Bessie Smith

The Complete Columbia Recordings

Release date 2012

Tracklist

1
Down Hearted Blues
3:25
3:25
2
Gulf Coast Blues
3:04
3:04
3
Aggravatin' Papa
3:16
3:16
4
Beale Street Mama
3:35
3:35
5
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
2:55
2:55
6
Oh Daddy Blues (You Won’t Have No Mama at All)
3:05
3:05
7
Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
3:26
3:26
8
Keeps on A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)
3:07
3:07
9
Mama’s Got the Blues
2:56
2:56
10
Outside of That
3:27
3:27
11
Bleeding Hearted Blues
3:06
3:06
12
Lady Luck Blues
3:07
3:07
13
Yodling Blues
3:11
3:11
14
Midnight Blues
3:17
3:17
15
If You Don't, I Know Who Will
3:35
3:35
16
Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
3:31
3:31
17
Jail House Blues
3:13
3:13
18
St. Louis Gal
3:27
3:27
19
Sam Jones Blues
2:47
2:47
20
Graveyard Dream Blues
2:43
2:43
21
Cemetery Blues
3:29
3:29
22
Far Away Blues
2:59
2:59
23
I'm Going Back to My Used to Be
2:53
2:53
24
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
3:10
3:10
25
My Sweetie Went Away
3:11
3:11
26
Any Woman's Blues
3:25
3:25
27
Chicago Bound Blues
3:16
3:16
28
Mistreating Daddy
3:17
3:17
29
Frosty Morning Blues
3:13
3:13
30
Haunted House Blues
3:29
3:29
31
Eavesdropper's Blues
3:10
3:10
32
Easy Come Easy Go Blues
3:08
3:08
33
Sorrowful Blues
3:17
3:17
34
Pinchbacks - Take 'em Away
3:14
3:14
35
Rocking Chair Blues
3:14
3:14
36
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
3:18
3:18
37
Boweavil Blues
2:51
2:51
38
Hateful Blues
3:08
3:08
39
Frankie Blues
3:30
3:30
40
Moonshine Blues
3:17
3:17
41
Lou'siana Low Down Blues
3:23
3:23
42
Mountain Top Blues
3:23
3:23
43
Work House Blues
3:21
3:21
44
House Rent Blues
3:05
3:05
45
Salt Water Blues
3:26
3:26
46
Rainy Weather Blues
3:36
3:36
47
Weeping Willow Blues
3:09
3:09
48
The Bye Bye Blues
3:17
3:17
49
Sing Sing Prison Blues
3:04
3:04
50
Follow the Deal on Down
3:16
3:16
51
Sinful Blues
3:08
3:08
52
Woman's Trouble Blues
3:05
3:05
53
Love Me Daddy Blues
3:13
3:13
54
Dying Gambler's Blues
2:57
2:57
55
St. Louis Blues
3:10
3:10
56
Reckless Blues
3:02
3:02
57
Sobbin' Hearted Blues
3:00
3:00
58
Cold in Hand Blues
3:11
3:11
59
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
3:28
3:28
60
Cake Walking Babies From Home
3:09
3:09
61
The Yellow Dog Blues
3:02
3:02
62
Soft Pedal Blues
3:18
3:18
63
Dixie Flyer Blues
3:08
3:08
64
Nashville Woman's Blues
3:43
3:43
65
Careless Love
3:25
3:25
66
J.C. Holmes Blues
3:03
3:03
67
I Ain’t Goin’ to Play No Second Fiddle
3:21
3:21
68
He's Gone Blues
3:09
3:09
69
Nobody's Blues but Mine
2:50
2:50
70
I Ain't Got Nobody
3:09
3:09
71
My Man Blues
3:29
3:29
72
New Gulf Coast Blues
3:09
3:09
73
Florida Bound Blues
3:12
3:12
74
At the Christmas Ball
3:24
3:24
75
I’ve Been Mistreated and I Don’t Like It
2:54
2:54
76
Red Mountain Blues
3:11
3:11
77
Golden Rule Blues
3:04
3:04
78
Lonesome Desert Blues
3:25
3:25
79
Them “Has Been” Blues
3:31
3:31
80
Squeeze Me
2:53
2:53
81
What's the Matter Now
2:45
2:45
82
I Want Every Bit of It
2:36
2:36
83
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
3:19
3:19
84
The Gin House Blues
3:13
3:13
85
Money Blues
3:10
3:10
86
Baby Doll
3:00
3:00
87
Hard Driving Papa
2:57
2:57
88
Lost Your Head Blues
2:54
2:54
89
Hard Time Blues
3:13
3:13
90
Honey Man Blues
3:13
3:13
91
One and Two Blues
2:54
2:54
92
Young Woman’s Blues
3:08
3:08
93
Preachin' the Blues
2:51
2:51
94
Back-Water Blues
