Martin – C. Williams) 2:57

Outside Of That (C. Williams – J.H. Trent) 3:28

Lady Luck Blues (W. Weber – C. Williams) 3:08

Yodling Blues (C. Williams – A. Hill) 3:12

Bleeding Hearted Blues (L. Austin) 3:06

Midnight Blues (B. Thompson – S. Williams) 3:18

If You Don’t, I Know Who Will (C. Williams – C. Smith – T. Bryn) 3:36

Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine (C. Williams – S. Williams) 3:32

Jail House Blues (B. Smith – C. Williams) 3:14

Sam Jones Blues (A. Bernard – R. Turk – J.R. Robinson) 2:48

Cemetery Blues (S. Laney – S. Williams) 3:30

Graveyard Dream Blues (I. Cox) 2:44

Far Away Blues (G. Brooks) 2:58


Total Time: 67:41



CD 2

Easy Go Blues


I’m Going Back To My Used To Be (J. Cox) 2:53

My Sweet Went Away (L. Handman – R. Turk) 3:12

Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time (T. Layton – H. Creamer) 3:11

Any Woman’s Blues (L. Austin) 3:25

Chicago Bound Blues (L. Austin) 3:17

Mistreating Daddy (P. Grainger – B. Ricketts) 3:18

Frosty Morning Blues (E. Brown) 3:13

Easy Come Easy Go Blues (W. Jackson – E. Brown) 3:09

Eavesdropper’s Blues (J. C. Johnson) 3:11

Haunted House Blues (J. C. Johnson) 3:30

Sorrowful Blues (B. Smith – Johns) 3:17

Rocking Chair Blues (B. Smith – Johns) 3:14

Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down (S. Williams) 3:17

Boweavil Blues (G. Rainey – L. Austin) 2:52

Hateful Blues (E. Johnson) 3:08

Pinchbacks-Take Em Away (B. Smith – J. Johns) 3:15

Nashville Woman’s Blues (F. Longshaw) 3:44

Sweet Mistreater (H. Creamer – J. Johnson) 3:01

Mean Old Bedbug Blues (Wood) 3:11

Blue Spirit Blues (S. Williams) 2:55

Black Mountain Blues (H. Cole) 3:08

The House Blues (B. Smith) 2:58


Total Time: 70:31





CD 1



Down Hearted Blues

New York, February 16, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)

 

Gulf Coast Blues 

New York, February 16, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)


Oh Daddy Blues 

Baby Won’t You Please Come Home 

New York, April 11, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)


Agravatin’ Papa 

Beale Street Mama

New York, April 11, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo)

 

Keeps On A-Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)

New York, April 26, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)


Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do 

New York, April 26, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)


Mama’s Got The Blues 

Outside Of That 

New York, April 28, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Fletcher Henderson (p)


Lady Luck Blues 

Yodling Blues 

Bleeding Hearted Blues

New York, June 14, 1923

Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)


Midnight Blues 

New York, June 15, 1923

Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)


If You Don’t, I Know Who Will 

New York, June 21, 1923

Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)


Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine

New York, June 22, 1923

Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)


Jail House Blues 

New York, September 21, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Irvin Johns (p)


Sam Jones Blues 

New York, September 24, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Irvin Johns (p)


Cemetery Blues 

Graveyard Dream Blues 

New York, September 26, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Jimmy Jones (p)


Far Away Blues 

New York, October 04, 1923

Bessie Smith, Clara Smith (vcl), Fletcher Henderson (p)



CD 2



I’m Going Back To My Used To Be 

New York, October 04, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Clara Smith (vcl), Fletcher Henderson (p)


My Sweet Went Away 

Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time

New York, October 15, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), George Banquet or Ernest Elliot (cl), Jimmy Jones (p)

 

Any Woman’s Blues 

New York, October 16, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), James P. Johnson (p)


Chicago Bound Blues 

Mistreating Daddy 

New York, December 04, 1923

Bessie Smith (vcl), Don Redman (cl), Fletcher Henderson (p)


Frosty Morning Blues

New York, January 08, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Jimmy Jones (p), Harry Reser (g)

 

Easy Come Easy Go Blues 

New York, January 10, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Jimmy Jones (p), Harry Reser (g)


Eavesdropper’s Blues 

Haunted House Blues 

New York, January 09, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Don Redman (cl), Fletcher Henderson (p)


Sorrowful Blues 

New York, April 04, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), John Griffin (g)


Rocking Chair Blues 

New York, April 04, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)


Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down 

New York, April 05, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)


Boweavil Blues 

New York, April 07, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)


Hateful Blues 

New York, April 08, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)


Pinchbacks-Take Em Away 

New York, April 04, 1924

Bessie Smith (vcl), Irving Jones (p)


Nashville Woman’s Blues 

New York, May 26, 1925

Louis Armstrong (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Fletcher Henderson (p)


Sweet Mistreater 

New York, April 01, 1927

James P. Johnson (p)


Mean Old Bedbug Blues 

New York, September 27, 1927

Porter Grainger (p), Lincoln Conaway (g)


Blue Spirit Blues

New York, October 11, 1929

Bessie Smith (vcl), James P. Johnson (p)

 

Black Mountain Blues 

New York, July 22, 1930

Ed Allen (cn), Steve Stevens (p)


The House Blues 

New York, June 11, 1931

Louis Bacon (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Clarence Williams (p), Floyd Casey (d)