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Bessie Smith Volume 5 -‘ I’ve Got What It Takes’

Original Recordings 1929-1933

Bessie Smith (vocal)

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$11.50

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This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Williams, S: I'm Wild About That Thing

Work length2:52
$1.00
$1.30
  • Eddie Lang (guitar), Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals)
  • Recorded: 8 May, 1929

Alex Bellenda: Kitchen Man

Work length3:00
$1.00
$1.30
  • Eddie Lang (guitar), Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals)
  • Recorded: 8 May, 1929

Williams, S: You've Got To Given Me Some

Work length2:49
$1.00
$1.30
  • Eddie Lang (guitar), Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals)
  • Recorded: 8 May, 1929

Clarence Williams: I've Got What It Takes

Work length3:12
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals), Greely Walton (tenor), Ed Allen (cornet), Garvin Bushell (alto)
  • Recorded: 15 May, 1929

Jimmie Cox: Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Work length3:01
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals), Greely Walton (tenor), Ed Allen (cornet), Garvin Bushell (alto)
  • Recorded: 15, May 1929

Bessie Smith: It Makes My Love Come Down

Work length3:01
$1.00
$1.30
  • Bessie Smith (vocals), James P. Johnson (piano)
  • Recorded: 20 August, 1929

Bessie Smith: Wasted Life Blues

Work length3:08
$1.00
$1.30
  • Bessie Smith (vocals), James P. Johnson (piano)
  • Recorded: 1 October, 1929

George W. Thomas: New Orleans Hop Scop Blues

Work length2:57
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals), Charlie Green (trombone), Louis Metcalfe (trumpet), Garvin Bushell (alto)
  • Recorded: 27 March, 1930

Clarence Williams: See if I'll Care

Work length3:31
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals), Charlie Green (trombone)

Billy Moll: Baby Have Pity on Me

Work length3:23
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals), Charlie Green (trombone)
  • Recorded: 12 April 1930

Andy Razaf: On Revival Day

Work length2:59
$1.00
$1.30
  • Bessie Smith (vocals), James P. Johnson (piano)
  • Bessemer Singers
  • Recorded: 9 June, 1930

On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)

Track length2:59
$1.00
$1.30

Williams, S: Moan, You Moaners

Work length3:16
$1.00
$1.30
  • Bessie Smith (vocals), James P. Johnson (piano)
  • Bessemer Singers
  • Recorded: 9 June, 1930

James Crawford: Hustlin' Dan

Work length3:34
$1.00
$1.30
  • Bessie Smith (vocals), Steve Stevens (piano), Ed Allen (cornet)

Holly Cole: Black Mountain Blues

Work length3:08
$1.00
$1.30
  • Bessie Smith (vocals), Steve Stevens (piano), Ed Allen (cornet)
  • Recorded: 22 July, 1930

Clarence Williams: Need a Little Sugar in my Bowl

Work length2:52
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals)

Bessie Smith: Safety Mama

Work length3:28
$1.00
$1.30
  • Clarence Williams (piano), Bessie Smith (vocals)
  • Recorded: 20 November, 1931

Wesley Sox Wilson: Do Your Duty

Work length3:26
$1.00
$1.30
  • Jack Teagarden (trombone), Bessie Smith (vocals), Frank Newton (trumpet), Chu Berry (tenor), Billy Taylor (bass), Buck Washington (piano), Bobby Johnson (guitar)
  • Recorded: 24 November, 1933

Wesley Sox Wilson: I'm Down in the Dumps

Work length3:12
$1.00
$1.30
  • Jack Teagarden (trombone), Bessie Smith (vocals), Frank Newton (trumpet), Chu Berry (tenor), Billy Taylor (bass), Buck Washington (piano), Bobby Johnson (guitar)
  • Recorded: 24 November, 1933

Wesley Sox Wilson: Take Me for a Buggy Ride

Work length2:38
$1.00
$1.30
  • Jack Teagarden (trombone), Bessie Smith (vocals), Frank Newton (trumpet), Chu Berry (tenor), Billy Taylor (bass), Buck Washington (piano), Bobby Johnson (guitar)
  • Recorded: 24 November, 1933

Wesley Sox Wilson: Gimme a Pigfoot

Work length3:32
$1.00
$1.30
  • Jack Teagarden (trombone), Bessie Smith (vocals), Benny Goodman (clarinet), Frank Newton (trumpet), Chu Berry (tenor), Billy Taylor (bass), Buck Washington (piano), Bobby Johnson (guitar)
  • Recorded: 24 November, 1933