Bessie Smith - Very Best Of LP (180g) ( VINYL )

Description: Bessie Smith dominated what has become known as 'classic blues'. Living every day as though it were her last was hardly conducive to a long life, but it gave the singer experience of suffering which she brought out in her singing. Not that Bessie was lacking in humour; the recordings of more comic material are every bit as red blooded as her articulation of disillusionment and hurt. Format: VINYL LP Label: Not Now Uk Genre: Blues Country: UK Tracks: 1.1 Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out 1.2 Downhearted Blues 1.3 Gulf Coast Blues 1.4 Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer) 1.5 Aggravatin' Papa 1.6 Baby Won't You Please Come Home 1.7 T'ain't Nobody's Biz-Ness If I Do 1.8 Gin House Blues 1.9 St. Louis Blues 1.10 Alexander's Ragtime Band 1.11 I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle 1.12 Empty Bed Blues (Parts 1 ; 2) 1.13 After You've Gon 1.14 Careless Love Blues 1.15 A Good Man Is Hard to Find 1.16 Hard Driving Papa