Bessie Smith - Empty Bed Blues mp3 flac

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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 Alto Saxophone – Don Redman	3:23
B2	Mountain Top Blues Alto Saxophone – Don Redman	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 Cornet – Joe Smith	3:07
B8	The Bye Bye Blues Cornet – Joe Smith	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 Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone – Abraham Wheat	3:21
C6	Empty Bed Blues (Part 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	Washwomam'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

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Bob Fuller (tracks: D1 to D6)
• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Ernest Elliot (tracks: D1 to D6)
• Clarinet – Bob Fuller (tracks: C2, C5, D1 to D6), Ernest Elliot (tracks: C2, D1 to D6)
• Cornet – Demus Dean* (tracks: C1, C3, C4)
• Cover [Art] – Philip Hays
• Edited By, Remastered By [Techn. Restoration] – Larry Hiller
• Executive Producer – John Hammond
• Liner Notes – Chris Albertson
• Piano – Fletcher Henderson (tracks: B1 to B8), Fred Longshaw (tracks: C1, C3, C4,), Irving Johns (tracks: A2 to A8), Porter Grainger (tracks: C2, C5 to C7, D1 to D8)
• Producer, Liner Notes – Chris Albertson
• Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: B3 to B8, C1, C3, C4, C6, C7), Joe Williams (tracks: D6 to D8)
• Violin – Robert Robbins (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, A7)
• Vocals – Bessie Smith

Notes

Gatefold sleeve.
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.

NOTE: First vinyl holds side A and D, second vinyl side B and C.
The tracklist follows the tracklist on sleeve (Side 1=A/ Side 2=B/ Side 3=C/ Side 4=D)

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
G 30450	Bessie Smith	Empty Bed Blues ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono)	Columbia	G 30450	US	1971
B2VL 072	Bessie Smith	Empty Bed Blues ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono)	Avan-Guard	B2VL 072	Australia	Unknown
66273	Bessie Smith	Empty Bed Blues ‎(2xLP, Comp, Mono, RE, Gat)	CBS	66273	UK	Unknown
G 30450, C 30451	Bessie Smith	Empty Bed Blues ‎(2xCD, Comp)	Columbia, Columbia	G 30450, C 30451	US	1996
66273, M6 6273	Bessie Smith	Empty Bed Blues ‎(2xLP, Comp, RE, Mono)	CBS, CBS	66273, M6 6273	UK	Unknown