Bessie Smith The Essential Bessie Smith (2-CD)

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The Essential Bessie Smith (2-CD)
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Format:  CD  (2 Discs)
item number:  34QGQ
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CD Details

  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Released: September 23, 1997
  • Originally Released: 1997
  • Label: Sony

Entertainment Reviews:

Vibe - 12/99, p.158
Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century

Tracks on Disc 1:

  • 1.Aggravatin' Papa
  • 2.Baby Won't You Please Come Home
  • 3.'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do
  • 4.Jail - House Blues
  • 5.Graveyard Dream Blues
  • 6.Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
  • 7.Boweavil Blues
  • 8.Weeping Willow Blues
  • 9.Dying Gambler's Blues
  • 10.St. Louis Blues
  • 11.You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
  • 12.Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
  • 13.Careless Love Blues
  • 14.I Ain't Goin' To Play Second Fiddle
  • 15.At The Christmas Ball
  • 16.Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
  • 17.Backwater Blues
  • 18.After You've Gone

Tracks on Disc 2:

  • 1.Alexander's Ragtime Band
  • 2.There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
  • 3.Trombone Cholly
  • 4.Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair
  • 5.A Good Man Is Hard To Find
  • 6.Dyin' By The Hour
  • 7.Me and My Gin
  • 8.Kitchen Man
  • 9.Nobody Knows When You're Down and Out
  • 10.On Revival Day (A Rythmic Spiritual)
  • 11.Moan, You Moaners
  • 12.Black Mountain Blues
  • 13.Shipwreck Blues
  • 14.Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl
  • 15.Do Your Duty
  • 16.Gimmie A Pigfoot and A Bottle of Beer
  • 17.Take Me For A Buggy Ride
  • 18.Down In The Dumps

Product Info

  • UPC: 074646492222
  • Shipping Weight: 0.35/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 2 items

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