Bessie Smith – Empty Bed Blues

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Label:	Columbia – CG 30450
Format:	2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Reissue, Mono
Country:	US
Released:
Genre:	Jazz, Blues
Style:	Vocal

Tracklist

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 Written-By – L. Austin*	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)	3:07
B8	The Bye Bye Blues Cornet – Joe Smith (3)	3:15
C1	I Used To Be Your Sweet Mama Written-By – F. Longshaw, L. Miller	2:48
C2	I'd Rather Be Dead And Buried In My Grave Written By – P. Fuller	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) Written-By – J.C. Johnson	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	Washwoman's Blues	3:07
D5	Slow And Easy Man Written By – S. Red	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 Written-By – H. Burke*	2:50

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 – Philip Hays
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 – Chris Albertson
Technician [Technical Restoration], Edited By – Larry Hiller
Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: B3 to B8, C1, C3, C4, C6, C7), Joe Williams (11) (tracks: D6 to D8)
Violin – Robert Robbins (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A6, A7)
Vocals – Bessie Smith
Written-By – B. Smith* (tracks: A1 to A3, C3 to C5, D6 to D7), S. Williams* (tracks: A4, B1 to B2, D4), E. Johnson* (tracks: A6 to A7), G. Brooks* (tracks: B5 to B6), I. Johns* (tracks: A1 to A3), G. Rainey* (tracks: A5, A8), P. Carter* (tracks: B7 to B8), P. Grainger* (tracks: C7, D1 to D3), T. Wallace* (tracks: B3 to B4)

Cover contains extensive notes about the various recordings, their sources and Bessie Smith herself.

	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
	Empty Bed Blues (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Gatefold)	CBS	66273	UK	1971
New Submission	Empty Bed Blues (2×LP, Compilation, Mono, Pitman pressing, Gatefold)	Columbia	G 30450	US	1971
New Submission	Empty Bed Blues (2×LP, Compilation, Mono)	CBS, CBS	66273, M 66273	Europe	1971
Recently Edited	Empty Bed Blues (2×LP, Compilation, Mono)	Avan-Guard	B2VL 072	Australia	1971
New Submission	Empty Bed Blues (2×LP, Compilation, Mono)	Columbia	G 30450	Canada	1971