Louis Jordan - Let the Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-54 [Box]

Artist:

Jordan, Louis

UPC:

790051155575

See Also:

Ellington, Duke Turner, Ike Waller, Fats

Description:

This box set contains 200 tracks including a 7-track vinyl LP featuring duets with Ella Fitzgerald. It also includes a 12x12 book with photos and notes by Peter Grendysa.
A typically exhaustive collection from the German reissue specialists Bear Family, LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL is nine full discs` worth of prime Louis Jordan. Featuring both sides of every record Jordan released on Decca Records from 1938 to 1954, this is a remarkable collection. It`s astounding to see how completely Jordan`s jump blues aesthetic was already formed by the time the singer--and killer alto saxophonist, let`s not forget--left Chick Webb`s orchestra in 1938 to record his own small group sessions with the Tympany Five. These recordings, a largely under-appreciated but nonetheless huge influence on early rock and roll--there could be no Little Richard or Chuck Berry without Louis Jordan--are the definitive jump blues experience. It`s a massive set, but well worth the hours it takes to listen.

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Toodle-Loo on Down
2. So Good
3. Away From You
4. Honey in the Bee Ball
5. Barnacle Bill the Sailor
6. Flat Face - (TRUE instrumental)
7. Keep a-Knockin` (But You Can`t Come in)
8. Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On
9. Swinging in a Cocoanut Tree - (TRUE instrumental)
10. Doug the Jitterbug
11. At the Swing Cat`s Ball
12. Jake, What a Snake - (TRUE instrumental)
13. Honeysuckle Rose
14. `Fore Day Blues
15. But I`ll Be Back
16. You Ain`t Nowhere
17. You`re My Meat
18. June Tenth Jamboree
19. You Run Your Mouth I`ll Run My Business
20. I`m Alabama Bound
21. Hard Lovin` Blues
22. You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes
23. Lovie Joe
24. Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man
25. Bounce the Ball (Do da Dittle Um Day)
26. Penthouse in the Basement
27. After School Swing Session - (Swinging With Symphony Sid)

DISC 2:

1. Oh Boy, I`m in the Groove
2. Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand`s Doin`
3. Don`t Come Crying on My Shoulder
4. Waitin` For the Robert E. Lee
5. Chicken Ain`t Nothin` But a Bird, A
6. Pompton Turnpike
7. Do You Call That a Buddy (Dirty Cat)
8. I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do
9. Pinetop`s Boogie Woogie - (TRUE instrumental)
10. Two Little Squirrels, The (Nuts to You)
11. T-Bone Blues
12. Pan Pan
13. Saint Vitus Dance
14. Saxa-Woogie
15. Brotherly Love
16. De Laff`s on You
17. Boogie Woogie Came to Town
18. John, Stop Teasing Me How `Bout That
19. How `Bout That
20. Teacher (How I Love My Teacher)
21. Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
22. Knock Me a Kiss
23. Green Grass Grows All Around, The
24. Mister Lovingood
25. Small Town Boy
26. I`m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town

DISC 3:

1. What`s the Use of Gettin` Sober
2. Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall, The
3. I`m Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
4. That`ll Just `Bout Knock Me Out
5. Dirty Snake
6. Five Guys Named Moe
7. It`s a Low-Down Dirty Shame
8. De Laff`s on You
9. Ration Blues
10. Is You Is or Is You Ain`t My Baby
11. Deacon Jones
12. Things I Want I Can`t Get at Home, The
13. How High Am I?
14. I Like `Em Fat Like That
15. Truth of the Matter, The
16. Hey! Now Let`s Live
17. Mop-Mop
18. G.I. Jive
19. You Can`t Get That No More
20. Louis` Oldsmobile Song
21. Your Socks Don`t Match
22. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
23. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
24. Your Socks Don`t Match

DISC 4:

1. Buzz Me
2. They Raided the House
3. Caldonia Boogie
4. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
5. How Long Must I Wait For You?
6. Don`t Worry `Bout That Mule
7. Salt Pork, West Virginia
8. Paper Boy
9. Don`t Worry `Bout That Mule
10. Reconversion Blues
11. It`s So Easy
12. Beware
13. Don`t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin`
14. Choo-Choo Ch` Boogie
15. Ain`t That Just Like a Woman
16. That Chick`s Too Young to Fry
17. No Sale
18. If It`s Love You Want Baby, That`s Me
19. Ain`t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
20. Let the Good Times Roll
21. All For the Love of Lil
22. Texas and Pacific
23. Jack, You`re Dead
24. Reet Petite and Gone
25. Sure, Had a Wonderful Time
26. I Know What You`re Puttin` Down
27. Open the Door Richard

