The Complete Lester Young Studio Sessions on Verve
Compilation by Lester Young
Released 19 October 1999
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Back to the Land3:58
- 2I Cover the Waterfront (12" LP take)3:51
- 3I Cover the Waterfront (Master take)4:04
- 4Somebody Loves Me3:54
- 5I've Found a New Baby4:05
- 6The Man I Love4:51
- 7Peg O' My Heart4:05
- 8I Want to Be Happy3:58
- 9Mean to Me4:13
- 10Too Marvelous for Words (78rpm take)3:00
- 11Too Marvelous for Words (LP take)3:02
- 12'Deed I Do3:17
- 13Encore3:09
- 14Polka Dots and Moonbeams3:41
- 15Up 'n' Adam3:50
- 16Three Little Words3:19
- 17Count Every Star (Master take)3:01
- 18Count Every Star3:12
- 19It All Depends on You3:23
- 20Neenah (alternate take)3:09
- 21Neenah (alternate take)2:18
- 22Neenah (Master take)3:26
- CD 2
- 1Jeepers Creepers3:07
- 2Thou Swell (USA 78Rpm take)2:55
- 3Thou Swell (Canada 78Rpm take)2:57
- 4September in the Rain3:08
- 5Undercover Girl Blues2:44
- 6Frenesi3:01
- 7Pete's Cafe3:36
- 8Little Pee Blues2:42
- 9A Foggy Day2:52
- 10In a Little Spanish Town3:14
- 11Let's Fall in Love2:57
- 12Down 'n' Adam2:57
- 13Lester Swings2:33
- 14Slow Motion Blues2:58
- 15Ad Lib Blues5:52
- 16Just You, Just Me7:39
- 17Tea for Two7:45
- 18(Back Home Again In) Indiana7:04
- 19These Foolish Things3:27
- 20I Can't Get Started4:30
- CD 3
- 1Star Dust3:38
- 2It Takes Two to Tango6:06
- 3On the Sunny Side of the Street3:274.0 ★
- 4Almost Like Being in Love3:34
- 5I Can't Give You Anything but Love3:23
- 6There Will Never Be Another You3:29
- 7I'm Confessin'3:44
- 8Willow Weep for Me3:09
- 9This Can't Be Love3:24
- 10Can't We Be Friends?3:10
- 11Tenderly3:29
- 12New D.B. Blues3:21
- 13Jumpin' at the Woodside3:04
- 14I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me3:13
- 15Oh, Lady, Be Good!3:30
- 16Another Mambo3:39
- 17Come Rain or Come Shine3:12
- 18Rose Room4:11
- 19Somebody Loves Me4:58
- 20Touch Me Again5:17
- 21It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)4:30
- CD 4
- 1I'm in the Mood for Love3:32
- 2Big Top Blues4:49
- 3Mean to Me7:39
- 4That's All (alternate take)4:40
- 5That's All (master take)4:44
- 6Red Boy Blues5:33
- 7Pennies From Heaven5:24
- 8She's Funny That Way (breakdown)3:28
- 9She's Funny That Way (master take)8:52
- 10One O'Clock Jump5:37
- 11It's the Talk of the Town6:32
- 12I've Found a New Baby6:01
- 13I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan9:25
- CD 5
- 1I Didn't Know What Time It Was10:01
- 2Gigantic Blues6:50
- 3This Year's Kisses6:45
- 4You Can Depend on Me9:03
- 5Pres Returns6:22
- 6Prisoner of Love7:38
- 7Taking a Chance on Love5:09
- 8All of Me5:08
- 9Louise5:16
- 10Love Is Here to Stay6:28
- 11Love Me or Leave Me6:45
- CD 6
- 1St. Tropez (alternate take)7:28
- 2St. Tropez (master take)10:38
- 3Flic6:31
- 4Ballad Medley: A Ghost of a Chance / I Cover the Waterfront5:52
- 5Love Is Here to Stay5:53
- 6Sunday (rejected version)5:39
- 7Perdido (incomplete take)6:37
- 8Waldorf Blues (alternate take)6:53
- 9Waldorf Blues (master take)8:36
- 10Sunday (master take)7:02
- 11You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me (alternate take)7:39
