1925-1927

Original Release Date:  November 19, 1996

Track Listing

• 1. My Man Blues
• 2. New Gulf Coast Blues
• 3. Florida Bound Blues
• 4. At the Christmas Ball
• 5. I've Been Mistreated and I Don't Like It
• 6. Red Mountain Blues
• 7. Golden Rule Blues
• 8. Lonesome Desert Blues
• 9. Them "Has Been" Blues
• 10. Squeeze Me
• 11. What's the Matter Now?
• 12. I Want Every Bit of It
• 13. Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
• 14. The Gin House Blues
• 15. Money Blues
• 16. Baby Doll
• 17. Hard Driving Papa
• 18. Lost Your Head Blues
• 19. Hard Time Blues
• 20. Honey Man Blues
• 21. One and Two Blues
• 22. Young Woman's Blues
• 23. Preachin' the Blues
• 24. Backwater Blues

Credits

• Bessie Smith: Vocals
• Buster Bailey: Clarinet
• Joe Henderson: Composer
• James P. Johnson: Piano
• Don Redman: Clarinet, Sax (Alto)
• Fletcher Henderson: Piano, Composer
• Shelton Hemphill: Cornet
• Huddie Ledbetter: Composer
• Fred Longshaw: Piano, Composer
• Joe "Fox" Smith: Cornet
• Allen Toussaint: Composer
• Clarence Williams: Piano, Composer
• Spencer Williams: Composer
• G.C. Coleman: Composer
• Charlie Green: Trombone
• Clara Smith: Vocals, Performer
• Stanley Miller: Piano
• Dave Leader: Composer
• Henry Troy: Composer
• Harry Eller: Composer
• M. G. Coleman: Composer