Bessie Smith

1-1 Down Hearted Blues 3:30
1-2 Gulf Coast Blues 3:10
1-3 Jailhouse Blues 3:18
1-4 St. Louis Gal 3:33
1-5 Aggravatin' Papa 3:22
1-6 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 3:01
1-7 Chicago Bound Blues 3:22
1-8 Aint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do 3:33
1-9 Any Woman's Blues 3:30
1-10 Easy Come Easy Go Blues 3:14
1-11 Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down 3:24
1-12 Hateful Blues 3:10
1-13 Careless Love Blues 3:28
1-14 New Gulf Coast Blues 3:24
1-15 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 3:24
1-16 The Yellow Dog Blues 3:05
1-17 I Ain't Got Nobody 3:14
1-18 What's The Matter Now 2:49
1-19 Baby Doll 3:01
1-20 Hard Driving Papa 2:59
1-21 The Gin House Blues 3:16
1-22 Lost Your Head Blues 2:57
1-23 After You've Gone 2:59
1-24 Backwater Blues 3:18
2-1 Preachin' The Blues 2:53
2-2 Alexander's Ragtime Band 3:01
2-3 A Good Man Is Hard To Find 3:03
2-4 Mean Old Bed Bug Blues 3:16
2-5 Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair 3:24
2-6 Thinking Blues 3:03
2-7 I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave 2:53
2-8 Empty Bed Blues Pt. 1 2:57
2-9 Empty Bed Blues Pt. 2 3:14
2-10 Spider Man Blues 3:16
2-11 Slow And Easy Man 2:53
2-12 I'm Wild About That Thing 2:42
2-13 You've Got To Give Me Some 2:38
2-14 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2:51
2-15 Wasted Life Blues 2:55
2-16 Don't Cry Baby 3:01
2-17 Baby Have Pity On Me 3:12
2-18 Hustlin' Dan 3:22
2-19 Black Mountain Blues 3:01
2-20 In The House Blues 2:53
2-21 Blue Blue 3:05
2-22 I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl 2:40
2-23 Safety Mama 3:16
2-24 Do Your Duty 3:16
2-25 Gimme A Pig Foot And A Bottle Of Beer 3:18
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Notes
12 page booklet with Blues history, biographical information, track listing, photos and a few credits
Photos of Columbia record, Columbia advertisement for "Hateful Blues" and an advertisement of Ms. Smith appearing at "The Clara Smith Club, Harlem, New York" on April 3, 1924.
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Credits:
Liner Notes - Isaac James, June, 2004

Music Notes (from booklet):
Down Hearted Blues
w/ Clarence Williams, piano, 1923
Columbia A-3844
Composers: Hunter-Austin

Gulf Coast Blues
w/ Clarence Williams, piano, 1923
Composer: Williams

Jailhouse Blues
w/ Irving Johns, piano, 1923
Columbia A-4001
Composers: Smith-Williams

St. Louis Gal
w/ Jimmy Jones, piano, 1923
Columbia 13005
Composer: Robinson

Aggravatin' Papa
w/ Her Down Home Trio: prob. Ernest Elliot (Clarinet), Clarence Williams (Piano), Buddy Christian (Banjo), 1923
Columbia A-3877
Composers: Turk-Robinson-Britt

Baby Won't You Please Come Home
w/ Clarence Williams, piano, 1923
Columbia 3888
Composers: Williams-Warfield

Chicago Bound Blues
w/ Don Redman (Clarinet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1923
Columbia 14000
Composer: Austin

Aint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do
In track listing as "T'Ain't Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do"
w/ Clarence Williams, piano, 1923
Columbia 3898

Composers: Grainger-Robbins
Any Woman's Blues
w/ Fletcher Henderson, piano, 1923
Columbia 13001
Composer: Austin

Easy Come Easy Go Blues
w/ Jimmy Jones (Piano), Harry Reser (Guitar), 1924
Columbia 14005
Composers: Jackson-Brown

Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
w/ Robert Robbins (Violin), Irving Johns (Piano), 1924
Columbia 14025
Composer: Williams

Hateful Blues
w/ Robert Robbins (Violin), Irving Johns (Piano), 1924
Columbia 14203
Composer: Johnson

Careless Love Blues
w/ Louis Armstrong (Clarinet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1925
Columbia 14083
Composer: Trad - Arr. Handy

New Gulf Coast Blues
w/ Clarence Williams, piano, 1925
Columbia 14109
Composer: Williams

I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
w/ Louis Armstrong (Clarinet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1925
Columbia 14090
Composer: Bradford

The Yellow Dog Blues
w/ Joe Smith (Cornet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Coleman Hawkins (Tenor), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), Charlie Dixon (Banjo), Ralph Esudero (Tuba), 1925
Columbia 114075
Composer: Handy

I Ain't Got Nobody
w/ Bob Fuller (Clarinet, alto), Isadore Myers (Piano), Elmer Snowden (Banjo), 1926
Columbia 14129
Composer: Williams

What's The Matter Now
w/ Clarence Williams, piano, 1926
Composers: Williams-Williams

Baby Doll
w/ Joe smith (Cornet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1926
Columbia 14147
Composers: Smith-Smith

Hard Driving Papa
w/ Joe smith (Cornet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1926
Composer: Brooks

The Gin House Blues
w/ Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1926
Columbia 14158
Composers: Henderson-Troy

Lost Your Head Blues
w/ Joe smith (Cornet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1926
Columbia 14158
Composer: Smith

After You've Gone
w/ Joe Smith (Cornet), Jimmy Harrison (Trombone), Buster Bailey (Clarinet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1927
Columbia 114197
Composers: Creamer-Layton

