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Bessie Smith With Louis Armstrong ‎– The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.1 Label: Columbia ‎– CL 855 Series: The Golden Era Series – Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono Country: US Released:   Genre: Jazz, Blues Style: Louisiana Blues Tracklist A1St. Louis Blues A2I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle A3You've Been A Good Ole Wagon A4Sobbin' Hearted Blues A5Reckless Blues A6J.C. Holmes Blues B1Careless Love Blues B2Cold In Hand Blues B3Nashville Woman's Blues B4Jailhouse Blues B5Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down B6Down Hearted Blues Primis Player Placeholder


Companies, etc. Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria Credits Design – Monogram (2), Stanley (10) Harmonium – Fred Longshaw Piano – Clarence Williams, Fred Longshaw, Irving Johns Trombone – Charlie Green Trumpet – Louis Armstrong Violin – Robert Robbins Voice – Bessie Smith Notes Recording dates: February 17, 1923 - "Down Hearted Blues" April 7, 1923 - "Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down" January 24, 1925 - "St.Louis Blues"; "Reckless Blues"; "You've Been A Good Ole Wagon"; "Sobbin' Hearted Blues"; "Cold In Hand Blues" May 26, 1925 - "Careless Love Blues"; "Nashville Woman's Blues" May 27, 1925 - "I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle"; "J.C. Holmes Blues"
Red 1970s "no eye" Columbia label
Bessie Smith ‎– The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 2 Label: Columbia ‎– CL 856 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono Country: US Released:   Genre: Blues Style:   Tracklist A1Gimme A Pigfoot A2Take Me For A Buggy Ride A3Do Your Duty A4I'm Down In The Dumps A5Black Mountain Blues A6New Orleans Hop Scop Blues B1Weeping Willow Blues B2Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town B3The Gin House Blues B4Poor Man's Blues B5Me And My Gin B6Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
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Credits Bass – Billy Taylor* (tracks: A1-A4) Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: A1), Buster Bailey (tracks: B2, B3), Garvin Bushell (tracks: A5) Cornet – Ed Allen (tracks: B6), Joe Smith (3) (tracks: B1) Design – Monogram (2), Stanley (10) Guitar – Bobby Johnson (tracks: A1-A4) Piano – Buck Washington (tracks: A1-A4), Clarence Williams (tracks: A5, B6), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: B1-B3), Porter Grainger (tracks: B4, B5) Producer – George Avakian Saxophone – Bob Fuller (tracks: B4), Ernest "Sticky" Elliot* (tracks: B4) Tenor Saxophone – Chu Berry* (tracks: A1-A4) Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: A5, B1), Jack Teagarden (tracks: A1-A4), Joe Williams (11) (tracks: B4, B5) Trumpet – Frank Newton (tracks: A1-A4), Louis Bacon (tracks: A5) Tuba – Cyrus St. Clair (tracks: B6) Vocals – Bessie Smith
Bessie Smith with Joe Smith (3) & Fletcher Henderson's Hot Six* ‎– The Bessie Smith Story - Vol.3 Label: Columbia ‎– GL 505 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono Country: US Released: 1951 Genre: Jazz, Blues Style:   Tracklist A1Alexander's Ragtime Band A2Baby Doll A3The Yellow Dog Blues (He's Gone Where The Southern Cross' The Yellow Dog) A4One And Two Blues A5Money Blues A6After You've Gone B1Cake Walking Babies (From Home) B2Young Woman's Blues B3At The Christmas Ball B4There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town To-Night B5Lost Your Head Blues B6Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)
Bessie Smith ‎– The Bessie Smith Story - Volume 4 Label: Columbia ‎– GL 506 Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Mono Country: US Released: 1951 Genre: Blues Style:   Tracklist A1Back Water Blues A2Preachin' The Blues A3Moan, Mourners A4He's Got Me Goin' A5Blue Spirit Blues A6On Revival Day B1Trombone Cholly B2Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair B3Long Old Road B4Shipwreck Blues B5Empty Bed Blues