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Format: CD
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Catalogue No: PLSCD 685
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Label: Castle Pulse
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Genre: Jazz, Blues
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Released: 2004 UK
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Media Condition: Mint (M)
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Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
Product Review:
Sealed.
Bessie Smith recorded for Columbia between 1923 and 1933, becoming the highest-paid Black performer in America during that period. This 2004 Castle Pulse compilation draws 22 tracks from those sessions, all in mono as recorded, including "Backwater Blues," "Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out," and "Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer" -- the last recorded at her final Columbia session in 1933.
Release ID: 13953974
Track List:
1. Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out 2:59
2. St. Louis Blues 3:12
3. Empty Bed Blues (Part 1) 3:02
4. Empty Bed Blues (Part 2) 3:22
5. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon 3:30
6. Careless Love Blues 3:27
7. Squeeze Me 2:54
8. I Ain't Got Nobody 3:12
9. The Gin House Blues 3:14
10. Sobbin' Hearted Blues 3:03
11. Young Woman's Blues 3:10
12. A Good Man Is Hard To Find 3:01
13. Alexander's Ragtime Band 3:00
14. Backwater Blues 3:20
15. After You've Gone 2:58
16. There'll Be A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight 3:20
17. Gulf Coast Blues 3:07
18. 'Taint Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do 3:28
19. Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? 2:58
20. Send Me To The 'Lectric Chair 3:23
21. The Yellow Dog Blues 3:04
22. Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer 3:27
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