The OKeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - 1925-1933

Tracklist

• CD 1: Louis Armstrong & The Hot Fives - Volume 1
• 1
  My Heart
  2:28
• 2
  Yes! I'm in the Barrel
  2:43
• 3
  Gut Bucket Blues
  2:48
• 4
  Come Back, Sweet Papa
  2:32
• 5
  Georgia Grind
  2:38
• 6
  Heebie Jeebies
  3:01
• 7
  Cornet Chop Suey
  3:05
• 8
  Oriental Strut
  3:08
• 9
  You're Next
  3:23
• 10
  Muskrat Ramble
  2:38
• 11
  Don't Forget to Mess Around
  3:14
• 12
  I'm Gonna Gitcha
  2:53
• 13
  Droppin' Shucks
  3:04
• 14
  Who'sit
  2:56
• 15
  King of the Zulus
  3:14
• 16
  Big Fat Ma and Skinny Pa
  3:06
• CD 2: Louis Armstrong - The Hot Fives & Sevens - Volume 2
• 1
  Lonesome Blues

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  3:12
• 2
  Sweet Little Papa

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  2:50
• 3
  Jazz Lips

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  3:10
• 4
  Skid-Dat-De-Dat

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  3:13
• 5
  Big Butter And Egg Man

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  3:08
• 6
  Sunset Café Stomp

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  2:54
• 7
  You Made Me Love You

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  2:59
• 8
  Irish Black Bottom

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
  2:48
• 9
  Willie The Weeper

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:11
• 10
  Wild Man Blues

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:15
• 11
  Alligator Crawl

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:06
• 12
  Potato Head Blues

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  2:58
• 13
  Melancholy

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:05
• 14
  Weary Blues

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:03
• 15
  Twelfth Street Rag

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:08
• 16
  Keyhole Blues

  Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  3:31
• CD 3: Louis Armstrong - The Hot Fives & Sevens - Volume 3
• 1
  S.O.L. Blues
  2:58
• 2
  Gully Low Blues
  3:22
• 3
  That's When I'll Come Back to You
  3:02
• 4
  Put 'em Down Blues
  3:10
• 5
  Ory's Creole Trombone
  3:09
• 6
  The Last Time
  3:24
• 7
  Struttin' With Some Barbecue
  3:00
• 8
  Got No Blues
  3:19
• 9
  Once in a While
  3:14
• 10
  I'm Not Rough
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Hotter Than That
  3:01
• 12
  Savoy Blues
  3:28
• 13
  Fireworks
  3:02
• 14
  Skip the Gutter
  3:07
• 15
  A Monday Date
  3:11
• 16
  Don't Jive Me
  2:47
• CD 4: Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines
• 1
  Chicago Breakdown

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:23
• 2
  Symphonic Raps

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:10
• 3
  Savoyagers Stomp

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:08
• 4
  West End Blues

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:15
• 5
  Sugar Foot Strut

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:17
• 6
  Two Deuces

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  2:52
• 7
  Squeeze Me

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:20
• 8
  Knee Drops

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:21
• 9
  No (Papa, No)

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  2:52
• 10
  Basin Street Blues

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:13
• 11
  No One Else but You

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:22
• 12
  Beau Koo Jack

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:01
• 13
  Save It, Pretty Mama

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:19
• 14
  Weather Bird

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  2:41
• 15
  Muggles

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  2:48
• 16
  Hear Me Talkin’ to Ya

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:21
• 17
  St. James’ Infirmary

