Tracklist

1-1	Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl	2:47
1-2	Safety Mama	3:24
1-3	Do Your Duty	3:23
1-4	Gimme A Pigfoot	3:28
1-5	Take Me For A Buggy Ride	2:36
1-6	I'm Down In The Dumps	3:10
1-7	The Yellow Dog Blues	3:16
1-8	Soft Pedal Blues	3:20
1-9	Nashville Woman's Blues	3:16
1-10	Careless Love Blues	3:28
1-11	Muddy Water (A Mississippi Moan)	3:11
1-12	St. Louis Blues Soundtrack	14:45
2-1	Ruby Smith Dialogue / An Interview With Chris Albertson / Bessie Disappears	4:49
2-2	Waldorf - Astoria Party	7:15
2-3	Bessie & Jack, I	2:50
2-4	Bessie & Jack, II / Bessie & The Ladies	18:21
2-5	Life On The Road, I	11:13
2-6	Life On The Road, II	13:10
2-7	Life On The Road, III / Bessie & Gertrude Saunders	21:21

Companies, etc.

• Remastered At – Sony Music Studios, Los Angeles
• Manufactured By – Columbia Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music entertainment Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Sony Music entertainment Inc.

Credits

• Art Direction – John Berg
• Coordinator [Package] – Gena Campanaro
• Directed By [Project] – Adam Block
• Producer [Roots N' Blues Series] – Lawrence Cohn
• Remastered By – David Mitson

Notes

Tracks A7, A8, A9, A10 and A11 are previously unissued alternate takes.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7464-57546-2 8
• Matrix / Runout (Disc One): E2 1A CK57547 01
• Mould SID Code (Disc One): IFPI 7221
• Matrix / Runout (Disc Two): E2 1A CK57548 02
• Mould SID Code (Disc Two): IFPI 7273

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
483585 2	Bessie Smith	The Complete Recordings Vol. 5 The Final Chapter ‎(2xCD, Comp, + Box)	Columbia, Legacy	483585 2	France	1996

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