- CD 7
- 1You're Getting to Be a Habit With Me5:28
- 2Romping11:41
- 3Gypsy in My Soul4:13
- 4Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone6:01
- 5They Can't Take That Away From Me6:00
- 6Salute to Benny8:32
- 7Ballad Medley: The Very Thought of You / I Want a Little Girl6:36
- 8Mean to Me7:00
- 9I Didn't Know What Time It Was4:19
- 10Oh, Lady, Be Good!3:35
- 11Almost Like Being in Love3:59
- 12Three Little Words4:17
- 13I Cover the Waterfront3:47
- 14I Can't Get Started3:09
- CD 8
- 1(Back Home Again In) Indiana2:46
- 2Pennies From Heaven3:19
- 3New D.B. Blues3:13
- 4Lullaby of Birdland3:42
- 5There Will Never Be Another You3:37
- 6Tea for Two3:38
- 7[interview: Early Life / Birthplace / Music in New Orleans / Young's Father]3:47
- 8[interview: After New Orleans]1:54
- 9[interview: Pres's Instruments / Drums / Tenor Saxophone]5:54
- 10[interview: Count Basie]1:41
- 11[interview: Racial Tension]2:16
- 12[interview: Influences]2:33
- 13[interview: Composing and Reading Music / The Family Band / With Orchestra]5:16
- 14[interview: Recordings: Clarinet Dates]2:55
- 15[interview: Lady Day and Nobody's Business]2:44
- 16[interview: Philosophy on Music I]1:18
- 17[interview: Younger Saxophone]1:50
- 18[interview: Basie Then and Now]2:07
- 19[interview: Debunking]1:37
- 20[interview: Philosophy on Music II]1:44
- 21[interview: Pres's Sound: Sitting in With Fletcher Henderson]2:28
- 22[interview: Joining Henderson]3:29
- 23[interview: Early Pres: Oliver, Bronson, Basie]1:13
- 24[interview: Coleman Hawkins and Henderson]1:25
- 25[interview: Billie Holiday]1:38
- 26[interview: Recording Techniques]2:00
- 27[interview: Pres's Favorite Singers]1:39
- 28[interview: Philosophy on Music Vis-A-Vis Other Tenor Players]2:59
- 29[interview: Records New and Old]2:12
- 30[interview: Mahalia Jackson]0:54
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Release credits
- guitar [3.2-7, 2.15, 2.17-20]
- drums (drum set) [2.1, 1.10-11, 1.16-22]
- drums (drum set) [1.1-6, 1.8-15, 4.3-12]
- spoken vocals [23-30]
- drums (drum set) [3.8-21, 4.1-2]
- guitar [4.13, 5.1-4]
- double bass [2.2-7, 2.9-14, 3.8-15, 4.13, 5.1-11]
- double bass [2-8]
- piano [3.8-21, 4.1-2]
- piano [7.2-8, 1.10-15]
- piano [6.8-11, 7.1], trumpet [7.2-8, 4.3-12, 6.1-7]
- guitar [4.3-12, 7.1-8, 6.1-11]
- drums (drum set) [3.1-7, 2.15-20]
- double bass [8.1-6, 7.9-14]
- trumpet [3.8-21, 4.1-2]
- piano [7.9-14, 8.1-6]
- drums (drum set) [5.1-11, 2.2-7, 2.9-14, 4.13]
- double bass [1.10-11, 1.16-22, 2.1]
- piano [1.10-11, 1.16-22, 2.1-7, 2.9-14]
- double bass [4.1-2, 3.16-21]
- drums (drum set) [7.9-14, 8.1-6]
- clarinet [7.5-6, 6.1-2], spoken vocals [7-30], tenor saxophone [3.1-21, 5.1-11, 1.1-10, 1.10-11, 1.11-22, 6.3-11, 8.1-6, 4.1-13, 7.1-4, 7.6-14, 2.1-7, 2.9-20], vocal [2]
- piano [7.1, 6.8-11]
- drums (drum set) [1-7]
- drums (drum set) [7.1-8, 6.8-11]
- piano [1-9]
- producer [1.6, 1.8, 3.4, 2.15]
- piano [2.15-19, 3.1-7, 6.1-7, 4.3-12]
- double bass [2.15-20, 7.1, 3.1-7, 1.10-15, 4.3-12, 6.1-11]
- trumpet [4.13, 5.1-4, 7.2-8]
- piano [5.1-11, 4.13]
- trombone [5.1-4, 4.13]
Issues
T19 October 1999
T2006