The Complete Columbia Recordings

Compilation by Bessie Smith

Released 2012

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CD 1: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
1
Down Hearted Blues
3:25
2
Gulf Coast Blues
3:04
3
Aggravatin’ Papa
3:16
4
Beale Street Mama
3:35
5
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
2:55
6
Oh Daddy Blues (You Won’t Have No Mama at All)
3:05
7
Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
3:26
8
Keeps on A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)
3:07
9
Mama’s Got the Blues
2:56
10
Outside of That
3:27
11
Bleeding Hearted Blues
3:06
12
Lady Luck Blues
3:07
13
Yodling Blues
3:11
14
Midnight Blues
3:17
15
If You Don’t, I Know Who Will
3:35
16
Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
3:31
17
Jail House Blues
3:13
18
St. Louis Gal
3:27
19
Sam Jones Blues
2:47
CD 2: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 1
1
Graveyard Dream Blues
2:43
2
Cemetery Blues
3:29
3
Far Away Blues
2:59
4
I’m Going Back to My Used to Be
2:53
5
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
3:10
6
My Sweetie Went Away
3:11
7
Any Woman’s Blues
3:25
8
Chicago Bound Blues
3:16
9
Mistreating Daddy
3:17
10
Frosty Morning Blues
3:13
11
Haunted House Blues
3:29
12
Eavesdropper’s Blues
3:10
13
Easy Come Easy Go Blues
3:08
14
Sorrowful Blues
3:17
15
Pinchbacks – Take ’em Away
3:14
16
Rocking Chair Blues
3:14
17
Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down
3:18
18
Boweavil Blues
2:51
19
Hateful Blues
3:08
CD 3: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2
1
Frankie Blues
3:30
2
Moonshine Blues
3:17
3
Lou’siana Low‐Down Blues
3:23
4
Mountain Top Blues
3:23
5
Work House Blues
3:21
6
House Rent Blues
3:05
7
Salt Water Blues
3:26
8
Rainy Weather Blues
3:36
9
Weeping Willow Blues
3:09
10
The Bye Bye Blues
3:17
11
Sing Sing Prison Blues
3:04
12
Follow the Deal on Down
3:16
13
Sinful Blues
3:08
14
Woman’s Trouble Blues
3:05
15
Love Me Daddy Blues
3:13
16
Dying Gambler’s Blues
2:57
17
St. Louis Blues
3:10
18
Reckless Blues
3:02
19
Sobbin’ Hearted Blues
3:00
CD 4: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 2
1
Cold in Hand Blues
3:11
2
You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon
3:28
3
Cake Walking Babies (From Home)
3:09
4
The Yellow Dog Blues
3:02
5
Soft Pedal Blues
3:18
6
Dixie Flyer Blues
3:08
7
Nashville Woman’s Blues
3:43
8
Careless Love
3:25
9
J.C. Holmes Blues
3:03
10
I Ain’t Goin’ to Play No Second Fiddle
3:21
11
He’s Gone Blues
3:09
12
Nobody’s Blues but Mine
2:50
13
I Ain’t Got Nobody
3:09
14
My Man Blues
3:29
15
New Gulf Coast Blues
3:09
16
Florida Bound Blues
3:12
17
At the Christmas Ball
3:24
18
I’ve Been Mistreated and I Don’t Like It
2:54
CD 5: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3
1
Red Mountain Blues
3:11
2
Golden Rule Blues
3:04
3
Lonesome Desert Blues
3:25
4
Them “Has Been” Blues
3:31
5
Squeeze Me
2:53
6
What’s the Matter Now?
2:45
7
I Want Every Bit of It
2:36
8
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
3:19
9
The Gin House Blues
3:13
10
Money Blues
3:10
11
Baby Doll
3:00
12
Hard Driving Papa
2:57
13
Lost Your Head Blues
2:54
14
Hard Time Blues
3:13
15
Honey Man Blues
3:13
16
One and Two Blues
2:54
17
Young Woman’s Blues
3:08
18
Preachin’ the Blues
2:51
19
Back Water Blues
3:18
20
After You’ve Gone
2:56
21
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
2:59
CD 6: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 3
1
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
3:06
2
There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3:27
3
Trombone Cholly
3:10
4
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
3:21
5
Them’s Graveyard Words
2:56
6
Hot Springs Blues
2:55
7
Sweet Mistreater
3:01
8
Lock and Key
2:58
9
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
3:11
10
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2:58
11
Homeless Blues
2:58
12
Looking for My Man Blues
2:48
13
Dyin’ by the Hour
2:58
14
Foolish Man Blues
2:53
15
Thinking Blues
3:07
16
Pickpocket Blues
2:42
17
I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
2:49
18
I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2:57
CD 7: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4
1
Standin’ in the Rain Blues
2:53
2
It Won’t Be You
2:47
3
Spider Man Blues
3:22
4
Empty Red Blues, Part 1
3:01
5
Empty Bed Blues, Part 2
3:20
6
Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
2:59
7
Yes Indeed He Do!
3:15
8
Devil’s Gonna Get You
3:10
9
You Ought to Be Ashamed
3:06
10
Washwoman’s Blues
3:09
11
Slow and Easy Man
2:56
12
Poor Man’s Blues
3:24
13
Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
2:55
14
Me and My Gin
2:49
15
I’m Wild About That Thing
2:48
16
You’ve Got to Give Me Some
2:42
17
Kitchen Man
2:46
18
I’ve Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
3:09
19
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
2:57
20
Take It Right Back (’Cause I Don’t Want It Here)
3:20
CD 8: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 4
1
He’s Got Me Goin’
3:12
2
It Makes My Love Come Down
2:56
3
Wasted Life Blues
3:01
4
Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
2:55
5
Blue Spirit Blues
2:55
6
Worn Out Papa Blues
2:48
7
You Don’t Understand
3:04
8
Don’t Cry Baby
3:09
9
Keep It to Yourself
3:30
10
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
2:57
11
See If I’ll Care
3:23
12
Baby Have Pity on Me
3:19
13
On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
2:55
14
Moan, You Moaners
3:12
15
Hustlin’ Dan
3:30
16
Black Mountain Blues
3:07
17
In the House Blues
3:00
18
Long Old Road
3:26
19
Blues Blues
3:12
20
Shipwreck Blues
3:20
CD 9: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 (The Final Chapter)
1
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
2:47
2
Safety Mama
3:24
3
Do Your Duty
3:23
4
Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
3:28
5
Take Me for a Buggy Ride
2:36
6
I’m Down in the Dumps
3:10
7
The Yellow Dog Blues (alternate take)
3:16
8
Soft Pedal Blues (alternate take)
3:20
9
Nashville Woman’s Blues (album version)
3:16
10
Careless Love Blues (alternate take)
3:28
11
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) (album version)
3:11
12
St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro / Crap Game / St. Louis Blues
14:45
CD 10: Ruby Smith Dialogue / An Interview With Chris Albertson
1
Bessie Disappears
4:49
2
Waldorf‐Astoria Party
7:15
3
Bessie & Jack, Part 1
2:50
4
Bessie & Jack, Part 2
18:21
5
Life on the Road, Part 1
11:13
6
Life on the Road, Part 2
13:10
7
Life on the Road, Part 3
21:21

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The Complete Columbia Recordings
10x CD
2012