DISC 5:

1. Friendship
2. Open the Door Richard
3. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
4. Barnyard Boogie
5. Every Man to His Own Profession
6. Early in the Morning
7. Run Joe
8. Look Out
9. Beans and Corn Bread
10. Have You Got the Gumption
11. We Can`t Agree
12. Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
13. Roamin` Blues
14. Inflation Blues
15. You`re Much Too Fat (And That`s That)
16. Chug Chug Boogie
17. There`ll Be No Days Like That
18. Pettin` and Pokin`
19. You`re on the Right Track, Baby
20. Don`t Burn the Candle at Both Ends
21. Why`d You Do It, Baby
22. Daddy-O
23. Safe, Sane and Single
24. I Know What I`ve Got, Don`t Know What I`m Getting
25. You Broke Your Promise
26. Push-Ka-Pee She Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)

DISC 6:

1. Cole Slaw
2. Beans and Corn Bread
3. Onion - (TRUE instrumental)
4. Baby`s Gonna Go, Bye Bye
5. Heed My Warning
6. Psycho-Loco - (TRUE instrumental)
7. School Days
8. Hungry Man
9. Love You `Til Your Money`s Gone Blues
10. Saturday Night Fish Fry - (parts 1 & 2)
11. I Want a Roof Over My Head
12. Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)
13. Blue Light Boogie - (part 1 & 2)
14. Tamburitza Boogie
15. Chartreuse, (You Dyed Your Hair)
16. Lemonade
17. It`s a Great, Great Pleasure
18. You Will Always Have a Friend
19. Louisville Lodge Meeting
20. Trouble Then Satisfaction
21. Crazy Baby
22. Life Is So Peculiar
23. You, Rascal You (I`ll Be Glad You`re Dead)
24. Teardrops From My Eyes

DISC 7:

1. If You`ve Got Someplace to Go
2. Weak Minded Blues
3. Is My Pop in There?
4. I Can`t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
5. If You So Smart, How Come You Ain`t Rich
6. Trust in Me
7. Louisville Lodge Meeting
8. How Blue Can You Get?
9. Happy Birthday Boogie
10. May Every Day Be Christmas
11. Please Don`t Leave Me
12. Bone Dry
13. I Love That Kinda Carryin` On
14. Three Handed Woman
15. Fat Sam From Birmingham
16. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo
17. Garmoochie
18. There Must Be a Way
19. Come and Get It - (TRUE instrumental)
20. Stop Makin` Music
21. Slow Down
22. Work, Baby Work
23. Never Trust a Woman
24. All of Me
25. There Goes My Heart
26. Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbows)
27. Gimme Gimme Blues

DISC 8:

1. Junco Partner
2. Time Marches On
3. Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
4. Oil Well, Texas
5. There`s Nothing Else That I Can Do
6. Jordan For President
7. Soon-a-Baby, The
8. There`s Nothing Else That I Can Do
9. Soon-a-Baby, The
10. You Didn`t Want Me Baby
11. Man`s Best Friend Is a Bed, A
12. I Didn`t Know What Time It Was
13. It`s Better to Wait For Love
14. Only Yesterday
15. Just Like a Butterfly (That`s Caught in the Rain)
16. Hog Wash
17. House Party
18. Everything That`s Made of Wood
19. I Want You to Be My Baby
20. You Know It Too
21. Locked Up
22. I Gotta Move
23. Nobody Knows You When You`re Down and Out
24. If It`s True
25. Wake up Jacob
26. Lollypop
27. Perdido - (TRUE instrumental)

DISC 9:

1. Stone Cold Dead in the Market
2. Petootie Pie
3. Petootie Pie
4. Baby, It`s Cold Outside
5. Don`t Cry, Cry Baby
6. `Ain`t Nobody`s Business But My Own
7. I`ll Never Be Free

Album Information

Release Date:

09/29/1994

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Blues

Subgenre:

Jump Blues

Label:

Bear Family Records (Germany)

Catalog Number:

15557

Original Release Year:

1992

# of Discs:

9

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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