| Description |
8 audio discs : digital, mono ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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1.4 m/s |
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mono |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Roots n' blues
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Roots n' blues.
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| Note |
Columbia Legacy : C2K 47091--C2K 47471 --C2K 52388 |
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Additional title on containers: Empress of the blues. |
| Performer |
Bessie Smith, vocals, with various acc. |
| Event |
Recorded Feb. 16, 1923-June 11, 1931, in New York City. |
| Note |
Compact discs; analog recordings. |
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In 4 containers (31 cm.) with biographical notes by Chris Albertson (4 v. : ill.). |
| Contents |
v.1. Down hearted blues (3:25) -- Gulf coast blues (3:04) -- Aggravatin' papa (3:16) -- Beale street mama (3:35) -- Baby won't you please come home (2:55) -- Oh daddy blues (3:05) -- 'Tain't nobody's bizness if I do (3:26) -- Keeps on a-rainin' (Papa, he can't make no time) (3:07) -- Mama's got the blues (2:56) -- Outside of that (3:27) -- Bleeding hearted blues (3:06) -- Lady luck blues (3:07) -- Yodling blues (3:11) -- Midnight blues (3:17) -- If you don't, I know who will (3:35) -- Nobody in town can bake a sweet jelly roll like mine (3:31) -- Jail-house blues (3:13) -- St. Louis gal (3:27) -- Sam Jones blues (2:47). -- |
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v.2. Graveyard dream blues (2:43) -- Cemetery blues (3:29) -- Far away blues (2:59) -- I'm going back to my used to be (2:53) -- Whoa, Tillie, take your time (3:10) -- My sweetie went away (3:11) -- Any woman's blues (3:25) -- Chicago bound blues (3:16) -- Mistreating daddy (3:17) -- Frosty morning blues (3:13) -- Haunted house blues (3:29) -- Eavesdropper's blues (3:10) -- Easy come, easy go blues (3:08) -- Sorrowful blues (3:17) -- Pinchbacks - Take 'em away (3:14) -- Rocking chair blues (3:14) -- Ticket agent, ease your window down (3:18) -- Boweavil blues (2:51) -- Hateful blues (3:08). -- |
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v.3. Frankie blues (3:30) -- Moonshine blues (3:17) -- Lou'siana low-down blues (3:23) -- Mountain top blues (3:23) -- Work house blues (3:21) -- House rent blues (3:05) -- Salt water blues (3:26) -- Rainy weather blues (3:36) -- Weeping willow blues (3:09) -- The bye bye blues (3:17) -- Sing Sing Prison blues (3:04) -- Follow the deal on down (3:16) -- Sinful blues (3:08) -- Woman's trouble blues (3:05) -- Love me daddy blues (3:13) -- Dying gambler's blues (2:57) -- The St. Louis blues (3:10) -- Reckless blues (3:02) -- Sobbin' hearted blues (3:00). -- |
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v.4. Cold in hand blues (3:11) -- You've been a good ole wagon (3:28) -- Cake walkin' babies (from home) (3:09) -- The yellow dog blues (3:02) -- Soft pedal blues (3:18) -- Dixie flyer blues (3:08) -- Nashville women's blues (3:43) -- Careless love blues (3:25) -- J.C. Holmes blues (3:03) -- I ain't goin' to play second fiddle (3:21) -- He's gone blues (3:09) -- Nobody's blues but mine (2:50) -- I ain't got nobody (3:09) -- My man blues (3:29) -- New gulf coast blues (3:09) -- Florida bound blues (3:12) -- At the Christmas ball (3:24) -- I've been mistreated and I don't like it (2:54). -- |
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v.5. 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 (2:45) -- 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). -- |
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v.6. 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). -- |
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v.7. Standin' in the rain blues (2:53) -- It won't be you (2:47) -- Spider man blues (3:22) -- Empty bed blues (part 1) (3:01) -- Empty bed blues (part 2) (3:20) -- Put it right here (or keep it out there) (2:59) -- Yes indeed he do! (3:15) -- Devil's gonna git you (3:10) -- You ought to be ashamed (3:06) -- Washwoman's blues (3:09) -- Slow and easy man (2:56) -- Poor man's blues (3:24) -- Please help me get him out of my mind (2:55) -- Me and my gin (2:49) -- I'm wild about that thing (2:48) -- You've got to give me some (2:42) -- Kitchen man (2:46) -- I've got what it takes (but it breaks my heart to give it away) (3:09) -- Nobody knows when you're down and out (2:57) -- Take it right back ('cause I don't want it here) (3:20)/ -- |
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v.8. He's got me goin' (3:12) -- It makes my love come down (2:56) -- Wasted life blues (3:01) -- Dirty no-gooder's blues (2:55) -- Blue spirit blues (2:55) -- Worn out papa blues (2:48) -- You don't understand (3:04) -- Don't cry baby (3:09) -- Keep it to yourself (3:30) -- New Orleans hop scop blues (2:57) -- See if I'll care (3:23) -- Baby have pity on me (3:19) -- On revival day (A rhythmic spiritual) (2:55) -- Moan, you moaners (3:12) -- Hustlin' Dan (3:30) -- Black mountain blues (3:07) -- In the house blues (3:00) -- Long old road (3:26) -- Blue blues (3:12) -- Shipwreck blues (3:20). |
| Genre/Form |
Blues (Music)
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Blues (Music)
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Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| Added Title |
Empress of the blues.
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| Music No. |
C2K 47091 Columbia Legacy |
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C2K 47471 Columbia Legacy |
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C2K 52838 Columbia Legacy |
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