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Bessie Smith
Styles: Blues, Fabulous
Catalogue Number: FADCD2004

This a landmark Bessie Smith release. In that it is the first to concentrate purely on her 49 most popular recordings and to assume that if there where a chart then she would, as one of the most influential recording artists in History, without doubt have topped the charts. These recordings made between 70 and 80 years ago display a power and intensity undiminished by time recordings that still inspire vocalists the world over. As part of our Fabulous range it has been priced to attract both the collector and the curious and to invite people aboard the Bessie Smith fan club that still rolls along even after all these years.

Disk 1:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Down Hearted Blues	Bessie Smith
2	Gulf Coat Blues	Bessie Smith
3	Jailhouse Blues	Bessie Smith
4	St. Louis Gal	Bessie Smith
5	Aggravatin' Papa	Bessie Smith
6	Baby Won't You Please Come Home	Bessie Smith
7	Chicago Bound Blues	Bessie Smith
8	Aint Nobody's Biz-ness If I Do	Bessie Smith
9	Any Woman's Blues	Bessie Smith
10	Easy Come Easy Go Blues	Bessie Smith
11	Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down	Bessie Smith
12	Hateful Blues	Bessie Smith
13	Careless Love Blues	Bessie Smith
14	New Gulf Coast Blues	Bessie Smith
15	I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle	Bessie Smith
16	The Yellow Dog Blues	Bessie Smith
17	I Ain't Got Nobody	Bessie Smith
18	What's The Matter Now	Bessie Smith
19	Baby Doll	Bessie Smith
20	Hard Driving Papa	Bessie Smith
21	The Gin House Blues	Bessie Smith
22	Lost Your Head Blues	Bessie Smith
23	After You've Gone	Bessie Smith
24	Backwater Blues	Bessie Smith
Disk 2:
Track	Title	Artist
1	Preachin' The Blues	Bessie Smith
2	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Bessie Smith
3	A Good Man Is Hard To Find	Bessie Smith
4	Mean Old Bed Bug Blues	Bessie Smith
5	Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair	Bessie Smith
6	Thinking Blues	Bessie Smith
7	I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave	Bessie Smith
8	Empty Bed Blues Pt. 1	Bessie Smith
9	Empty Bed Blues Pt. 2	Bessie Smith
10	Spider Man Blues	Bessie Smith
11	Slow And Easy Man	Bessie Smith
12	I'm Wild About That Thing	Bessie Smith
13	You've Got To Give Me Some	Bessie Smith
14	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out	Bessie Smith
15	Wasted Life Blues	Bessie Smith
16	Don't Cry Baby	Bessie Smith
17	Baby Have Pity On Me	Bessie Smith
18	Hustlin' Dan	Bessie Smith
19	Black Mountain Blues	Bessie Smith
20	In The House Blues	Bessie Smith
21	Blue Blue	Bessie Smith
22	I Need A Little Dugar In My Bowl	Bessie Smith
23	Safety Mama	Bessie Smith
24	Do Your Duty	Bessie Smith
25	Gimme A Pig Foot And A Bottle Of Beer	Bessie Smith