Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology (1938-1953)

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Barnacle Bill the Sailor
  2:46
• 2
  Doug the Jitterbug
  2:32
• 3
  At the Swing Cat’s Ball
  2:29
• 4
  Honeysuckle Rose
  3:07
• 5
  The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
  2:26
• 6
  Pan Pan
  2:53
• 7
  Saxa‐Woogie
  2:36
• 8
  Boogie Woogie Came to Town
  3:03
• 9
  Rusty Dusty Blues (Mama Mama Blues)
  3:07
• 10
  I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
  2:53
• 11
  What’s the Use of Gettin’ Sober
  2:49
• 12
  I’m Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
  2:56
• 13
  Five Guys Named Moe
  2:58
• 14
  Ration Blues
  3:10
• 15
  Is You Is or Is You Ain’t (My Baby)
  2:43
• 16
  Mop – Mop
  2:57
• 17
  G.I. Jive
  3:00
• 18
  Buzz Me Blues
  2:51
• 19
  Caldonia
  2:41
  5.0 ★
• 20
  Salt Pork, W. VA
  3:00
• 21
  Don’t Worry ’Bout That Mule
  2:09
• 22
  Stone Cold Dead in the Market

  Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
  2:43
• 23
  Beware
  2:52
• 24
  Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
  2:42
  5.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Ain’t That Just Like a Woman
  2:52
• 2
  Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens
  3:07
  5.0 ★
• 3
  Let the Good Times Roll
  2:51
• 4
  Texas and Pacific
  3:06
• 5
  Jack, You’re Dead!
  2:35
• 6
  Open the Door, Richard
  2:32
• 7
  Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
  2:47
• 8
  Run Joe
  3:22
• 9
  Beans and Cornbread
  2:49
• 10
  Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2
  5:34
• 11
  Blue Light Boogie, Parts 1 & 2
  5:33
• 12
  (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
  2:36
• 13
  Life Is So Peculiar
  3:21
• 14
  Teardrops From My Eyes
  3:01
• 15
  Louisville Lodge Meeting
  3:31
• 16
  Bone Dry
  3:01
• 17
  Fat Sam From Birmingham
  3:00
• 18
  Cock‐A‐Doodle‐Doo
  2:12
• 19
  Slow Down
  2:39
• 20
  Never Trust a Woman
  2:55
• 21
  Junco Partner
  2:45
• 22
  I Want You to Be My Baby
  2:57

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Release credits

• Aaron Izenhall
  trumpet [2.2, 2.10, 2.12, 1.22, 1.24]
• Al Morgan
  bass [19], double bass [19]
• Alex 'Razz' Mitchell
  drums (drum set) [19]
• Arnold Thomas
  piano [10, 15]
• Bill Doggett
  arranger [10], piano [10, 12]
• Bill Jennings
  claves [12], electric guitar [12]
• Billy Hadnott
  double bass [10]
• Bob Bushnell
  bass [12], double bass [12]
• Bob Mitchell
  trumpet [10]
• Carl Hogan
  electric guitar [2.2, 1.22, 1.24]
• Charlie Drayton
  double bass [1-4]
• Clarence Johnson
  piano [1-4]
• Courtney Williams
  trumpet [1-4]
• Eddie Byrd
  drums (drum set) [1.24, 2.2], membranophone [22]
• Eddie Roane
  trumpet [10, 15]
• Ella Fitzgerald
  vocal [22]
• Freddie Simon
  clarinet [19], tenor saxophone [19]
• Harold Mitchell
  trumpet [10]
• Harry Dial
  maracas [22, 24]
• Idrees Sulieman
  trumpet [19]
• James 'Ham' Jackson
  electric guitar [10]
• Jesse ‘Po’ Simpkins
  bass [22], double bass [1.10, 1.15, 1.24, 2.2]
• Joe Morris
  drums (drum set) [10, 12]
• Josh Jackson
  tenor saxophone [2.2, 2.10, 2.12, 1.22, 1.24]
• Lemuel Johnson
  clarinet [2-3], tenor saxophone [1-3]
• Louis Jordan
  alto saxophone [2.2, 2.10, 2.12, 1.1-4, 1.10, 1.15, 1.19, 1.22, 1.24], baritone saxophone [1-4], clarinet [1-4], lead vocals [1, 10, 15], tenor saxophone [19], vocal [2.2, 2.10, 2.12, 1.2-4, 1.19, 1.22, 1.24]
• Milt Gabler
  producer [1.19, 1.22, 2.10]
• Rodney Sturgis
  tenor saxophone [1]
• Shadow Wilson
  drums (drum set) [10, 15]
• Stafford Simon
  tenor saxophone [4]
• Vic Lourie
  claves [22, 24]
• Walter Martin
  drums (drum set) [1-4]
• Wild Bill Davis
  arranger [22], organ [12], piano [1.22, 1.24, 2.2]
• William Austin
  piano [19]
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Issues

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  Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology (1938-1953)

  2x CD
  23 February 1999