The Empress

Tracklist

• 12" Vinyl 1
• 1
  Sing Sing Prison Blues
  3:03
• 2
  Follow the Deal on Down
  3:16
• 3
  Sinful Blues
  3:09
• 4
  Woman's Trouble Blues
  3:04
• 5
  Love Me Daddy Blues
  3:13
• 6
  Dying Gambler's Blues
  2:56
• 7
  St. Louis Blues
  3:09
• 8
  Reckless Blues
  3:01
• 9
  Mean Old Bedbug Blues
  3:48
• 10
  A Good Man Is Hard to Find
  3:00
• 11
  Homeless Blues
  3:34
• 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
• 12" Vinyl 2
• 1
  Muddy Water

  Bessie Smith & Her Band
  3:06
• 2
  There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight

  Bessie Smith & Her Band
  3:28
• 3
  Trombone Cholly

  Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys
  3:10
• 4
  Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair

  Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys
  3:21
• 5
  Them's Graveyard Words

  Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys
  2:57
• 6
  Hot Springs Blues

  Bessie Smith & Her Blue Boys
  3:02
• 7
  Sweet Mistreater
  3:09
• 8
  Lock and Key
  2:57
• 9
  Sobbin' Hearted Blues
  3:00
• 10
  Cold in Hand Blues
  3:12
• 11
  You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
  3:28
• 12
  Cake Walkin' Babies
  3:07
• 13
  The Yellow Dog Blues
  3:01
• 14
  Soft Pedal Blues
  3:17
• 15
  Dixie Flyer Blues
  3:07
• 16
  Nashville Woman's Blues
  3:41

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The Quintessence: The Empress 1923–1933

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The Essential Bessie Smith

The Essential Bessie Smith 1997

The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1927-1928

The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1927-1928 1996

The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1928-1929

The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1928-1929 1996

The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1925-1927

The Chronological Classics: Bessie Smith 1925-1927 1995

Release credits

• Bessie Smith
  vocal [1.1-8, 2.9-11, 2.13, 2.15-16]
• Bob Escudero
  tuba [13]
• Buster Bailey
  clarinet [2.13, 1.1, 1.4-5]
• Charlie Dixon
  banjo [13]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [1.6, 2.13, 2.15-16]
• Coleman Hawkins
  tenor saxophone [13]
• Don Redman
  clarinet [1, 4-5]
• Fletcher Henderson
  piano [13, 15-16]
• Fred Longshaw
  harmonium [7], piano [2.9-11, 1.1-6], reed organ [8]
• Joe Smith
  cornet [13]
• Louis Armstrong
  cornet [1.7-8, 2.9-11, 2.16]

Issues

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  The Empress

  2x 12" Vinyl