The Complete Columbia Recordings

Album by Bessie Smith

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Down Hearted Blues
    3:25
  2. 2.
    Gulf Coast Blues
    3:04
  3. 3.
    Aggravatin’ Papa
    3:16
  4. 4.
    Beale Street Mama
    3:35
  5. 5.
    Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
    2:55
  6. 6.
    Oh Daddy Blues (You Won’t Have No Mama at All)
    3:05
  7. 7.
    Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
    3:26
  8. 8.
    Keeps on A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)
    3:07
  9. 9.
    Mama’s Got the Blues
    2:56
  10. 10.
    Outside of That
    3:27
  11. 11.
    Bleeding Hearted Blues
    3:06
  12. 12.
    Lady Luck Blues
    3:07
  13. 13.
    Yodling Blues
    3:11
  14. 14.
    Midnight Blues
    3:17
  15. 15.
    If You Don’t, I Know Who Will
    3:35
  16. 16.
    Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
    3:31
  17. 17.
    Jail House Blues
    3:13
  18. 18.
    St. Louis Gal
    3:27
  19. 19.
    Sam Jones Blues
    2:47

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Graveyard Dream Blues
    2:43
  2. 3.
    Cemetery Blues
    3:29
  3. 4.
    Far Away Blues
    2:59
  4. 5.
    I’m Going Back to My Used to Be
    2:53
  5. 6.
    Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
    3:10
  6. 7.
    My Sweetie Went Away
    3:11
  7. 8.
    Any Woman’s Blues
    3:25
  8. 9.
    Chicago Bound Blues
    3:16
  9. 10.
    Mistreating Daddy
    3:17
  10. 11.
    Frosty Morning Blues
    3:13
  11. 12.
    Haunted House Blues
    3:29
  12. 13.
    Eavesdropper’s Blues
    3:10
  13. 14.
    Easy Come Easy Go Blues
    3:08
  14. 15.
    Sorrowful Blues
    3:17
  15. 16.
    Pinchbacks – Take ’em Away
    3:14
  16. 17.
    Rocking Chair Blues
    3:14
  17. 18.
    Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
    3:18
  18. 19.
    Boweavil Blues
    2:51
  19. 20.
    Hateful Blues
    3:08

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Frankie Blues
    3:30
  2. 4.
    Moonshine Blues
    3:17
  3. 5.
    Lou’siana Low‐Down Blues
    3:23
  4. 6.
    Mountain Top Blues
    3:23
  5. 7.
    Work House Blues
    3:21
  6. 8.
    House Rent Blues
    3:05
  7. 9.
    Salt Water Blues
    3:26
  8. 10.
    Rainy Weather Blues
    3:36
  9. 11.
    Weeping Willow Blues
    3:09
  10. 12.
    The Bye Bye Blues
    3:17
  11. 13.
    Sing Sing Prison Blues
    3:04
  12. 14.
    Follow the Deal on Down
    3:16
  13. 15.
    Sinful Blues
    3:08
  14. 16.
    Woman’s Trouble Blues
    3:05
  15. 17.
    Love Me Daddy Blues
    3:13
  16. 18.
    Dying Gambler’s Blues
    2:57
  17. 19.
    St. Louis Blues
    3:10
  18. 20.
    Reckless Blues
    3:02
  19. 21.
    Sobbin’ Hearted Blues
    3:00

Disc 4

  1. 4.
    Cold in Hand Blues
    3:11
  2. 5.
    You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon
    3:28
  3. 6.
    Cake Walking Babies (From Home)
    3:09
  4. 7.
    The Yellow Dog Blues
    3:02
  5. 8.
    Soft Pedal Blues
    3:18
  6. 9.
    Dixie Flyer Blues
    3:08
  7. 10.
    Nashville Woman’s Blues
    3:43
  8. 11.
    Careless Love
    3:25
  9. 12.
    J.C. Holmes Blues
    3:03
  10. 13.
    I Ain’t Goin’ to Play No Second Fiddle
    3:21
  11. 14.
    He’s Gone Blues
    3:09
  12. 15.
    Nobody’s Blues but Mine
    2:50
  13. 16.
    I Ain’t Got Nobody
    3:09
  14. 17.
    My Man Blues
    3:29
  15. 18.
    New Gulf Coast Blues
    3:09
  16. 19.
    Florida Bound Blues
    3:12
  17. 20.
    At the Christmas Ball
    3:24
  18. 21.
    I’ve Been Mistreated and I Don’t Like It
    2:54

Disc 5

  1. 5.
    Red Mountain Blues
    3:11
  2. 6.
    Golden Rule Blues
    3:04
  3. 7.
    Lonesome Desert Blues
    3:25
  4. 8.
    Them “Has Been” Blues
    3:31
  5. 9.
    Squeeze Me
    2:53
  6. 10.
    What’s the Matter Now?
    2:45
  7. 11.
    I Want Every Bit of It
    2:36
  8. 12.
    Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
    3:19
  9. 13.
    The Gin House Blues
    3:13
  10. 14.
    Money Blues
    3:10
  11. 15.
    Baby Doll
    3:00
  12. 16.
    Hard Driving Papa
    2:57
  13. 17.
    Lost Your Head Blues
    2:54
  14. 18.
    Hard Time Blues
    3:13
  15. 19.
    Honey Man Blues
    3:13
  16. 20.
    One and Two Blues
    2:54
  17. 21.
    Young Woman’s Blues
    3:08
  18. 22.
    Preachin’ the Blues
    2:51
  19. 23.
    Back Water Blues
    3:18
  20. 24.
    After You’ve Gone
    2:56
  21. 25.
    Alexander’s Ragtime Band
    2:59

