V2: 1926-1933

Bessie Smith - V2: 1926-1933

V2: 1926-1933
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Artist: Bessie Smith
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set
CD Release Date: 2008-05-27
Music Label: Jsp Records
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. One and Two Blues
  2. Young Woman's Blues
  3. Preachin' the Blues
  4. Back Water Blues
  5. After You've Gone
  6. Alexander's Rag Time Band
  7. Muddy Waters (Mississippi Moan) [Take 1]
  8. There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
  9. Trombone Cholly
  10. Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
  11. Them Graveyard Words
  12. Hot Springs Blues
  13. Sweet Mistreater
  14. Lock and Key
  15. Mean Old Bed Bug Blues
  16. A Good Man Is Hard to Find
  17. Homeless Blues
  18. Looking for My Man Blues
  19. Dyin' by the Hour
  20. Foolish Man Blues
  21. Thinking Blues
  22. Pickpocket Blues
  23. I Used to Be Your Sweet Mama
  24. I'd Rather Be Dead and Buried
Music CD 2
  1. Standin' in the Rain
  2. It Won't Be You
  3. Spider Man Blues
  4. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1
  5. Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 2
  6. Put It Right in There
  7. Yes Indeed He Do
  8. Devil's Gonna Git You
  9. You Ought to Be Ashamed
  10. Washwoman's Blues
  11. Slow and Easy Man
  12. Poor Man's Blues
  13. Please Help Me Get Him off My Mind
  14. Me and My Gin
  15. I'm Wild About That Thing
  16. You've Got to Give Me Some
  17. Kitchen Man
  18. I've Got What It Takes
  19. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  20. Film Soundtrack "ST. Louis Blues"
  21. Take It Right Back
  22. He's Got Me Goin'
  23. It Makes My Love Come Down
Music CD 3
  1. Wasted Life Blues
  2. Dirty No Gooder Blues
  3. Blue Spirit Blues
  4. Worn out Papa Blues
  5. You Don't Understand
  6. Don't Cry Baby
  7. Keep It to Yourself
  8. New Orleans Hop Scop Blues
  9. See If I Care [Take 3]
  10. Baby Have Pity on Me
  11. On Revival Day
  12. Moan Mourners
  13. Hustlin' Dan
  14. Black Mountain Blues
  15. In the House Blues
  16. Long Old Road
  17. Blue Blue
  18. Shipwreck Blues
  19. Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
  20. Safety Mama
  21. Do Your Duty
  22. Gimme a Pigfoot
  23. Take Me for a Buggy Ride
  24. I'm Down in the Dumps
Music CD 4
  1. Lady Luck Blues [Test]
  2. Yodelin' Blues [Test]
  3. Midnight Blues [Test]
  4. St. Louis Gal [Test]
  5. Frosty Mornin [Test]
  6. Yellow Dog Blues [Test]
  7. Soft Pedal [Take 2]
  8. Nashville Women's Blues [Take 3]
  9. Careless Love [Take 2]
  10. Muddy Water (Mississippi Moan) [Take 2]
  11. See If I Care [Test]

Music reviews of V2: 1926-1933

Music Review: An Essential Artist Presented in Wonderfully Restored Sound
Rating: 5 Stars

JSP records has long been known for its meticulously re-mastered reissues of vintage blues, jazz, country, and popular recordings. These are the "78s" made before the use of electronic recording tape in the late 40s ushered in the age of "High Fidelity". Until his death in 2004, JSP regularly used the services of John R.T. Davies to restore the sound of its collections of reissued music. Davies was regarded by many as the best sound restoration engineer of his generation.

"Bessie Smith -- Empress of the Blues Volume 2 -- 1926 -- 1933," presented in a very affordable 4 -- disc box set, continues to uphold the standard set by John Davies. The sound quality of these CDs easily surpasses the Columbia/Legacy sets that were first issued in the early 1990s. Although Chris Albertson's excellent notes to that earlier set remain unequaled, for pure sound you cannot do better than the JSP Bessie Smith boxes. I have both the Columbia and the JSP sets, and listening to these new JSP boxes is like hearing Bessie Smith for the first time.

As most readers will know, Bessie Smith was unquestionably the greatest blues singer of her day, and is arguably the greatest of all-time. When artists as diverse as Billie holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Janis Joplin (who before her own death helped pay for a headstone for Bessie's grave) cite Smith as inspiring their own remarkable careers, you know that this is a voice that deserves to be listened to closely and often. Those who know her work can cite dozens of classic recordings made in the 1920s and early 30s, including "St. Louis Blues," "Empty Bed Blues," "After You've Gone," "Send Me to the Electric Chair," and "Nobody Knows You When You're down and Out."

Bessie Smith's voice has always commanded attention. It is deep, strong, and above all heartfelt. But the JSP boxes for the first time clearly reveal the nuance, shading, and superb phrasing that were often obscured in previous reissues. Perhaps just as important, these new sets bring to life the contributions of the many famous jazz and blues musicians who accompanied Bessie throughout her career. For the first time we hear the full range of sound produced by such outstanding artists as pianist James P. Johnson, trumpeter Louis Armstrong, clarinetist Buster Bailey, and trombonist Charlie Green, to name but a few. It is not the sound of digital or analog tape recordings, but it is probably the best that we will have for many years. That in itself is a notable contribution to the history of recorded American music.

The price is unbeatable. For under $30 you can have the best available set of the 90 recordings Smith made between 1926 and her last side in 1933. She was still in fine voice at the end of her recording career, even if the Depression and the fading interest in blues had reduced the sales of her records dramatically. In fact, she was ready to return to recording and was negotiating an appearance in the first Carnegie Hall "Spirituals to Swing" concert organized by John Hammond when she was killed in an automobile accident in 1937.

Jazz and blues enthusiasts, and music lovers generally, have cause for celebration with the issuance of this Volume II set by JSP. It is an essential and loving presentation of a woman who, over 60 years after her death, continues to teach us about the "soul" that is the foundation of all great music.
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