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1	Jailhouse Blues Written-By – Smith*, Williams*
2	Yellow Dog Blues Written-By – Handy*
3	At The Christmas Ball Written-By – Unknown Artist
4	Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Written-By – Cox*
5	Downhearted Blues Written-By – Hunter*, Austin*
6	Good Man Is Hard To Find Written-By – Green*
7	Careless Love Arranged By – Koenig*, Williams*, Handy*Written-By – Trad.*
8	Empty Bed Blues Pt.1 Written-By – Johnson*
9	Empty Bed Blues Pt.2 Written-By – Johnson*
10	Alexanders's Ragtime Band Written-By – Berlin*
11	Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town Written-By – Brooks*
12	Gimme A Pigfoot And A Bottle Of Beer Written-By – Wilson*
13	My Sweetie Went Away Written-By – Handman*, Turk*
14	St. Louis Blues Written-By – Handy*
15	Ticket Agent Ease Your Window Down Written-By – Williams*
16	Backwater Blues Written-By – Smith*
17	Muddy Water Written-By – Trent*, De Rose*
18	'T Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do Written-By – Robins*, Grainger*
19	Cake Walkin Babies From Home Written-By – Smith*, Williams*, Troy*
20	After You've Gone Written-By – Creamer*, Layton*

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Snapper Music
• Copyright (c) – Snapper Music
• Manufactured By – Optimal Media Production – A839363

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – Garvin Bushell (tracks: 4)
• Banjo – Charlie Dixon (tracks: 2,10,17,19,20)
• Brass Bass – Cyrus St. Clair (tracks: 4)
• Clarinet – Buster Bailey (tracks: 2,11,17,19,20), Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 10,17), Ernest Elliot (tracks: 13), George Baquet (tracks: 13), Joe Smith (tracks: 3)
• Cornet – Ed Allen (tracks: 4), Joe Smith (tracks: 2,10,17,19,20), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 7,14)
• Directed By [Complete Blues Series] – Cliff Dane
• Guitar – Lincoln M. Conaway* (tracks: 6)
• Harmonium [Reed Organ] – Fred Longshaw (tracks: 14)
• Piano – Clarence Williams (tracks: 4,5,18), Fletcher Henderson (tracks: 2,3,10,11,17,19,20), Fred Longshaw (tracks: 7), Irving Johns (tracks: 1,15), James P. Johnson* (tracks: 16), Jimmy Jones (tracks: 13), Porter Grainger (tracks: 6,8,9)
• Sleeve Notes – Adam Komorowski
• Tenor Saxophone – Coleman Hawkins (tracks: 2,19), Greely Walton (tracks: 4)
• Trombone – Charlie Green (tracks: 2,3,7,8,9,19), Jimmy Harrison (tracks: 10,17,20)
• Violin – Robert Robbins (tracks: 15)
• Vocals – Bessie Smith

Notes

Track 5 recorded February 16th, 1923
Track 18 recorded April 26th 1923
Track 1 recorded September 21th 1923
Track 13 recorded October 15th 1923 credit for clarinet is either George Banquet or Ernest Elliot and possibly Jimmy Jones on Piano
Track 15 recorded April 15th 1924
Track 14 recorded January 14th 1925
Tracks 19, 2 recorded May 5th & 6th 1925
Tracks 7 recorded May 26th and 27th 1925; on inner sleeve is stated for this recording session as second song "I Ain't Gonna To Play Second Fiddle", which isn't included in this compilation; instead there is no recording info on track 12
Track 3 (wrongly stated as "At Christmas Time") recorded November 18th 1925
Track 11 recorded March 18th 1926; credit for clarinet wrongly stated as Buster Brown
Track 16 recorded February 17th 1927
Tracks 20, 10, 17 recorded March 2nd 1927
Track 6 recorded September 27th 1927
Tracks 8, 9 recorded March 20th 1928
Track 4 recorded March 15th 1929
All tracks recorded in New York City

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 6 36551 00242 4
• Matrix / Runout: A839363-01 manufactured by optimal media production
• Mastering SID Code: IFPI L572
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 9701
• Rights Society: MCPS