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Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter

Bessie Smith: The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5 - The Final Chapter
Bessie Smith

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl - Bessie Smith
  2. Safety Mama - Bessie Smith
  3. Do Your Duty - Bessie Smith
  4. Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) - Bessie Smith
  5. Take Me for a Buggy Ride - Bessie Smith
  6. I'm Down in the Dumps - Bessie Smith
  7. Yellow Dog Blues - Bessie Smith
  8. Soft Pedal Blues - Bessie Smith
  9. Nashville Women's Blues - Bessie Smith
  10. Careless Love - Bessie Smith
  11. Muddy Water [A Mississippi Moon] - Bessie Smith
  12. St. Louis Blues Soundtrack: Band Intro/Crap Game/C.]St. ...] [A.] - Bessie Smith

Disc 2:

  1. Bessie Disappears - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith
  2. Waldorf-Astoria Party - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith
  3. Bessie and Jack - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith
  4. Bessie and Jack, II/Bessie and The Ladies - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith
  5. Life on the Road, I - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith
  6. Life on the Road, II - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith
  7. Life on the Road, III/Bessie and Gertrude Saunders - Chris Albertson, Ruby Smith

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #223293 in Music
  • Released on: 1996-02-06
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Format: Box set

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com
The last two-CD set in this five-volume collection contains a lot of curiosities, and several pieces of required listening as well: "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl," "Do Your Duty," and "Gimme a Pigfoot" are all here. For curiosities, there's the St. Louis Blues soundtrack, from a film short that contains the only footage of Smith. The second CD consists entirely of interviews with Smith's niece, Ruby Smith, which, while of secondary interest to the music, make for fascinating listening. In a gradual, rambling way, Ruby constructs an image of her famous aunt that reveals additional facets of the Empress of the Blues. --Genevieve Williams

Customer Reviews

Bessie, the queen of blues, lives on in this fabulous box se5
Bessie, the Queen of blues lives on in this box set. The complete recordings is indeed a must have for any true fan of early blues or jazz. She is the icon of a music lost to the ears of many contemporary music lovers. The entire bos set is a thrill to own, and I recommomend it.