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Tracklist

• CD 1: Down Hearted Blues [1923-1925]
• 1
  Down Hearted Blues
  3:28
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Gulf Coast Blues
  3:07
• 3
  Beale Street Mama
  3:37
• 4
  Baby Won't You Please Come Home
  2:58
• 5
  'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  3:29
• 6
  Bleeding Hearted Blues
  3:08
  5.0 ★
• 7
  Lady Luck Blues
  3:09
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Midnight Blues
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
  3:12
• 10
  Any Woman's Blues
  3:27
• 11
  Chicago Bound Blues
  3:18
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Moonshine Blues
  3:19
  5.0 ★
• 13
  Work House Blues
  3:23
  4.0 ★
• 14
  House Rent Blues
  3:07
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Rainy Weather Blues
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 16
  Weeping Willow Blues
  3:12
• 17
  The Bye Bye Blues
  3:20
  4.0 ★
• 18
  Sinful Blues
  3:11
• 19
  Dying Gambler's Blues
  3:00
  4.0 ★
• 20
  The St. Louis Blues
  3:12
  4.0 ★
• 21
  Reckless Blues
  3:05
• 22
  Sobbin' Hearted Blues
  3:02
• 23
  Cold in Hand Blues
  3:14
• CD 2: Careless Love Blues [1925-1926]
• 1
  You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
  3:31
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Cake Walkin' Babies (From Home)
  3:11
• 3
  The Yellow Dog Blues
  3:04
• 4
  Soft Pedal Blues
  3:21
• 5
  Careless Love Blues
  3:27
• 6
  Nashville Woman's Blues
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 7
  J.C. Holmes Blues
  3:05
• 8
  I Ain't Goin to Play Second Fiddle
  3:23
• 9
  He's Gone Blues
  3:12
• 10
  I Ain't Got Nobody
  3:11
• 11
  I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It
  2:57
• 12
  Red Mountain Blues
  3:13
• 13
  Golden Rule Blues
  3:05
• 14
  Lonesome Desert Blues
  3:26
• 15
  Them "Has Been" Blues
  3:33
• 16
  Squeeze Me
  2:54
• 17
  What's the Matter Now?
  2:46
• 18
  I Want Every Bit of It
  2:38
• 19
  Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
  3:21
• 20
  The Gin House Blues
  3:14
• 21
  Money Blues
  3:11
• 22
  Baby Doll
  3:01
• 23
  Hard Driving Pa Pa
  2:58
• 24
  Lost Your Head Blues
  2:55
• CD 3: Young Woman Blues [1926-1928]
• 1
  Hard Times Blues
  3:15
• 2
  Honey Man Blues
  3:15
• 3
  One and Two Blues
  2:55
• 4
  Young Woman's Blues
  3:09
• 5
  Preachin' the Blues
  2:52
• 6
  Backwater Blues
  3:19
• 7
  After You've Gone
  2:58
• 8
  Alexander's Ragtime Band
  3:00
• 9
  Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
  3:08
• 10
  There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
  3:20
• 11
  Trombone Cholly
  3:12
• 12
  Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  3:23
• 13
  Sweet Mistreater
  3:02
• 14
  Lock and Key
  2:59
• 15
  A Good Man Is Hard to Find
  3:01
• 16
  Dyin' by the Hour
  3:00
• 17
  Foolish Man Blues
  2:55
• 18
  Thinking Blues
  3:10
• 19
  I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
  2:51
• 20
  Spider Man Blues
  3:24
• 21
  Empty Bed Blues, Pt 1
  3:03
• 22
  Empty Bed Blues, Pt 2
  3:22
• 23
  Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
  3:00
• 24
  Yes Indeed He Do!
  3:16
• CD 4: Me & My Gin [1928-1933]
• 1
  Devil's Gonna Git You
  3:13
• 2
  Poor Man's Blues
  3:26
• 3
  Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
  2:57
• 4
  Me and My Gin
  2:52
• 5
  I'm Wild About That Thing
  2:49
• 6
  Kitchen Man
  2:58
• 7
  I've Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
  3:11
• 8
  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  2:59
• 9
  He's Got Me Goin'
  3:14
• 10
  It Makes My Love Come Down
  2:58
• 11
  Dirty No-Gooders Blues
  2:57
• 12
  Blue Spirit Blues
  2:57
• 13
  You Don't Understand
  3:06
• 14
  Don't Cry Baby
  3:11
• 15
  Baby Have Pity on Me
  3:21
• 16
  On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
  2:57
• 17
  Hustlin' Dan
  3:32
• 18
  Black Mountain Blues
  3:09
• 19
  Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  2:49
• 20
  Safety Mama
  3:26
• 21
  Do Your Duty
  3:26
• 22
  Gimme a Pigfoot
  3:30
• 23
  Take Me for a Buggy Ride
  2:37
• 24
  I'm Down in the Dumps
  3:11

