Compact disc Liner notes in English, French and Spanish in container Compilation of previously released material Includes bonus disc: Original blues divas Performed by Bessie Smith, guitar and vocals
Contents:
Disc 1. Down hearted blues (3:25) A good man is hard to find (3:00) I ain't gonna play no second fiddle (3:19) Careless love (3:22) Muddy water [a mississippi moan] (3:07) T'ain't nobody's bizness if i do (3:28) I need a little sugar in my bowl (2:50) Send me to the 'lectric chair (3:22) Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer (3:29) Empty bed blues [part one] (3:01) Empty bed blues [part two] (3:19) Back water blues (3:17) The yellow dog blues (3:01) Me and my gin (2:49) St Louis blues (3:09) Jazzbo Brown from Memphis town (3:18) Nobody knows you when you're down and out (2:57) After you've gone (2:55) Jailhouse blues (3:13) Dirty no-gooder's blues (2:44) I'd rather be dead and buried in my grave (2:47) Disc 2. Original blues divas. Coffee grindin' blues / Lucille Bogan (3:25) My stove's in good condition / Lil Johnson (2:56) Knockin' myself out / Lil Green (2:58) Dirty mother for you / Memphis Minnie (2:46) Short John / Dinah Washington (2:51) Dope head blues / Victoria Spivey (3:18) Love shows weakness / Merline Johnson (2:39) When I get low I get high / Ella Fitzgerald (2:23) Jack I'm mellow / Trixie Smith (2:44) I'm a mighty tight woman / Sippie Wallace (2:52) One monkey don't stop now show / Big Maybelle (2:50) Oh what a dream / Ruth Brown (2:53)
