Singer: Bessie Smith
Title: The Collection
Label: CBS ‎– 188.048/1-63339
Series: Columbia Jazz Masterpieces –
Type: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue
Country: Brazil
Date of released: 1989
Category: Jazz, Blues
Style: Country Blues, Delta Blues
Size MP3 zip: 1282 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1866 mb
Rating: 4.8✭
Format: MP3 AHX FLAC MMF DTS AIFF RA VQF FLAC

Tracklist Hide Credits

A1	Downhearted Blues Written-By – A. Hunter*, L. Austin*	3:24
A2	'Taint Nobody's Bizness If I Do Written-By – E. Robbins*, P. Grainger*	3:28
A3	My Sweetie Went Away (She Didn't Say Where, When Or Why) Written-By – L. Handman*, R. Turk*	3:12
A4	Weepin' Willow Blues Written-By – P. Carter*	3:10
A5	St. Louis Blues Written-By – W.C. Handy*	3:11
A6	Reckless Blues Written-By – F. Longshaw*	3:01
A7	You've Been A Good Ole Wagon Written-By – Smith*, Balcom*	3:27
A8	I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle Written-By – P. Bradford*	3:21
B1	Young Woman's Blues Written-By – B. Smith*	3:09
B2	Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) Written-By – H. Richman*, J. Trent*, P. DeRose*	3:06
B3	Mean Old Bedbug Blues Written-By – J. Wood*	3:12
B4	Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) Written-By – J.C. Johnson	6:23
B5	Nobody Knows When You're Down And Out Written-By – J. Cox*	2:57
B6	Black Mountain Blues Written-By – H. Cole*	2:59
B7	Do Your Duty Written-By – W. Wilson*	3:26
B8	Gimme A Pigfoot Written-By – W.S. Wilson*	3:30

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Garvin Bushell (tracks: B5)
• Banjo – Charlie Dixon (tracks: B2)
• Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: B7, B8), Buster Bailey (tracks: B1, B2), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: B2), George Baquet
• Cornet – Ed Allen (tracks: B5, B6), Joe Smith (tracks: A4, B1, B2), Louis Armstrong (tracks: A5 to A8)
• Cover – Allen Weinberg
• Double Bass – Billy Taylor* (tracks: B7, B8)
• Engineer [Remastering] – Frank Abbey
• Guitar – Bobby Johnson (tracks: B7, B8), Lincoln Conaway (tracks: B3)
• Liner Notes – Chris Albertson
• Organ – Fred Longshaw (tracks: A5, A6)
• Piano – Buck Washington (tracks: B7, B8), Clarence Williams (tracks: A1, A2, B5), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: A4, A8 to B2), Fred Longshaw (tracks: A7), Jimmy Jones (tracks: A3), Porter Grainger (tracks: B3, B4), Steve Stevens (tracks: B6)
• Producer – Frank Walker, John Hammond
• Producer [Digital Production] – Michael Brooks
• Tenor Saxophone – Greely Walton (tracks: B3), Chu Berry* (tracks: B7, B8)
• Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: A4, A8, B4), Jack Teagarden (tracks: B7, B8), Jimmy Harrison (tracks: B2)
• Trumpet – Frank Newton (tracks: B7, B8)
• Tuba – Cyrus St. Clair (tracks: B5)
• Vocals – Bessie Smith

Notes

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)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CJ 44441	Bessie Smith	The Collection ‎(LP, Comp)	Columbia	CJ 44441	US	1989
CBS 463339 1	Bessie Smith	The Collection ‎(LP, Comp, RM)	CBS	CBS 463339 1	Europe	1989
CJT 44441	Bessie Smith	The Collection ‎(Cass, Comp, RM)	Columbia	CJT 44441	US	1989
CK 44441	Bessie Smith	The Collection ‎(CD, Comp, RM)	Columbia	CK 44441	US	1989
CBS 463339 2, 01-463339-10, 463339 2	Bessie Smith	The Collection ‎(CD, Comp, RM, Mono)	CBS, CBS, CBS	CBS 463339 2, 01-463339-10, 463339 2	Europe	1989