Bessie Smith
CD 1
Easy Come
Down Hearted Blues (A. Hunter – L. Austin) 3:26
Gulf Coast Blues (C. Williams) 3:05
Oh Daddy Blues (E. Herbert – W. Russell) 3:05
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (C. Williams – C. Warfield) 2:56
Agravatin’ Papa (R. Turk – J.R. Robinson – A. Britt) 3:17
Beale Street Mama (R. Turk – J.R. Robinson) 3:35
Keeps On A-Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)(S. Williams – M.Kortlander) 3:07
Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do (P. Grainger – E. Robbins) 3:27
Mama’s Got The Blues (S. Martin – C. Williams) 2:57
Outside Of That (C. Williams – J.H. Trent) 3:28
Lady Luck Blues (W. Weber – C. Williams) 3:08
Yodling Blues (C. Williams – A. Hill) 3:12
Bleeding Hearted Blues (L. Austin) 3:06
Midnight Blues (B. Thompson – S. Williams) 3:18
If You Don’t, I Know Who Will (C. Williams – C. Smith – T. Bryn) 3:36
Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine (C. Williams – S. Williams) 3:32
Jail House Blues (B. Smith – C. Williams) 3:14
Sam Jones Blues (A. Bernard – R. Turk – J.R. Robinson) 2:48
Cemetery Blues (S. Laney – S. Williams) 3:30
Graveyard Dream Blues (I. Cox) 2:44
Far Away Blues (G. Brooks) 2:58
Total Time: 67:41
CD 2
Easy Go Blues
I’m Going Back To My Used To Be (J. Cox) 2:53
My Sweet Went Away (L. Handman – R. Turk) 3:12
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time (T. Layton – H. Creamer) 3:11
Any Woman’s Blues (L. Austin) 3:25
Chicago Bound Blues (L. Austin) 3:17
Mistreating Daddy (P. Grainger – B. Ricketts) 3:18
Frosty Morning Blues (E. Brown) 3:13
Easy Come Easy Go Blues (W. Jackson – E. Brown) 3:09
Eavesdropper’s Blues (J. C. Johnson) 3:11
Haunted House Blues (J. C. Johnson) 3:30
Sorrowful Blues (B. Smith – Johns) 3:17
Rocking Chair Blues (B. Smith – Johns) 3:14
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down (S. Williams) 3:17
Boweavil Blues (G. Rainey – L. Austin) 2:52
Hateful Blues (E. Johnson) 3:08
Pinchbacks-Take Em Away (B. Smith – J. Johns) 3:15
Nashville Woman’s Blues (F. Longshaw) 3:44
Sweet Mistreater (H. Creamer – J. Johnson) 3:01
Mean Old Bedbug Blues (Wood) 3:11
Blue Spirit Blues (S. Williams) 2:55
Black Mountain Blues (H. Cole) 3:08
The House Blues (B. Smith) 2:58
Total Time: 70:31
CD 1
Down Hearted Blues
New York, February 16, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)
Gulf Coast Blues
New York, February 16, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)
Oh Daddy Blues
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home
New York, April 11, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)
Agravatin’ Papa
Beale Street Mama
New York, April 11, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p), Buddy Christian (bjo)
Keeps On A-Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)
New York, April 26, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)
Taint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do
New York, April 26, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clarence Williams (p)
Mama’s Got The Blues
Outside Of That
New York, April 28, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Fletcher Henderson (p)
Lady Luck Blues
Yodling Blues
Bleeding Hearted Blues
New York, June 14, 1923
Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)
Midnight Blues
New York, June 15, 1923
Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)
If You Don’t, I Know Who Will
New York, June 21, 1923
Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)
Nobody In Town Can Bake A Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine
New York, June 22, 1923
Bessie Smith, Fletcher Henderson (p)
Jail House Blues
New York, September 21, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Irvin Johns (p)
Sam Jones Blues
New York, September 24, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Irvin Johns (p)
Cemetery Blues
Graveyard Dream Blues
New York, September 26, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Jimmy Jones (p)
Far Away Blues
New York, October 04, 1923
Bessie Smith, Clara Smith (vcl), Fletcher Henderson (p)
CD 2
I’m Going Back To My Used To Be
New York, October 04, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Clara Smith (vcl), Fletcher Henderson (p)
My Sweet Went Away
Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time
New York, October 15, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), George Banquet or Ernest Elliot (cl), Jimmy Jones (p)
Any Woman’s Blues
New York, October 16, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), James P. Johnson (p)
Chicago Bound Blues
Mistreating Daddy
New York, December 04, 1923
Bessie Smith (vcl), Don Redman (cl), Fletcher Henderson (p)
Frosty Morning Blues
New York, January 08, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Jimmy Jones (p), Harry Reser (g)
Easy Come Easy Go Blues
New York, January 10, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Jimmy Jones (p), Harry Reser (g)
Eavesdropper’s Blues
Haunted House Blues
New York, January 09, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Don Redman (cl), Fletcher Henderson (p)
Sorrowful Blues
New York, April 04, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), John Griffin (g)
Rocking Chair Blues
New York, April 04, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
New York, April 05, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)
Boweavil Blues
New York, April 07, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)
Hateful Blues
New York, April 08, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Robert Robbins (vln), Irving Jones (p)
Pinchbacks-Take Em Away
New York, April 04, 1924
Bessie Smith (vcl), Irving Jones (p)
Nashville Woman’s Blues
New York, May 26, 1925
Louis Armstrong (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Fletcher Henderson (p)
Sweet Mistreater
New York, April 01, 1927
James P. Johnson (p)
Mean Old Bedbug Blues
New York, September 27, 1927
Porter Grainger (p), Lincoln Conaway (g)
Blue Spirit Blues
New York, October 11, 1929
Bessie Smith (vcl), James P. Johnson (p)
Black Mountain Blues
New York, July 22, 1930
Ed Allen (cn), Steve Stevens (p)
The House Blues
New York, June 11, 1931
Louis Bacon (cn), Charlie Green (tb), Clarence Williams (p), Floyd Casey (d)