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:18
• 18
  Tight Like This

  Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines
  3:16
  3.0 ★
• CD 5: Louis Armstrong - Louis in New York
• 1
  Knockin’ a Jug
  3:23
• 2
  I Can’t Give You Anything But Love
  3:31
• 3
  Mahogany Hall Stomp
  3:24
• 4
  S’Posin’
  3:14
• 5
  To Be In Love
  3:06
• 6
  Funny Feathers
  3:15
• 7
  How Do You Do It That Way?
  3:17
• 8
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  3:22
  4.7 ★
• 9
  (What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?
  3:07
• 10
  That Rhythm Man
  3:08
• 11
  Sweet Savannah Sue
  3:12
• 12
  Ain’t Misbehavin’
  3:05
• 13
  Some of These Days (vocal take)
  3:11
• 14
  Some of These Days (non-vocal take)
  2:58
• 15
  When You’re Smiling (vocal take)
  3:28
• 16
  When You’re Smiling (non-vocal take)
  2:56
• 17
  After You’ve Gone (vocal take)
  3:21
• 18
  After You’ve Gone (non-vocal take B)
  3:17
• 19
  After You’ve Gone (non-vocal take C)
  3:18
• CD 6: Louis Armstrong - St. Louis Blues
• 1
  I Ain’t Got Nobody
  2:43
• 2
  I Ain’t Got Nobody (non-vocal take)
  2:57
• 3
  Dallas Blues
  3:15
• 4
  Dallas Blues (non-vocal take)
  3:15
• 5
  St. Louis Blues
  3:00
• 6
  St. Louis Blues (non-vocal take)
  2:59
• 7
  St. Louis Blues (non-vocal take)
  2:56
• 8
  Rockin’ Chair
  3:21
• 9
  Song of the Islands
  3:28
• 10
  Bessie Couldn’t Help It
  3:22
• 11
  Blue, Turning Grey Over You
  3:28
• 12
  Dear Old Southland
  3:17
• 13
  My Sweet
  3:20
• 14
  I Can’t Believe That You’re in Love With Me
  3:08
• 15
  Indian Cradle Song
  2:59
• 16
  Exactly Like You
  3:30
• 17
  Dinah
  3:17
• 18
  Tiger Rag
  3:10
• 19
  I’m a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas
  3:06
• 20
  I’m in the Market for You
  3:14
• 21
  I’m Confessin’ (That I Love You)
  3:20
• 22
  If I Could Be With You One Hour Tonight
  3:36
• 23
  Body and Soul
  3:16
• CD 7: Louis Armstrong - You're Driving Me Crazy
• 1
  Memories of You
  3:09
• 2
  You’re Lucky to Me
  3:23
• 3
  Sweethearts on Parade
  3:14
• 4
  You’re Driving Me Crazy
  3:04
• 5
  You’re Driving Me Crazy
  3:06
• 6
  The Peanut Vendor
  3:27
• 7
  Just a Gigolo
  3:17
• 8
  Shine
  3:20
• 9
  Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
  3:03
• 10
  I Surrender Dear
  3:07
• 11
  When It’s Sleepy Down South
  3:19
• 12
  Blue Again
  3:11
• 13
  Little Joe
  3:11
• 14
  You Rascal You
  3:12
• 15
  Them There Eyes
  3:05
• 16
  When Your Lover Has Gone
  3:07
• 17
  Lazy River
  3:03
• 18
  Chinatown, My Chinatown
  3:15
• CD 8: Louis Armstrong - Stardust
• 1
  Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
  3:30
• 2
  Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams
  3:15
• 3
  Star Dust
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Star Dust
  3:28
• 5
  You Can Depend On Me
  3:17
• 6
  Georgia On My Mind
  3:17
• 7
  The Lonesome Road
  3:31
• 8
  I Got Rhythm
  3:04
• 9
  Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
  3:00
• 10
  Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea
  3:19
• 11
  Kickin' The Gong Around
  3:11
• 12
  Home
  3:04
• 13
  All of Me
  2:57
• 14
  Love, You Funny Thing
  3:40
• 15
  The New Tiger Rag
  3:22
• 16
  Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
  3:31
• 17
  Love, You Funny Thing
  3:24
• CD 9: Louis Armstrong - Swing, You Cats
• 1
  That's My Home
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
  3:02
• 3
  I Hate To Leave You Now
  3:13
• 4
  You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born
  3:19
• 5
  Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Pt 1 (You Rascal, You/When It's Sleepytime Down South/Nobody Sweetheart)
  4:25
• 6
  Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Pt 2 (When You're Smiling/St. James Infirmary/Dinah)
  4:34
• 7
  I've Got The World On A String
  3:15
• 8
  I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues
  3:01
• 9
  Hustlin' And Bustlin' For Baby
  3:09
• 10
  Sittin' In The Dark
  3:00
• 11
  High Society
  3:24
• 12
  He's A Son Of The South
  2:40
• 13
  Some Sweet Day
  3:00
• 14
  Basin Street Blues
  3:25
• 15
  Honey, Do!
  2:36
• 16
  Snowball
  3:11
• 17
  Mahogany Hall Stomp
  2:35
• 18
  Swing, You Cats
  2:38
• CD 10: Louis Armstrong - Laughin' Louis
• 1
  Honey, Dont You Love Me Anymore?
  2:59
• 2
  Mississippi Basin
  3:06
• 3
  Laughin' Louie
  3:28
• 4
  Tomorrow Night
  3:17
• 5
  Dusky Stevedore
  2:55
• 6
  There's a Cabin in the Pines
  3:17
• 7
  Mighty River
  2:42
• 8
  Sweet Sue, Just You
  2:44
• 9
  I Wonder Who
  3:07
• 10
  St. Louis Blues
  2:41
• 11
  Don't Play Me Cheap
  2:55
• 12
  That's My Home
  3:12
• 13
  Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train
  2:59
• 14
  I Hate to Leave You Now
  3:10
• 15
  You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born
  3:18
• 16
  Medley Of Armstrong Hits - Pt 2 (When You're Smiling/St. James Infirmary/Dinah)
  4:26
• 17
  Mississippi Basin
  3:11
• 18
  Laughin' Louie
  3:25
• 19
  Tomorrow Night
  3:20
• 20
  Blue Yodel No. 9
  2:38
  3.0 ★