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Release credits

• Benny Goodman
  clarinet [22]
• Bessie Smith
  lead vocals [16], vocal [2.1, 2.4, 2.6, 2.12-18, 2.20-22, 2.24, 4.1-4, 4.6-7, 4.9, 4.12, 4.15, 4.17, 4.20, 4.22, 3.4, 3.6, 3.10, 3.12-13, 3.15-19, 3.23-24, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6-8, 1.11-17, 1.19-20, 1.23]
• Billy Taylor Sr.
  double bass [22]
• Bob Fuller
  clarinet [1], reeds [3.24, 4.2]
• Bobby Johnson
  banjo [22], guitar [22]
• Buck Washington
  piano [22]
• Buster Bailey
  clarinet [3.4, 3.10, 2.20]
• Charlie Dixon
  banjo [10]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [3.12, 3.18-19, 3.23, 1.13-17, 1.19, 4.15, 2.4, 2.6]
• Clarence Williams
  piano [2.15-18, 4.6-7, 4.15, 1.1]
• Cyrus St. Clair
  tuba [7]
• Demas Dean
  cornet [18-19]
• Don Redman
  alto saxophone [13], clarinet [2.12, 1.11]
• Ed Allen
  cornet [7, 17]
• Eddie Lang
  guitar [6]
• Ernest Elliott
  clarinet [1], reeds [3.24, 4.2]
• Fletcher Henderson
  piano [3.4, 3.10, 3.12, 3.17, 1.6-8, 1.11, 1.13-17, 2.4, 2.6, 2.12-13, 2.20-22, 2.24]
• Frankie Newton
  trumpet [22]
• Fred Longshaw
  piano [1.19, 1.23, 2.1, 2.14, 3.18-19], reed organ [20]
• Garvin Bushell
  alto saxophone [7]
• Greely Walton
  tenor saxophone [7]
• Irving Johns
  piano [12]
• Jack Teagarden
  trombone [22]
• James P. Johnson
  piano [4.9, 4.12, 4.16, 3.6, 3.13]
• Jimmy Harrison
  trombone [10]
• Joe Smith
  cornet [1.16-17, 2.21-22, 2.24, 3.4, 3.10, 3.12]
• Joe Williams
  trombone [2-4]
• June Cole
  tuba [17]
• Leon “Chu” Berry
  tenor saxophone [22]
• Lincoln M. Conway
  guitar [15]
• Louis Armstrong
  cornet [2.1, 2.6, 1.20, 1.23]
• Porter Grainger
  piano [3.15, 3.23-24, 4.1-4]
• Shelton "Scad" Hemphill
  cornet [14]
• Steve Stevens
  piano [17]
• The Bessemer Singers
  choir vocals [16]
• Tommy Ladnier
  cornet [17]
• Show all credits (36)

Issues

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  Chattanooga Gal

  4x CD (remastered)
  2005