Empty Bed Blues
Bessie Smith
Label : CBS
Reference : 66273
Date : 1971
Tracklist
A1 |
Sorrowful Blues |
|
3:16 |
A2 |
Pinchbacks - Take’em Away |
|
3:13 |
A3 |
Rocking Chair Blues |
|
3:12 |
A4 |
Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down |
|
3:19 |
A5 |
Boweavil Blues |
|
2:51 |
A6 |
Hateful Blues |
|
3:06 |
A7 |
Frankie Blues |
|
3:28 |
A8 |
Moonshine Blues |
|
3:14 |
B1 |
Lou’siana Low Down Blues |
|
3:23 |
B2 |
Mountain Top Blues |
|
3:11 |
B3 |
Work House Blues |
|
3:19 |
B4 |
House Rent Blues |
|
3:05 |
B5 |
Salt Water Blues |
|
3:26 |
B6 |
Rainy Weather Blues |
|
3:34 |
B7 |
Weeping Willow Blues |
|
3:07 |
B8 |
The Bye Bye Blues |
|
3:15 |
C1 |
I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama |
|
2:48 |
C2 |
I’d Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave |
|
2:54 |
C3 |
Standin’ In The Rain Blues |
|
2:52 |
C4 |
It Won’t Be You |
|
2:46 |
C5 |
Spider Man Blues |
|
3:21 |
C6 |
Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 & 2) |
|
6:19 |
C7 |
Put It Right Here (Or Keep It Out There) |
|
2:57 |
D1 |
Yes Indeed He Do ! |
|
3:13 |
D2 |
Devil’s Gonna Get You |
|
3:09 |
D3 |
You Ought To Be Ashamed |
|
3:05 |
D4 |
Washwoman’s Blues |
|
3:07 |
D5 |
Slow And Easy Man |
|
2:55 |
D6 |
Poor Man’s Blues |
|
3:24 |
D7 |
Please Help Me Get Him Off My Mind |
|
2:55 |
D8 |
Me And My Gin |
|
2:50 |
Featured Artists
Alto Saxophone |
Don Redman |
B1-B2 |
Cornet |
Joe Smith |
B7-B8 |
Clarinet,Soprano Saxophone |
Abraham Wheat |
C5 |
Alto Saxophone |
Bob Fuller |
D1-D6 |
Alto Saxophone,Tenor Saxophone |
Ernest Elliott |
D1-D6 |
Clarinet |
Bob Fuller |
C2,C5,D1-D6 |
Clarinet |
Ernest Elliott |
C2,D1-D6 |
Cornet |
Demus Dean [Demas Dean] |
C1,C3-C4 |
Piano |
Fletcher Henderson |
B1-B8 |
Piano |
Fred Longshaw |
C1,C3,C4, |
Piano |
Irving Johns |
A2-A8 |
Piano |
Porter Grainger |
C2,C5-C7,D1-D8 |
Trombone |
Charlie Green |
B3-B8,C1,C3-C4,C6-C7 |
Trombone |
Joe Williams |
D6-D8 |
Violin |
Robert Robbins |
A1,A3-A4,A6-A7 |
Vocals |
Bessie Smith |
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Side A recorded between April 4 and 9, 1924.
Side B recorded between July 22 and September 26, 1924.
Side C recorded between February 9 and March 20, 1928.
Side D recorded on August 23 and 24, 1928.
All selections recorded in New York.
Empty Bed Blues Bessie Smith
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