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Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith (2013) [Official Digital Download]
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Bessie Smith - The Essential Bessie Smith (2013)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 113:22 minutes | 1 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/44.1 kHz | Time - 113:22 minutes | 1 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Although there are a multitude of box sets chronicling Bessie's entire recorded career, this 36-song set sweats it down to the bare essentials in quite an effective manner. Bessie could sing it all, from the lowdown moan of "St. Louis Blues" and "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" to her torch treatment of the jazz standard "After You've Gone" to the downright salaciousness of "Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl." Covering a time span from her first recordings in 1923 to her final session in 1933, this is the perfect entry-level set to go with. Utilizing the latest in remastering technology, these recordings have never sounded quite this clear and full, and the selection collecting her best-known sides and collaborations with jazz giants like Louis Armstrong, Coleman Hawkins, and Benny Goodman is first-rate. If you've never experienced the genius of Bessie Smith, pick this one up and prepare yourself to be devastated.
Tracklist:
[03:18] 1. Bessie Smith - Aggravatin' Papa
[02:57] 2. Bessie Smith - Baby Won't You Please Come Home
[03:27] 3. Bessie Smith - 'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
[03:15] 4. Bessie Smith - Jail-House Blues
[02:45] 5. Bessie Smith - Graveyard Dream Blues
[03:19] 6. Bessie Smith - Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
[02:53] 7. Bessie Smith - Boweavil Blues
[03:11] 8. Bessie Smith - Weeping Willow Blues
[02:59] 9. Bessie Smith - Dying Gambler's Blues
[03:11] 10. Bessie Smith - St. Louis Blues
[03:28] 11. Bessie Smith - You've Been a Good Old Wagon
[03:10] 12. Bessie Smith - Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
[03:26] 13. Bessie Smith - Careless Love Blues (take 1)
[03:22] 14. Bessie Smith - I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
[03:25] 15. Bessie Smith - At the Christmas Ball
[03:20] 16. Bessie Smith - Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
[03:19] 17. Bessie Smith - Backwater Blues
[02:55] 18. Bessie Smith - After You've Gone
[03:00] 19. Bessie Smith - Alexander's Ragtime Band
[03:20] 20. Bessie Smith - There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
[03:11] 21. Bessie Smith - Trombone Cholly
[03:22] 22. Bessie Smith - Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
[02:59] 23. Bessie Smith - A Good Man Is Hard to Find
[02:59] 24. Bessie Smith - Dyin' by the Hour
[02:50] 25. Bessie Smith - Me and My Gin
[02:56] 26. Bessie Smith - Kitchen Man
[02:58] 27. Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
[02:56] 28. Bessie Smith - On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
[03:12] 29. Bessie Smith - Moan, You Moaners
[03:08] 30. Bessie Smith - Black Mountain Blues
[03:21] 31. Bessie Smith - Shipwreck Blues
[02:48] 32. Bessie Smith - Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
[03:26] 33. Bessie Smith - Do Your Duty
[03:30] 34. Bessie Smith - Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
[02:37] 35. Bessie Smith - Take Me for a Buggy Ride
[03:09] 36. Bessie Smith - Down in the Dumps
foobar2000 1.3.7 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2019-08-14 06:29:27
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Analyzed: Bessie Smith / The Essential Bessie Smith
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -1.00 dB -13.93 dB 3:19 01-Aggravatin' Papa
DR11 -0.79 dB -14.98 dB 2:57 02-Baby Won't You Please Come Home
DR11 -1.85 dB -15.56 dB 3:28 03-'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
DR10 -1.20 dB -14.41 dB 3:15 04-Jail-House Blues
DR9 -1.11 dB -13.94 dB 2:45 05-Graveyard Dream Blues
DR10 -0.90 dB -14.88 dB 3:20 06-Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
DR7 -1.25 dB -11.06 dB 2:53 07-Boweavil Blues
DR10 -0.86 dB -12.55 dB 3:11 08-Weeping Willow Blues
DR10 -0.96 dB -13.66 dB 2:59 09-Dying Gambler's Blues
DR8 -0.60 dB -11.76 dB 3:12 10-St. Louis Blues
DR8 -0.94 dB -10.76 dB 3:29 11-You've Been a Good Old Wagon