Disc 6

  1. 6.
    Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
    3:06
  2. 7.
    There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
    3:27
  3. 8.
    Trombone Cholly
    3:10
  4. 9.
    Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
    3:21
  5. 10.
    Them’s Graveyard Words
    2:56
  6. 11.
    Hot Springs Blues
    2:55
  7. 12.
    Sweet Mistreater
    3:01
  8. 13.
    Lock and Key
    2:58
  9. 14.
    Mean Old Bedbug Blues
    3:11
  10. 15.
    A Good Man Is Hard to Find
    2:58
  11. 16.
    Homeless Blues
    2:58
  12. 17.
    Looking for My Man Blues
    2:48
  13. 18.
    Dyin’ by the Hour
    2:58
  14. 19.
    Foolish Man Blues
    2:53
  15. 20.
    Thinking Blues
    3:07
  16. 21.
    Pickpocket Blues
    2:42
  17. 22.
    I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
    2:49
  18. 23.
    I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
    2:57

Disc 7

  1. 7.
    Standin’ in the Rain Blues
    2:53
  2. 8.
    It Won’t Be You
    2:47
  3. 9.
    Spider Man Blues
    3:22
  4. 10.
    Empty Red Blues, Part 1
    3:01
  5. 11.
    Empty Bed Blues, Part 2
    3:20
  6. 12.
    Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
    2:59
  7. 13.
    Yes Indeed He Do!
    3:15
  8. 14.
    Devil’s Gonna Get You
    3:10
  9. 15.
    You Ought to Be Ashamed
    3:06
  10. 16.
    Washwoman’s Blues
    3:09
  11. 17.
    Slow and Easy Man
    2:56
  12. 18.
    Poor Man’s Blues
    3:24
  13. 19.
    Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
    2:55
  14. 20.
    Me and My Gin
    2:49
  15. 21.
    I’m Wild About That Thing
    2:48
  16. 22.
    You’ve Got to Give Me Some
    2:42
  17. 23.
    Kitchen Man
    2:46
  18. 24.
    I’ve Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
    3:09
  19. 25.
    Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
    2:57
  20. 26.
    Take It Right Back (’Cause I Don’t Want It Here)
    3:20

Disc 8

  1. 8.
    He’s Got Me Goin’
    3:12
  2. 9.
    It Makes My Love Come Down
    2:56
  3. 10.
    Wasted Life Blues
    3:01
  4. 11.
    Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
    2:55
  5. 12.
    Blue Spirit Blues
    2:55
  6. 13.
    Worn Out Papa Blues
    2:48
  7. 14.
    You Don’t Understand
    3:04
  8. 15.
    Don’t Cry Baby
    3:09
  9. 16.
    Keep It to Yourself
    3:30
  10. 17.
    New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
    2:57
  11. 18.
    See If I’ll Care
    3:23
  12. 19.
    Baby Have Pity on Me
    3:19
  13. 20.
    On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
    2:55
  14. 21.
    Moan, You Moaners
    3:12
  15. 22.
    Hustlin’ Dan
    3:30
  16. 23.
    Black Mountain Blues
    3:07
  17. 24.
    In the House Blues
    3:00
  18. 25.
    Long Old Road
    3:26
  19. 26.
    Blues Blues
    3:12
  20. 27.
    Shipwreck Blues
    3:20

Disc 9

  1. 9.
    Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
    2:47
  2. 10.
    Safety Mama
    3:24
  3. 11.
    Do Your Duty
    3:23
  4. 12.
    Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
    3:28
  5. 13.
    Take Me for a Buggy Ride
    2:36
  6. 14.
    I’m Down in the Dumps
    3:10
  7. 15.
    The Yellow Dog Blues (alternate take)
    3:16
  8. 16.
    Soft Pedal Blues (alternate take)
    3:20
  9. 17.
    Nashville Woman’s Blues (album version)
    3:16
  10. 18.
    Careless Love Blues (alternate take)
    3:28
  11. 19.
    Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) (album version)
    3:11
  12. 20.
    St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro / Crap Game / St. Louis Blues
    14:45

Disc 10

  1. 10.
    Bessie Disappears
    4:49
  2. 11.
    Waldorf‐Astoria Party
    7:15
  3. 12.
    Bessie & Jack, Part 1
    2:50
  4. 13.
    Bessie & Jack, Part 2
    18:21
  5. 14.
    Life on the Road, Part 1
    11:13
  6. 15.
    Life on the Road, Part 2
    13:10
  7. 16.
    Life on the Road, Part 3
    21:21

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