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Bessie Smith
The Collection
Compil. US 1989 on Columbia label
Jazz and Blues (Country Blues, Delta Blues)
All tracks originally recorded in New York. Track #A1 recorded February 16, 1923: Columbia A.3844 (mx 80863-5) #A2 - April 26, 1923: Columbia A.3898 (mx 80862-10) #A3 - October 15, 1923: Columbia 13000-D (mx 81245-6) #A4 - September 26, 1924: Columbia 14042-D (mx 140062-2) #A5 - January 14, 1925: Columbia 14064-D (mx 140241-1) #A6 - January 14, 1925: Columbia 14056-D (mx 140242-1) #A7 - January 14, 1925: Columbia 14079-D (mx 140251-1) #A8 - May 27, 1925: Columbia 14090-D (mx 140630-1) #B1 - October 26, 1926: Columbia 14179-D (mx W.142878-3) #B2 - March 2, 1927: Columbia 14197-D (mx W.143569-3) #B3 - September 27, 1927: Columbia 14250-D (mx W.144796-3) #B4 - March 20, 1928: Columbia 14312-D (mx W.145785-3/W.145786-1) #B5 - May 15, 1929: Columbia 14451-D (mx W.148534-3) #B6 - July 22, 1930: Columbia 14554-D (mx W.150658-2) #B7 - November 24, 1933: OKeh 8945 (mx W.152577-2) #B8 - November 24, 1933: OKeh 8949 (mx W.152578-2)
Musicians
 | Bessie Smith voc, 1894-1937 US vocals, album by, written by |
 | Garvin Bushell cl, sax, as, 1902-1991 US alto saxophone |
 | Charlie Dixon bj, 1898-1940 US banjo |
 | Benny Goodman cl, 1909-1986 US clarinet |
 | Buster Bailey cl, 1902-1967 US clarinet |
 | Coleman Hawkins ts, 1904-1969 US clarinet |
 | George Baquet cl, 1883-1949 US clarinet |
 | Ed Allen cor, tr, 1897-1974 US cornet |
 | Joe Smith tr, 1902-1937 US cornet |
 | Louis Armstrong tr, voc, 1901-1971 US cornet |
 | Billy Taylor Sr. b, 1906-1986 US double bass |
 | Bobby Johnson g, 1912-1997 US guitar |
 | Lincoln Conaway g, US guitar |
 | Fred Longshaw , organ, piano, written by |
 | Buck Washington p, 1903-1955 US piano |
 | Clarence Williams p, voc, 1893-1965 US piano |
 | Fletcher Henderson p, 1897-1952 US piano |
 | Jimmy Jones p, piano |
 | Porter Grainger org, p, 1891-1955 US piano, written by |
 | Steve Stevens piano |
 | Greely Walton ts, 1904-1993 US tenor saxophone |
 | Leon "Chu" Berry ts, 1908-1941 US tenor saxophone |
 | Charlie Green tb, 1900-1936 US trombone |
 | Jack Teagarden tb, voc, 1905-1964 US trombone |
 | Jimmy Harrison voc, tb, 1900-1931 US trombone |
 | Frank Newton tr, 1906-1954 US trumpet |
 | Cyrus St. Clair ssph, tu, 1890-1955 US tuba |
Producers
| Allen Weinberg cover |
| Frank Abbey engineer, remastering |
| Chris Albertson liner notes |
| Frank Walker producer |
| John Hammond producer |
| Michael Brooks producer, digital production |
Album Tracks 
| No | |
Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Downhearted Blues | Bessie Smith | Alberta Hunter, Lovie Austin | 3:24 |
| 2 | | 'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do | Bessie Smith | Everett Robbins, Porter Grainger | 3:28 |
| 3 | | My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why) | Bessie Smith | Lou Handman, Roy Turk | 3:12 |
| 4 | | Weepin' Willow Blues | Bessie Smith | Paul Carter | 3:10 |
| 5 | | St. Louis Blues | Bessie Smith | W. C. Handy | 3:11 |
| 6 | | Reckless Blues | Bessie Smith | Fred Longshaw | 3:01 |
| 7 | | You've Been A Good Ole Wagon | Bessie Smith | C. Smith, Stuart Balcomb | 3:27 |
| 8 | | I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle | Bessie Smith | Perry Bradford | 3:21 |
| 9 | | Young Woman's Blues | Bessie Smith | Bessie Smith | 3:09 |
| 10 | | Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) | Bessie Smith | Harry Richman, Jo Trent, Peter de Rose | 3:06 |
| 11 | | Mean Old Bedbug Blues | Bessie Smith | Leo Wood | 3:12 |
| 12 | | Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) | Bessie Smith | J.C. Johnson | 6:23 |
| 13 | | Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out | Bessie Smith | Jimmy Cox | 2:57 |
| 14 | | Black Mountain Blues | Bessie Smith | Henry Cole | 2:59 |
| 15 | | Do Your Duty | Bessie Smith | Wesley Wilson | 3:26 |
| 16 | Gimme A Pigfoot | Bessie Smith | Wesley Wilson | 3:30 |
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