DR12 -0.82 dB -14.66 dB 3:11 12-Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
DR7 -1.37 dB -10.70 dB 3:27 13-Careless Love Blues (take 1)
DR8 -1.14 dB -10.33 dB 3:23 14-I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
DR8 -1.59 dB -11.33 dB 3:26 15-At the Christmas Ball
DR9 -0.76 dB -11.53 dB 3:21 16-Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
DR9 -1.85 dB -13.75 dB 3:19 17-Backwater Blues
DR8 -1.65 dB -11.88 dB 2:56 18-After You've Gone
DR8 -2.36 dB -12.20 dB 3:01 19-Alexander's Ragtime Band
DR8 -0.58 dB -10.25 dB 3:20 20-There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
DR8 -0.70 dB -11.08 dB 3:12 21-Trombone Cholly
DR9 -0.64 dB -11.50 dB 3:23 22-Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
DR9 -0.54 dB -12.08 dB 3:00 23-A Good Man Is Hard to Find
DR9 -0.57 dB -13.29 dB 3:00 24-Dyin' by the Hour
DR10 -1.14 dB -15.44 dB 2:51 25-Me and My Gin
DR12 -0.83 dB -16.72 dB 2:57 26-Kitchen Man
DR10 -0.66 dB -13.62 dB 2:58 27-Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
DR10 -0.56 dB -12.88 dB 2:57 28-On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
DR11 -0.75 dB -13.96 dB 3:13 29-Moan, You Moaners
DR11 -0.63 dB -14.84 dB 3:09 30-Black Mountain Blues
DR11 -0.70 dB -14.94 dB 3:22 31-Shipwreck Blues
DR11 -0.77 dB -14.90 dB 2:49 32-Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
DR11 -0.59 dB -13.51 dB 3:26 33-Do Your Duty
DR11 -0.60 dB -14.11 dB 3:31 34-Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
DR11 -0.70 dB -13.83 dB 2:37 35-Take Me for a Buggy Ride
DR11 -0.72 dB -13.92 dB 3:09 36-Down in the Dumps
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Number of tracks: 36
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1269 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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log date: 2019-08-14 06:29:27
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Analyzed: Bessie Smith / The Essential Bessie Smith
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 -1.00 dB -13.93 dB 3:19 01-Aggravatin' Papa
DR11 -0.79 dB -14.98 dB 2:57 02-Baby Won't You Please Come Home
DR11 -1.85 dB -15.56 dB 3:28 03-'Tain't Nobody's Bizness If I Do
DR10 -1.20 dB -14.41 dB 3:15 04-Jail-House Blues
DR9 -1.11 dB -13.94 dB 2:45 05-Graveyard Dream Blues
DR10 -0.90 dB -14.88 dB 3:20 06-Ticket Agent, Ease Your Window Down
DR7 -1.25 dB -11.06 dB 2:53 07-Boweavil Blues
DR10 -0.86 dB -12.55 dB 3:11 08-Weeping Willow Blues
DR10 -0.96 dB -13.66 dB 2:59 09-Dying Gambler's Blues
DR8 -0.60 dB -11.76 dB 3:12 10-St. Louis Blues
DR8 -0.94 dB -10.76 dB 3:29 11-You've Been a Good Old Wagon
DR12 -0.82 dB -14.66 dB 3:11 12-Cake Walkin' Babies from Home
DR7 -1.37 dB -10.70 dB 3:27 13-Careless Love Blues (take 1)
DR8 -1.14 dB -10.33 dB 3:23 14-I Ain't Goin' to Play Second Fiddle
DR8 -1.59 dB -11.33 dB 3:26 15-At the Christmas Ball
DR9 -0.76 dB -11.53 dB 3:21 16-Jazzbo Brown from Memphis Town
DR9 -1.85 dB -13.75 dB 3:19 17-Backwater Blues
DR8 -1.65 dB -11.88 dB 2:56 18-After You've Gone
DR8 -2.36 dB -12.20 dB 3:01 19-Alexander's Ragtime Band
DR8 -0.58 dB -10.25 dB 3:20 20-There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
DR8 -0.70 dB -11.08 dB 3:12 21-Trombone Cholly
DR9 -0.64 dB -11.50 dB 3:23 22-Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
DR9 -0.54 dB -12.08 dB 3:00 23-A Good Man Is Hard to Find
DR9 -0.57 dB -13.29 dB 3:00 24-Dyin' by the Hour
DR10 -1.14 dB -15.44 dB 2:51 25-Me and My Gin
DR12 -0.83 dB -16.72 dB 2:57 26-Kitchen Man
DR10 -0.66 dB -13.62 dB 2:58 27-Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
DR10 -0.56 dB -12.88 dB 2:57 28-On Revival Day (A Rhythmic Spiritual)
DR11 -0.75 dB -13.96 dB 3:13 29-Moan, You Moaners
DR11 -0.63 dB -14.84 dB 3:09 30-Black Mountain Blues
DR11 -0.70 dB -14.94 dB 3:22 31-Shipwreck Blues
DR11 -0.77 dB -14.90 dB 2:49 32-Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl
DR11 -0.59 dB -13.51 dB 3:26 33-Do Your Duty
DR11 -0.60 dB -14.11 dB 3:31 34-Gimme a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer
DR11 -0.70 dB -13.83 dB 2:37 35-Take Me for a Buggy Ride
DR11 -0.72 dB -13.92 dB 3:09 36-Down in the Dumps
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Number of tracks: 36
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 1269 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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