The Complete Recordings, Volume 4

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Standin' in the Rain Blues
  2:55
• 2
  It Won't Be You
  2:49
• 3
  Spider Man Blues
  3:23
• 4
  Empty Bed Blues, Part 1
  3:02
• 5
  Empty Bed Blues, Part 2
  3:22
• 6
  Put It Right Here (or Keep It Out There)
  3:00
• 7
  Yes Indeed He Do!
  3:16
• 8
  Devil's Gonna Git You
  3:12
• 9
  You Ought to Be Ashamed
  3:08
• 10
  Washwoman's Blues
  3:10
• 11
  Slow and Easy Man
  2:57
• 12
  Poor Man's Blues
  3:26
• 13
  Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
  2:57
• 14
  Me and My Gin
  2:51
• 15
  I'm Wild About That Thing
  2:50
  5.0 ★
• 16
  You've Got to Give Me Some
  2:44
• 17
  Kitchen Man
  2:58
• 18
  I've Got What It Takes (but It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
  3:11
• 19
  Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  2:59
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Take It Right Back ('cause I Don't Want It Here)
  3:19
• CD 2
• 1
  He's Got Me Goin'
  3:15
• 2
  It Makes My Love Come Down
  2:57
• 3
  Wasted Life Blues
  3:04
• 4
  Dirty No-Gooder's Blues
  3:00
• 5
  Blue Spirit Blues
  2:58
• 6
  Worn Out Papa Blues
  2:50
• 7
  You Don't Understand
  3:06
• 8
  Don't Cry Baby
  3:12
• 9
  Keep It to Yourself
  3:32
• 10
  New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
  2:59
• 11
  See If I'll Care
  3:25
• 12
  Baby Have Pity on Me
  3:20
• 13
  On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
  2:56
• 14
  Moan, You Moaners
  3:13
• 15
  Hustlin' Dan
  3:32
• 16
  Black Mountain Blues
  3:10
• 17
  In the House Blues
  3:02
• 18
  Long Old Road
  3:27
• 19
  Blue Blues
  3:14
• 20
  Shipwreck
  3:19

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Release credits

• Abraham Wheat
  clarinet [3], soprano saxophone [3]
• Bessie Smith
  lead vocals [13-14], vocal [2.1-12, 2.15-20, 1.1-20]
• Bob Fuller
  clarinet [3], reeds [7-12]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [1.1-2, 1.4-6, 2.9-12, 2.17-20]
• Clarence Williams
  piano [1.15-20, 2.9-12, 2.17-20]
• Cyrus St. Clair
  tuba [18-19]
• Demas Dean
  cornet [1-2]
• Ed Allen
  cornet [2.15-16, 1.18-19]
• Eddie Lang
  guitar [17]
• Eddie Lang
  guitar [15-16]
• Ernest Elliott
  reeds [7-12]
• Floyd Casey
  drums (drum set) [17-20]
• Fred Longshaw
  piano [1-2]
• Garvin Bushell
  alto saxophone [18-19], reeds [9-10]
• Greely Walton
  tenor saxophone [18-19]
• James P. Johnson
  instrument [1], piano [2-8, 13-14]
• Joe Williams
  trombone [12-14]
• Louis Metcalf
  cornet [17-20], trumpet [9-10]
• Porter Grainger
  piano [3-14]
• Steve Stevens
  piano [15-16]
• The Bessemer Singers
  choir vocals [13-14]
• Show all credits (21)

Issues

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  The Complete Recordings, Volume 4

  2x CD
  1993