The Complete Recordings, Vol. 5: The Final Chapter
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| Artist: | Bessie Smith |
| Release date: | 1996 |
| Genre: | Blues, Jazz |
| Tracks: | 19 |
| Duration: | 02:02:25 |
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Tracks
[Edit]| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl | 2:50 |
| 2. | Safety Mama | 3:26 |
| 3. | Do Your Duty | 3:26 |
| 4. | Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer | 3:30 |
| 5. | Take Me for a Buggy Ride | 2:37 |
| 6. | I'm Down In the Dumps (78rpm Version) | 3:12 |
| 7. | The Yellow Dog Blues (Alternate Take) | 3:18 |
| 8. | Soft Pedal Blues (Alternate Take) | 3:22 |
| 9. | Nashville Women's Blues | 3:18 |
| 10. | Careless Love Blues (take 1) | 3:29 |
| 11. | Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan) (featuring Her Band) | 3:13 |
| 12. | St. Louis Blues Soundtrack | 14:48 |
| 13. | Bessie Disappears | 4:50 |
| 14. | Waldorf-Astoria Party | 7:15 |
| 15. | Bessie & Jack, I | 2:52 |
| 16. | Bessie & Jack, II / Bessie & The Ladies | 10:23 |
| 17. | Life on the Road, I | 11:14 |
| 18. | Life on the Road, II | 14:02 |
| 19. | Life on the Road, III / Bessie & Gertrude Sanders | 21:20 |
Details
[Edit]The fifth and final of the two-CD Bessie Smith sets wraps up the complete reissuance of the Empress of the Blues' recordings. Music from her final two sessions (including the well-known "Gimme a Pigfoot") date from 1931 and 1933, there are five alternate takes from 1925 and 1927 which, although rare, are not previously unreleased as it states, and there is the soundtrack from Smith's one film, 1929's St. Louis Blues. The second disc is quite a bit different, for Ruby Smith (Bessie's niece) is heard in the early '70s reminiscing to Chris Albertson about life with the blues singer. The stories are R rated and quite spicy and sometimes almost unbelievable, dealing more with Bessie Smith's sex life and drinking than her singing, but they are certainly fun to hear!