Volume One 1939-1947

Compilation by Louis Jordan

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Toodle-Loo On Down
3:14
2
So Good
3:07
3
Away From You
2:47
4
Honey In The Bee Ball
3:09
5
Barnacle Bill The Sailor
2:45
6
Flat Face
2:43
7
Keep-A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)
2:36
8
Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On
2:45
9
Swinging On a Cocoanut Tree
2:46
10
Doug The Jitterbug
2:34
11
At The Swing Cat's Ball
2:32
12
Honeysuckle Rose
3:09
13
'Fore Day Blues
2:38
14
But I'll Be Back
2:38
15
You Ain't Nowhere
2:42
16
Jake, What A Snake
2:34
17
You're My Meat
3:00
18
June Tenth Jamboree
2:42
19
You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business
2:37
20
I'm Alabama Bound
2:58
21
Hard Lovin' Blues
3:12
22
You Got To Go When The Wagon Comes
2:26
CD 2
1
Lovie Joe
2:45
2
Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man
2:40
3
Bounce the Ball (Do Da Dittle Um Day)
2:43
4
Penthouse In The Basement
2:34
5
After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony Sid)
2:37
6
Oh Boy, I'm In The Groove
2:48
7
Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin'
3:03
8
Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder
2:31
9
Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee
2:32
10
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird
2:36
11
Pompton Turnpike
3:09
12
Do You Call That A Buddy (Dirty Cat)
3:15
13
I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do
2:31
14
Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
2:56
15
The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You)
2:26
16
T-Bone Blues
3:09
17
Pan Pan
2:53
18
Saint Vitus Dance
2:51
19
Saxa Woogie
2:39
20
Brotherly Love
2:59
21
Boogie Woogie Came To Town
3:05
CD 3
1
How 'Bout That
2:56
2
Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
3:07
3
Knock Me A Kiss
2:49
4
The Green Grass Grows All Around
2:52
5
Small Town Boy
2:50
6
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
2:53
7
What's The Use of Gettin' Sober
2:52
8
The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall
2:29
9
I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
3:07
10
That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
3:10
11
It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
2:50
12
Five Guys Named Moe
3:02
13
Ration Blues
3:09
14
Is You Or Is You Ain't My Baby
2:45
15
Deacon Jones
2:58
16
Mop-Mop
2:57
17
G.I. Jive
3:01
18
You Can't Get That No More
3:20
19
My Baby Said Yes (Yip Yip De Hoodie)
2:49
20
Your Socks Don't Match
3:00
21
Buzz Me
2:52
22
Caldonia Boogie
2:40
CD 4
1
Somebody Done Changed That Lock On Your Door
3:15
2
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
2:30
3
Salt Pork, West Virginia
3:01
4
Reconversion Blues
2:21
5
Beware
2:51
6
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
2:59
7
Choo-Choo Ch Boogie
2:43
8
Ain't That Just Like a Woman
2:52
9
That Chick's Too Young To Fry
2:25
10
If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me
2:49
11
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
3:04
12
Stone Cold Dead In The Market
2:41
13
Petootie Pie
2:36
14
I Like 'Em Fat Like That
2:40
15
It's So Easy
2:52
16
Texas And Pacific
3:04
17
Jack, You're Dead
2:33
18
Sure Had A Wonderful Time
3:00
19
I Know What You're Puttin' Down
3:06
20
Open The Door Richard
3:02
21
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
2:46
22
Early In The Morning
3:22
23
Look Out
2:50

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Release credits

Charlie Drayton
double bass [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
Clarence Johnson
piano [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
Courtney Williams
trumpet [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
Lemuel Johnson
clarinet [10-11], tenor saxophone [5, 8, 10-11]
Louis Jordan
alto saxophone [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20], baritone saxophone [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20], clarinet [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20], lead vocals [5], vocal [8, 10-11, 20]
Rodney Sturgis
lead vocals [1], tenor saxophone [5]
Stafford Simon
clarinet [13-14, 16, 20], flute [13-14, 16, 20], tenor saxophone [13-14, 16, 20]
Walter Martin
drums (drum set) [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
Yack Taylor
vocal [20]

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Volume One 1939-1947
4x CD