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Release credits

• Albert Nicholas
  alto saxophone [1-2, 5-9], clarinet [5.2-3, 6.3-4]
• Albert Washington
  tenor saxophone [7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 4.1, 8.8-9]
• Alex Hill
  arranger [12]
• Arthur Davey
  alto saxophone [10.16, 9.5-6]
• Arthur Schutt
  piano [12]
• Benny Hill
  drums (drum set) [9.5-6, 10.16]
• Bernard Addison
  guitar [13-18]
• Bert Curry
  alto saxophone [8-11, 13-19]
• Big Mike McKendrick
  banjo [9.7-13, 9.15-18, 10.1-11, 10.17-19], guitar [9.8, 7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 8.8-9], resonator guitar [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18]
• Bill Oldham
  double bass [9.7-8, 9.8-13, 9.15-18, 10.1-5, 10.17-19], tuba [6-11]
• Bill Perkins
  banjo [6.23, 7.4-5, 7.8], guitar [1-3, 6-7]
• Bill Wilson
  cornet [1]
• Billy Hicks
  trumpet [10.12-15, 9.1-4]
• Bobby Holmes
  alto saxophone [13-18]
• Boyd Atkins
  alto saxophone [1], clarinet [1], soprano saxophone [1]
• Buck Washington
  piano [12-13]
• Budd Johnson
  clarinet [9.7-13, 9.15-18, 10.1-11, 10.17-19], tenor saxophone [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18], vocal [8]
• Carroll Dickerson
  conductor [8-11, 13-19], violin [8-11, 15-16]
• Castor McCord
  tenor saxophone [13-18]
• Ceele Burke
  banjo [19, 22], steel guitar [20-21]
• Charlie Alexander
  piano [7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 8.8-9]
• Charlie Beal
  piano [1-11, 17-19]
• Charlie Gaines
  trumpet [10.16, 9.5-6]
• Charlie Green
  trombone [9.1-4, 10.12-15]
• Charlie Holmes
  alto saxophone [5.2-3, 6.1-2, 6.5-10], clarinet [3-4, 11]
• Charlie Jones
  clarinet [1-8], tenor saxophone [7.1-8, 6.23]
• Chick Webb
  drums (drum set) [9.1-4, 10.12-15]
• Clarence Babcock
  spoken vocals [15-16]
• Crawford Wethington
  alto saxophone [8-11, 13-19]
• Dave Wilborn
  banjo [11-13], guitar [11-13]
• Don Kirkpatrick
  piano [10.12-15, 9.1-4]
• Don Redman
  alto saxophone [11-13, 16-18], arranger [11, 13], clarinet [11-13, 16-18]
• Earl Hines
  background vocals [7], celesta [10], piano [4.1, 4.5-9, 4.11-18, 3.13-16], vocal [3.15, 4.10]
• Ed Anderson
  trumpet [13-18]
• Ed Hayes
  tuba [9.5-6, 10.16]
• Eddie Condon
  banjo [2-3]
• Eddie Lang
  guitar [1, 12]
• Edgar Sampson
  alto saxophone [9.1-4, 10.12-15], violin [10.12-15, 9.1-4]
• Ellsworth Blake
  tenor saxophone [9.5-6, 10.16]
• Elmer James
  double bass [9.1-2, 9.2-4, 10.12-15], tuba [10.12-15, 9.1-2, 9.2-4]
• Elmer Whitlock
  trumpet [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18]
• Elmer Williams
  tenor saxophone [9.1-4, 10.12-15]
• Fred Robinson
  background vocals [7], trombone [4.5-13, 4.15-18, 3.13-16, 5.6, 5.6-11, 5.13-19]
• Gene Anderson
  celesta [9], piano [6, 6-8, 10-11, 13-19]
• George "Pops" Foster
  double bass [5.2-3, 6.1-11]
• George James
  alto saxophone [7.13, 7.15-18, 8.9], baritone saxophone [9-10, 12], clarinet [7.13, 7.16-17, 8.8], soprano saxophone [8.8, 7.15]
