Bessie Smith, vocals ; vol. I, with Louis Armstrong ; vol. II, various ensembles ; vol. III, with Joe Smith & Fletcher Henderson's Hot Six ; vol. IV, with James P. Johnson & Charlie Green
Columbia: GL 503--GL 506.
disc 1: St. Louis blues ; I ain't gonna play no second fiddle ; You've been a good ole wagon ; Sobbin' hearted blues ; Reckless blues ; J.C. Holmes blues ; Careless love blues ; - Cold in hand blues ; Nashville woman's blues ; Jailhouse blues ; Ticket agent ease your window down ; Down hearted blues --
disc 2: Gimme a pigfoot ; Take me for a buggy ride ; Do your duty ; I'm down in the dumps ; Black Mountain blues ; New Orleans hop scop blues ; Weeping willow blues ; Jazzbo Brown from Memphis town ; The gin house blues ; Poor man's blues ; Me and my gin ; Nobody knows you when you're down and out --
disc 3: Alexander's ragtime band ; Baby doll ; The Yellow Dog blues (He's gone where the Southern Cross' the Yellow Dog) ; One and two blues ; Money blues ; After you've gone ; Cake walking babies (from home) ; Young woman's blues ; At the Christmas ball ; There'll be a hot time in old town to-night ; Lost you head blues ; Muddy water (A Mississippi moan) --
disc 4: Back water blues ; Preachin' the blues ; Moan, mourners ; He's got me goin' ; Blue spirit blues ; On Revival Day ; Trombone Cholly ; Send me to the 'lectric chair ; Long old road ; Shipwreck blues ; Empty bed blues, part I ; Empty bed blues, part II