An Introduction to Bessie Smith: Her Best Recordings 1923-1933
Compilation by Bessie Smith
Released 1996
Tracklist
- 1Down-Hearted Blues3:274.0 ★
- 2Jail House Blues3:15
- 3My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why)3:12
- 4Any Woman's Blues3:274.0 ★
- 5Weeping Willow Blues3:104.0 ★
- 6The St. Louis Blues3:114.0 ★
- 7Cold in Hand Blues3:143.0 ★
- 8You've Been a Good Old Wagon3:30
- 9Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)3:105.0 ★
- 10Careless Love Blues3:274.0 ★
- 11Baby Doll3:00
- 12Hard Time Blues3:14
- 13Young Woman's Blues3:08
- 14Preachin' the Blues2:52
- 15Alexander's Ragtime Band3:00
- 16Trombone Cholly3:12
- 17Dyin' by the Hour3:00
- 18Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out2:585.0 ★
- 19He's Got Me Goin'3:14
- 20Shipwreck Blues3:22
- 21Do Your Duty3:26
- 22Gimme a Pigfoot3:30
More by Bessie Smith
Release credits
- clarinet [22]
- tenor saxophone [12], vocal [1-11, 13-22]
- double bass [21-22]
- tuba [9]
- banjo [22], guitar [21-22]
- piano [21-22]
- clarinet [9, 13]
- banjo [9, 15]
- trombone [5, 9-10]
- piano [1, 18]
- clarinet [15], tenor saxophone [9]
- tuba [18]
- cornet [18]
- piano [4-5, 9-10, 13, 15]
- trumpet [21-22]
- piano [7], reed organ [6]
- alto saxophone [18]
- tenor saxophone [18]
- trombone [21-22]
- piano [19]
- trombone [15]
- cornet [5, 9, 13, 15]
- tenor saxophone [21-22]
- cornet [6-7, 10]