Backwater Blues
w/ James P. Johnson (Piano), 1927
Columbia 14195
Composer: Smith

Preachin' The Blues
w/ James P. Johnson (Piano), 1927
Columbia 14195
Composer: Smith

Alexander's Ragtime Band
w/ Joe Smith (Cornet), Jimmy Harrison (Trombone), Coleman Hawkins (Clarinet), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), Charlie Dixon (Banjo) 1927
Columbia 14219
Composer: Berlin

A Good Man Is Hard To Find
w/ Porter Grainger (Piano), Lincoln M. Conaway (Guitar), 1927
Columbia 14250
Composer: Green

Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
w/ Porter Grainger (Piano), Lincoln M. Conaway (Guitar), 1927
Columbia 14250
Composer: Wood

Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
w/ Joe Smith (Cornet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Fletcher Henderson (Piano), 1927
Columbia 14209
Composer: Brooks

Thinking Blues
w/ Dennis Dean (Trumpet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Fred Longshaw (Piano), 1928
Columbia 14292
Composer: Smith

I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave
w/ Ernest Elliot & Bob Fuller (Clarinets), Porter Grainger (Piano), 1928
Columbia 14304
Composer: Fuller

Empty Bed Blues Pt. 1
w/ Charlie Green (Trombone), Porter Grainger (piano), 1928
Columbia 114312
Composer: Johnson

Empty Bed Blues Pt. 2
w/ Charlie Green (Trombone), Porter Grainger (piano), 1928
Columbia 1143120
Composer: Johnson

Spider Man Blues
w/ Abraham Wheat (Clarinet & Soprano), Bob Fuller (Clarinet), Porter Grainger (Piano), 1928
Columbia 14324
Composers: Smith-Gray

Slow And Easy Man
w/ Bob Fuller (Alto Sax), Ernest Elliot (Tenor Sax), Porter Grainger (Piano), 1928
Columbia 14384
Composer: Red

I'm Wild About That Thing
w/ Clarence Williams (Piano), Eddie Lang (Guitar), 1929
Columbia 14227
Composer: Williams

You've Got To Give Me Some
w/ Clarence Williams (Piano), Eddie Lang (Guitar), 1929
Columbia 14227
Composer: Williams

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
w/ Ed Allen (Cornet), Garvin Bushell (Alto Sax), Greely Watson (Tenor Sax), Clarence Williams (Piano), Cyrus St. Clair (Trombone) 1929
Columbia 114451
Composer: Cox

Wasted Life Blues
w/ James P. Johnson (Piano), 1929
Columbia 14776
Composer: Smith

Don't Cry Baby
w/ James P. Johnson (Piano), 1929
Columbia 14887
Composers: Unger-Bernie-Saul-Johnson

Baby Have Pity On Me
w/ Charlie Green (Trombone), Clarence Williams (Piano), 1930
Columbia 37576
Composers: Moll-Williams

Hustlin' Dan
w/ Ed Allen (Cornet), Steve Stevens (Piano), 1930
Columbia A-3844
Composer: Crawford

Black Mountain Blues
w/ Ed Allen (Cornet), Steve Stevens (Piano), 1930
Columbia 14554
Composer: Cole

In The House Blues
w/ Louis Metcalf (Cornet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Clarence Williams (Piano), Floyd Casey (Drums), 1931
Columbia 14611
Composer: Smith

Blue Blue
w/ Louis Metcalf (Cornet), Charlie Green (Trombone), Clarence Williams (Piano), Floyd Casey (Drums), 1931
Columbia 14611
Composer: Smith

I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
w/ Clarence Williams (Piano), 1931
Columbia 14634
Composers: Williams-Small-Bryant

Safety Mama
w/ Clarence Williams (Piano), 1931
Columbia 14634
Composer: Smith

Do Your Duty
w/ Buck And His Band - Frank Newton (Trumpet), Jack Teagarden (Trombone), Chu Berry (Tenor Sax), Buck Washington (Piano), Bobby Johnson (Guitar), Billy Taylor (SB), 1933
Okeh 8945
Composer: Wilson

Gimme A Pig Foot And A Bottle Of Beer
w/ Buck And His Band - Frank Newton (Trumpet), Jack Teagarden (Trombone), Chu Berry (Tenor Sax), Buck Washington (Piano), Bobby Johnson (Guitar), Billy Taylor (SB), Benny Goodman (Clarinet), 1933
Okeh 8949
Composer: Wilson… (más)

1 Downhearted Blues
Written-By – A. Hunter*, L. Austin*
3:24
2 'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do
Written-By – E. Robbins*, P. Grainger*
3:28
3 My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why)
Written-By – L. Handman*, R. Turk*
3:12
4 Weepin' Willow Blues
Written-By – P. Carter*
3:10
5 St. Louis Blues
Written-By – W.C. Handy*
3:11
6 Reckless Blues
Written-By – F. Longshaw*
3:01
7 You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
Written-By – Smith*, Balcom*
3:27
8 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle
Written-By – P. Bradford*
3:21
9 Young Woman's Blues
Written-By – B. Smith*
3:09
10 Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
Written-By – H. Richman*, J. Trent*, P. DeRose*
3:06
11 Mean Old Bedbug Blues
Written-By – J. Wood*
3:12
12 Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2)
Written-By – J.C. Johnson
6:23
13 Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out
Written-By – J. Cox*
2:57
14 Black Mountain Blues
Written-By – H. Cole*
2:59
15 Do Your Duty
Written-By – W. Wilson*
3:26
16 Gimme A Pigfoot
Written-By – W.S. Wilson*
3:30… (más)