Bessie Smith, the complete recordings.

Author/creator Smith, Bessie
Format Audio (CD)
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Columbia Legacy, ©1992.
Description2 audio discs : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Variant title Container title: Empress of the blues
SeriesRoots n' blues
Roots n' blues. ^A303514
Contents disc 1 : Red Mountain blues (3:11) ; Golden rule blues (3:04) ; Lonesome desert blues (3:25) ; Them "has been" blues (3:31) ; Squeeze me (2:53) ; What's the matter now? (2:45) ; I want every bit of it (2:36) ; Jazzbo Brown from Memphis town (3:19) ; The gin house blues (3:13) ; Money blues (3:10) ; Baby doll (3:00) ; Hard driving Papa (2:57) ; Lost your head blues (2:54) ; Hard time blues (3:13) ; Honey man blues (3:13) ; One and two blues (2:54) ; Young woman's blues (3:08) ; Preachin' the blues (2:51) ; Back water blues (3:18) ; After you've gone (2:56) ; Alexander's Ragtime Band (2:59) --
Contents disc 2 : Muddy water : a Mississippi moan (3:06) ; There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight (3:27) ; Trombone Cholly (3:10) ; Send me to the 'lectric chair (3:21) ; Them's graveyard words (2:56) ; Hot spring blues (2:55) ; Sweet mistreater (3:01) ; Lock and key (2:58) ; Mean old bedbug blues (3:11) ; A good man is hard to find (2:58) ; Homeless blues (2:58) ; Looking for my man blues (2:48) ; Dyin' by the hour (2:58) ; Foolish man blues (2:53) ; Thinking blues (3:07) ; Pickpocket blues (2:42) ; I used to be your sweet Mama (2:49) ; I'd rather be dead and buried in my grave (2:57).
Local noteJOYNER MUSIC LIBRARY RECORDING ACCOMPANIED BY OVERSIZE INSERT LOCATED AT CDI-2039 v. 3.
General noteCompact disc.
General noteBooklet with biographical and discographical information (38 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.) laid in container.
Performer Bessie Smith, vocals ; with various acc.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded between 1925-1928 in New York City.
Other titleRed Mountain blues (B. Smith)
Other titleGolden rule blues (B. Smith)
Other titleLonesome desert blues (B. Smith)
Other titleThem "has been" blues (B. Smith)
Other titleSqueeze me (B. Smith)
Other titleWhat's the matter now? (B. Smith)
Other titleI want every bit of it (B. Smith)
Other titleJazzbo Brown from Memphis town (B. Smith)
Other titleGin house blues (B. Smith)
Other titleMoney blues (B. Smith)
Other titleBaby doll (B. Smith)
Other titleHard driving Papa (B. Smith)
Other titleLost your head blues (B. Smith)
Other titleHard time blues (B. Smith)
Other titleHoney man blues (B. Smith)
Other titleOne and two blues (B. Smith)
Other titleYoung woman's blues (B. Smith)
Other titlePreachin' the blues (B. Smith)
Other titleBack water blues (B. Smith)
Other titleAfter you've gone (B. Smith)
Other titleAlexander's Ragtime Band (B. Smith)
Other titleMuddy water (B. Smith)
Other titleMississippi moan (B. Smith)
Other titleThere'll be a hot time in the old town tonight (B. Smith)
Other titleTrombone Cholly (B. Smith)
Other titleSend me to the 'lectric chair (B. Smith)
Other titleThem's graveyard words (B. Smith)
Other titleHot spring blues (B. Smith)
Other titleSweet mistreater (B. Smith)
Other titleLock and key (B. Smith)
Other titleMean old bedbug blues (B. Smith)
Other titleGood man is hard to find (B. Smith)
Other titleHomeless blues (B. Smith)
Other titleLooking for my man blues (B. Smith)
Other titleDyin' by the hour (B. Smith)
Other titleFoolish man blues (B. Smith)
Other titleThinking blues (B. Smith)
Other titlePickpocket blues (B. Smith)
Other titleI used to be your sweet Mama (B. Smith)
Other titleI'd rather be dead and buried in my grave (B. Smith)
UPC 7464474742
Publisher numberC2K 47474 Columbia Legacy