The Complete Columbia Recordings

by Bessie Smith

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Down Hearted Blues3:25
  2. Gulf Coast Blues3:04
  3. Aggravatin’ Papa3:16
  4. Beale Street Mama3:35
  5. Baby Won’t You Please Come Home2:55
  6. Oh Daddy Blues (You Won’t Have No Mama at All)3:05
  7. Ain’t Nobody’s Bizness If I Do3:26
  8. Keeps on A‐Rainin’ (Papa, He Can’t Make No Time)3:07
  9. Mama’s Got the Blues2:56
  10. Outside of That3:27
  11. Bleeding Hearted Blues3:06
  12. Lady Luck Blues3:07
  13. Yodling Blues3:11
  14. Midnight Blues3:17
  15. If You Don’t, I Know Who Will3:35
  16. Nobody in Town Can Bake a Sweet Jelly Roll Like Mine3:31
  17. Jail House Blues3:13
  18. St. Louis Gal3:27
  19. Sam Jones Blues2:47

CD 2

  1. Graveyard Dream Blues2:43
  2. Cemetery Blues3:29
  3. Far Away Blues2:59
  4. I’m Going Back to My Used to Be2:53
  5. Whoa, Tillie, Take Your Time3:10
  6. My Sweetie Went Away3:11
  7. Any Woman’s Blues3:25
  8. Chicago Bound Blues3:16
  9. Mistreating Daddy3:17
  10. Frosty Morning Blues3:13
  11. Haunted House Blues3:29
  12. Eavesdropper’s Blues3:10
  13. Easy Come Easy Go Blues3:08
  14. Sorrowful Blues3:17
  15. Pinchbacks – Take ’em Away3:14
  16. Rocking Chair Blues3:14
  17. Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down3:18
  18. Boweavil Blues2:51
  19. Hateful Blues3:08

CD 3

  1. Frankie Blues3:30
  2. Moonshine Blues3:17
  3. Lou’siana Low‐Down Blues3:23
  4. Mountain Top Blues3:23
  5. Work House Blues3:21
  6. House Rent Blues3:05
  7. Salt Water Blues3:26
  8. Rainy Weather Blues3:36
  9. Weeping Willow Blues3:09
  10. The Bye Bye Blues3:17
  11. Sing Sing Prison Blues3:04
  12. Follow the Deal on Down3:16
  13. Sinful Blues3:08
  14. Woman’s Trouble Blues3:05
  15. Love Me Daddy Blues3:13
  16. Dying Gambler’s Blues2:57
  17. St. Louis Blues3:10
  18. Reckless Blues3:02
  19. Sobbin’ Hearted Blues3:00

CD 4

  1. Cold in Hand Blues3:11
  2. You’ve Been a Good Ole Wagon3:28
  3. Cake Walking Babies (From Home)3:09
  4. The Yellow Dog Blues3:02
  5. Soft Pedal Blues3:18
  6. Dixie Flyer Blues3:08
  7. Nashville Woman’s Blues3:43
  8. Careless Love3:25
  9. J.C. Holmes Blues3:03
  10. I Ain’t Goin’ to Play No Second Fiddle3:21
  11. He’s Gone Blues3:09
  12. Nobody’s Blues but Mine2:50
  13. I Ain’t Got Nobody3:09
  14. My Man Blues3:29
  15. New Gulf Coast Blues3:09
  16. Florida Bound Blues3:12
  17. At the Christmas Ball3:24
  18. I’ve Been Mistreated and I Don’t Like It2:54

CD 5

  1. Red Mountain Blues3:11
  2. Golden Rule Blues3:04
  3. Lonesome Desert Blues3:25
  4. Them “Has Been” Blues3:31
  5. Squeeze Me2:53
  6. What’s the Matter Now?2:45
  7. I Want Every Bit of It2:36
  8. Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town3:19
  9. The Gin House Blues3:13
  10. Money Blues3:10
  11. Baby Doll3:00
  12. Hard Driving Papa2:57
  13. Lost Your Head Blues2:54
  14. Hard Time Blues3:13
  15. Honey Man Blues3:13
  16. One and Two Blues2:54
  17. Young Woman’s Blues3:08
  18. Preachin’ the Blues2:51
  19. Back Water Blues3:18
  20. After You’ve Gone2:56
  21. Alexander’s Ragtime Band2:59

CD 6

  1. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)3:06
  2. There’ll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight3:27
  3. Trombone Cholly3:10
  4. Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair3:21
  5. Them’s Graveyard Words2:56
  6. Hot Springs Blues2:55
  7. Sweet Mistreater3:01
  8. Lock and Key2:58
  9. Mean Old Bedbug Blues3:11
  10. A Good Man Is Hard to Find2:58
  11. Homeless Blues2:58
  12. Looking for My Man Blues2:48
  13. Dyin’ by the Hour2:58
  14. Foolish Man Blues2:53
  15. Thinking Blues3:07
  16. Pickpocket Blues2:42
  17. I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama2:49
  18. I’d Rather Be Dead and Buried in My Grave2:57

CD 7

  1. Standin’ in the Rain Blues2:53
  2. It Won’t Be You2:47
  3. Spider Man Blues3:22
  4. Empty Red Blues, Part 13:01
  5. Empty Bed Blues, Part 23:20
  6. Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There)2:59
  7. Yes Indeed He Do!3:15
  8. Devil’s Gonna Get You3:10
  9. You Ought to Be Ashamed3:06
  10. Washwoman’s Blues3:09
  11. Slow and Easy Man2:56
  12. Poor Man’s Blues3:24
  13. Please Help Me Get Him Out of My Mind2:55
  14. Me and My Gin2:49
  15. I’m Wild About That Thing2:48
  16. You’ve Got to Give Me Some2:42
  17. Kitchen Man2:46
  18. I’ve Got What It Takes (But It Breaks My Heart to Give It Away)3:09
  19. Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out2:57
  20. Take It Right Back (’Cause I Don’t Want It Here)3:20

CD 8

  1. He’s Got Me Goin’3:12
  2. It Makes My Love Come Down2:56
  3. Wasted Life Blues3:01
  4. Dirty No‐Gooder’s Blues2:55
  5. Blue Spirit Blues2:55
  6. Worn Out Papa Blues2:48
  7. You Don’t Understand3:04
  8. Don’t Cry Baby3:09
  9. Keep It to Yourself3:30
  10. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues2:57
  11. See If I’ll Care3:23
  12. Baby Have Pity on Me3:19
  13. On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)2:55
  14. Moan, You Moaners3:12
  15. Hustlin’ Dan3:30
  16. Black Mountain Blues3:07
  17. In the House Blues3:00
  18. Long Old Road3:26
  19. Blues Blues3:12
  20. Shipwreck Blues3:20

CD 9

  1. Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl2:47
  2. Safety Mama3:24
  3. Do Your Duty3:23
  4. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)3:28
  5. Take Me for a Buggy Ride2:36
  6. I’m Down in the Dumps3:10
  7. The Yellow Dog Blues (alternate take)3:16
  8. Soft Pedal Blues (alternate take)3:20
  9. Nashville Woman’s Blues (album version)3:16
  10. Careless Love Blues (alternate take)3:28
  11. Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) (album version)3:11
  12. St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro / Crap Game / St. Louis Blues14:45

CD 10

  1. Bessie Disappears4:49
  2. Waldorf‐Astoria Party7:15
  3. Bessie & Jack, Part 12:50
  4. Bessie & Jack, Part 218:21
  5. Life on the Road, Part 111:13
  6. Life on the Road, Part 213:10
  7. Life on the Road, Part 321:21