Bessie Smith – The Collection

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Label:	Columbia – CK 44441
Series:	Columbia Jazz Masterpieces
Format:	CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country:	US
Released:	1989
Genre:	Jazz, Blues
Style:

Tracklist

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

Companies, etc.

Glass Mastered At – DADC – DIDP-071354

Credits

Alto Saxophone – Garvin Bushell (tracks: 13)
Banjo – Charlie Dixon (tracks: 10)
Clarinet – Benny Goodman (tracks: 15, 16), Buster Bailey (tracks: 9, 10), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 10), George Baquet
Cornet – Ed Allen (tracks: 13, 14), Joe Smith (3) (tracks: 4, 9, 10), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 5 to 8)
Cover – Allen Weinberg
Double Bass – Billy Taylor* (tracks: 15, 16)
Engineer [Remastering] – Frank Abbey
Guitar – Bobby Johnson (tracks: 15, 16), Lincoln Conaway (tracks: 11)
Liner Notes – Chris Albertson
Organ – Fred Longshaw (tracks: 5, 6)
Piano – Buck Washington (tracks: 15, 16), Clarence Williams (tracks: 1, 2, 13), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 4, 8 to 10), Fred Longshaw (tracks: 7), Jimmy Jones (8) (tracks: 3), Porter Grainger (tracks: 11, 12), Steve Stevens (2) (tracks: 14)
Producer – Frank Walker, John Hammond
Producer [Digital Production] – Michael Brooks (2)
Tenor Saxophone – Greely Walton (tracks: 13), Chu Berry* (tracks: 15, 16)
Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: 4, 8, 12), Jack Teagarden (tracks: 15, 16), Jimmy Harrison (tracks: 10)
Trumpet – Frank Newton (tracks: 15, 16)
Tuba – Cyrus St. Clair (tracks: 13)
Vocals – Bessie Smith

Notes

All tracks originally recorded in New York.

Track #1 recorded February 16, 1923: Columbia A.3844 (mx 80863-5)
#2 - April 26, 1923: Columbia A.3898 (mx 80862-10)
#3 - October 15, 1923: Columbia 13000-D (mx 81245-6)
#4 - September 26, 1924: Columbia 14042-D (mx 140062-2)
#5 - January 14, 1925: Columbia 14064-D (mx 140241-1)
#6 - January 14, 1925: Columbia 14056-D (mx 140242-1)
#7 - January 14, 1925: Columbia 14079-D (mx 140251-1)
#8 - May 27, 1925: Columbia 14090-D (mx 140630-1)
#9 - October 26, 1926: Columbia 14179-D (mx W.142878-3)
#10 - March 2, 1927: Columbia 14197-D (mx W.143569-3)
#11 - September 27, 1927: Columbia 14250-D (mx W.144796-3)
#12 - March 20, 1928: Columbia 14312-D (mx W.145785-3/W.145786-1)
#13 - May 15, 1929: Columbia 14451-D (mx W.148534-3)
#14 - July 22, 1930: Columbia 14554-D (mx W.150658-2)
#15 - November 24, 1933: OKeh 8945 (mx W.152577-2)
#16 - November 24, 1933: OKeh 8949 (mx W.152578-2)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 07464444412
Barcode (Scanned): 074644444124
Matrix / Runout: DIDP-071354 2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	The Collection (LP, Compilation, Remastered)	Columbia	CJ 44441	US	1989
Recently Edited	The Collection (Cassette, Compilation, Remastered, Dolby)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	CJT 44441, JT44441, 44441	US	1989
Recently Edited	The Collection (CD, Compilation, Remastered, Mono)	CBS, CBS, CBS	CBS 463339 2, 01-463339-10, 463339 2	Europe	1989
Recently Edited	The Collection (LP, Compilation, Remastered)	CBS	CBS 463339 1	Europe	1989
	The Collection (LP, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered)	CBS	188.048/1-63339	Brazil	1989

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Reviews

spiderfriend Mar 31, 2022
Edited 2 years ago
The oldest recording on this set is 99 years old and I bet the people who recorded this treasure were attempting to squeeze every bit of bandwidth into that moment with some rather limited equipment, amazing. Then we have the digital mastering pioneers with the greatest recording capability humankind has ever produced and they proceed to destroy those oldest most precious slices of time that belong to the continuum of human creativity, for greed and ideology.