3:18
3:18
95
After You've Gone
2:56
2:56
96
Alexander's Ragtime Band
2:59
2:59
97
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
3:06
3:06
98
There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
3:27
3:27
99
Trombone Cholly
3:10
3:10
100
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair
3:21
3:21
101
Them's Graveyard Words
2:56
2:56
102
Hot Springs Blues
2:55
2:55
103
Sweet Mistreater
3:01
3:01
104
Lock and Key
2:58
2:58
105
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
3:11
3:11
106
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
2:58
2:58
107
Homeless Blues
2:58
2:58
108
Looking for My Man Blues
2:48
2:48
109
Dyin' by the Hour
2:58
2:58
110
Foolish Man Blues
2:53
2:53
111
Thinking Blues
3:07
3:07
112
Pickpocket Blues
2:42
2:42
113
I Used to be Your Sweet Mama
2:49
2:49
114
I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave
2:57
2:57
115
Standin’ in the Rain Blues
2:53
2:53
116
It Won’t Be You
2:47
2:47
117
Spider Man Blues
3:22
3:22
118
Empty Red Blues, Part 1
3:01
3:01
119
Empty Bed Blues (Part 2)
3:20
3:20
120
Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)
2:59
2:59
121
Yes Indeed He Do!
3:15
3:15
122
Devil's Gonna Get You
3:10
3:10
123
You Ought to Be Ashamed
3:06
3:06
124
Washwoman’s Blues
3:09
3:09
125
Slow and Easy Man
2:56
2:56
126
Poor Man’s Blues
3:24
3:24
127
Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind
2:55
2:55
128
Me and My Gin
2:49
2:49
129
I'm Wild About That Thing
2:48
2:48
130
You've Got to Give Me Some
2:42
2:42
131
Kitchen Man
2:46
2:46
132
I’ve Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)
3:09
3:09
133
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
2:57
2:57
134
Take It Right Back (’Cause I Don’t Want It Here)
3:20
3:20
135
He's Got Me Goin'
3:12
3:12
136
It Makes My Love Come Down
2:56
2:56
137
Wasted Life Blues
3:01
3:01
138
Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues
2:55
2:55
139
Blue Spirit Blues
2:55
2:55
140
Worn Out Papa Blues
2:48
2:48
141
You Don't Understand
3:04
3:04
142
Don't Cry Baby
3:09
3:09
143
Keep It to Yourself
3:30
3:30
144
New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
2:57
2:57
145
See If I’ll Care
3:23
3:23
146
Baby Have Pity on Me
3:19
3:19
147
On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
2:55
2:55
148
Moan, You Moaners
3:12
3:12
149
Hustlin' Dan
3:30
3:30
150
Black Mountain Blues
3:07
3:07
151
In the House Blues
3:00
3:00
152
Long Old Road
3:26
3:26
153
Blues Blues
3:12
3:12
154
Shipwreck Blues
3:20
3:20
155
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
2:47
2:47
156
Safety Mama
3:24
3:24
157
Do Your Duty
3:23
3:23
158
Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)
3:28
3:28
159
Take Me for a Buggy Ride
2:36
2:36
160
I'm Down in the Dumps
3:10
3:10
161
The Yellow Dog Blues (alternate take)
3:16
3:16
162
Soft Pedal Blues (alternate take)
3:20
3:20
163
Nashville Woman’s Blues (album version)
3:16
3:16
164
Careless Love Blues (alternate take)
3:28
3:28
165
Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) (album version)
3:11
3:11
166
St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro / Crap Game / St. Louis Blues
14:45
14:45
167
Bessie Disappears
4:49
4:49
168
Waldorf‐Astoria Party
7:15
7:15
169
Bessie & Jack, Part 1
2:50
2:50
170
Bessie & Jack, Part 2
18:21
18:21
171
Life on the Road, Part 1
11:13
11:13
172
Life on the Road, Part 2
13:10
13:10
173
Life on the Road, Part 3
21:21
21:21