Album · 1997
The Essential Bessie Smith
Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Aggravatin' Papa
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:19
2
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:57
3
'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do
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3:28
4
Jail-House Blues
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:15
5
Graveyard Dream Blues
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2:45
6
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:20
7
Boweavil Blues
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2:53
8
Weeping Willow Blues
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:11
9
Dying Gambler's Blues
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2:59
10
St. Louis Blues
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3:12
11
You've Been a Good Ole Wagon
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:29
12
Cake Walkin' Babies From Home
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:11
13
Careless Love Blues
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:27
14
I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:23
15
At the Christmas Ball
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:26
16
Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:21
17
Backwater Blues
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:19
18
After You've Gone
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:56
Disc 2
1
Alexander's Ragtime Band
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:01
2
There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
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3:20
3
Trombone Cholly
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:12
4
Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:23
5
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:00
6
Dyin' By the Hour
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3:00
7
Me and My Gin
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:51
8
Kitchen Man
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:57
9
Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:58
10
On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:57
11
Moan, You Moaners
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:13
12
Black Mountain Blues
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:09
13
Shipwreck Blues
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:22
14
Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:49
15
Do Your Duty
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:26
16
Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:31
17
Take Me for a Buggy Ride
The Essential Bessie Smith
2:37
18
Down in the Dumps
The Essential Bessie Smith
3:09
In print
First pressed 1997 — 3 pressings across 3 countries.