• George Oldham
  alto saxophone [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18], clarinet [9.7-13, 9.15-18, 10.1-11, 10.17-19]
• George Orendorff
  trumpet [6.23, 7.1-2]
• Happy Caldwell
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Harold Scott
  trumpet [6.23, 7.1-8]
• Harry Dial
  drums (drum set) [6-11]
• Harry Hoffman
  violin [4-5]
• Harvey Brooks
  piano [7.1-2, 6.19-22]
• Henry Hicks
  trombone [13-18]
• Henry Prince
  celesta [7], percussion [6], piano [6.23, 7.1-5, 7.7-8]
• Henry “Red” Allen
  trumpet [1-11]
• Hoagy Carmichael
  lead vocals [8]
• Homer Hobson
  trumpet [8-11, 13-19]
• Honoré Dutrey
  trombone [1]
• House of Pain
  remixer [14]
• Hy Clark
  trombone [7-8]
• J.C. Higginbotham
  trombone [5.2-3, 6.1-11]
• Jack Teagarden
  trombone [1]
• Jimmie Rodgers
  vocal [20]
• Jimmy Dorsey
  alto saxophone [12], clarinet [4-5]
• Jimmy Strong
  background vocals [7], clarinet [3.13-16, 5.10, 5.17-19, 4.5-10, 4.15-18], tenor saxophone [4.8, 4.16-18, 5.6, 5.6-9, 5.11, 5.13-19]
• Joe Bailey
  double bass [6.23, 7.1-8], tuba [7-8]
• Joe Sullivan
  piano [1]
• Joe Turner
  piano [13-18]
• Joe Venuti
  violin [12]
• Joe Walker
  alto saxophone [1], baritone saxophone [1]
• John Lindsay
  double bass [7.17-18, 8.8-9]
• John Thomas
  trombone [2.9-16, 3.1-3]
• John Trueheart
  banjo [2], guitar [10.12-15, 9.1-4], piano [2]
• Johnny Dodds
  alto saxophone [4, 11], clarinet [1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-16, 2.1-5, 2.5-16, 3.1-12]
• Johnny St. Cyr
  banjo [1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-16, 3.1-11, 2.1-16], guitar [3.6, 3.12, 2.9]
• Justin Ring
  piano [4-5]
• Kaiser Marshall
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Keg Johnson
  trombone [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18]
• Kid Ory
  trombone [3.4-12, 1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-16, 2.1-6], vocal [5]
• Lavert Hutchinson
  tuba [13-18]
• Lawrence Brown
  trombone [19-22]
• Leon Elkins
  trumpet [19-22]
• Leon Herriford
  alto saxophone [19-22]
• Les Hite
  alto saxophone [6.23, 7.1, 7.3-6, 7.8], baritone saxophone [2], clarinet [7], conductor [1-7]
• Lester Boone
  alto saxophone [8.8-9, 7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18], clarinet [13, 16-17]
• Lil Hardin Armstrong
  additional [3], piano [3.1-12, 2.1-16, 1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-16, 10.20], vocal [5, 15]
• Lionel Hampton
  drums (drum set) [6.19-23, 7.1-8], spoken vocals [4-5], vibraphone [1, 7]
• Lonnie Johnson
  guitar [5.2-3, 3.10-12]
• Louis Armstrong
  additional [8], cornet [2.1-16, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 1.8-16, 3.2-12, 4.1], lead vocals [1.6, 7.17, 4.10, 4.18], slide whistle [14], trumpet [4.5-18, 6.1-23, 8.8-9, 10.1-20, 7.1-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 2.5, 9.1, 9.1-13, 9.15-18, 5.1-6, 5.6-19, 3.1, 3.5, 3.13-16, 1.5], vocal [10.1-9, 10.11-19, 2.1, 2.4-5, 2.7-8, 2.12, 2.16, 8.8-9, 5.2, 5.8-11, 5.13, 5.15, 5.17, 1.3, 1.5, 1.11-13, 1.15-16, 3.1-4, 3.6, 3.8, 3.10-11, 3.13-15, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.9-17, 7.1-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 9.1, 9.1-10, 9.12-13, 9.15-16, 4.5, 4.7-13, 4.15-18]
• Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
  performing orchestra [6.1, 6.10, 7.17, 9.1, 10.9, 5.10]
• Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
  performer [9, 11], performing orchestra [12]
• Louis Armstrong and His Savoy Ballroom Five
  performer [18]
• Louis Bacon
  trumpet [10.12-15, 9.1-4]
• Louis Hunt
  trumpet [9.1-4, 10.12-15]
• Louis Jordan
  alto saxophone [10.16, 9.5-6]
• Luis Russell
  piano [5.2-3, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.8-11], vibraphone [9]
• Luther Craven
  trombone [6.23, 7.1-8]
• Mancy "Peck" Carr
  banjo [3.13-16, 4.5-10, 4.15-18, 5.6, 5.6-11, 5.13-19], guitar [13], vocal [10]
• Marvin Johnson
  alto saxophone [6.23, 7.1-6, 7.8]
• May Alix
  vocal [5-6]
• McLure "Red Mack" Morris
  trumpet [3-8]
• Mezz Mezzrow
  bell [9.2, 10.13]
• Otis Johnson
  trumpet [1-11]
• Paul Barbarin
  drums (drum set) [5.2-3, 6.1-7, 6.9-11], vibraphone [8]
• Pete Briggs
  tuba [4.1, 5.8-11, 5.13-19, 2.9-16, 3.1-3]
• Pete Clark
  alto saxophone [9.1-2, 9.2-4, 10.12-15], clarinet [10.12-15, 9.1-2, 9.2-4]
• Preston Jackson
  trombone [7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 8.8-9]
• Reggie Jones
  tuba [19-22]
• Rip Bassett
  banjo [1], guitar [1]
• Scoville Browne
  alto saxophone [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18], clarinet [10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18]
• Seger Ellis
  vocal [4-5, 12]
• Sid Catlett
  drums (drum set) [1-5, 17-19]
• Stan King
  drums (drum set) [4-5]
• Ted McCord
  alto saxophone [13-18]
• Teddy Hill
  clarinet [3-4, 11], tenor saxophone [5.2-3, 6.1-2, 6.5-10]
• Teddy Wilson
  piano [7-13, 15-18]
• Tommy Dorsey
  trombone [4-5, 12]
• Tubby Hall
  drums (drum set) [7.9-10, 7.12-13, 7.15-18, 4.1, 8.8-9]
• Victoria Spivey
  vocal [6-7]
• Warren “Baby” Dodds
  drums (drum set) [2.9-16, 3.1-3]
• Wesley Robinson
  piano [10.16, 9.5-6]
• Will Johnson
  guitar [2, 4, 6-7]
• Will Johnson
  guitar [1, 3, 5, 8-11]
• William Franz
  tenor saxophone [19-22]
• William Thornton Blue
  alto saxophone [10], clarinet [11]
• Willie Lynch
  drums (drum set) [13-18]
• Willie Stark
  alto saxophone [19-22]
• Yank Porter
  drums (drum set) [7-13, 15-18]
• Zilner Randolph
  arranger [17], trumpet [8.8-9, 10.1-11, 10.17-19, 9.7-13, 9.15-18, 7.12, 7.17-18]
• Zutty Singleton
  cymbal [3.13-16, 4.5-6, 4.8], drums (drum set) [5.6-11, 5.13-19, 4.9-13, 4.15-18]
• [unknown]
  banjo [10.16, 9.5-6], double bass [5.12, 7.13, 7.15-16], guitar [9.5-6, 10.16], trombone [10.16, 9.5-6], vibraphone [13, 16]
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Issues

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  The OKeh, Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings - 1925-1933

  10x CD
  2012