The Complete Recordings 1957-1962 - Eleven Classic Albums

Compilation by Mose Allison

Released 6 April 2015

Tracklist

  • CD 1: Back Country Suite (Originally Prestige PRLP 7091 - 1957)
  • 1
    New Ground
    2:06
  • 2
    Train
    1:50
  • 3
    Warm Night
    1:47
  • 4
    Blues
    1:28
  • 5
    Saturday
    1:24
  • 6
    Scamper
    2:15
  • 7
    January
    1:38
  • 8
    Promised Land
    2:03
  • 9
    Spring Song
    1:23
  • 10
    Highway 49
    1:39
  • 11
    Blueberry Hill
    3:00
  • 12
    You Won’t Let Me Go
    3:46
  • 13
    I Thought About You
    3:53
  • 14
    One Room Country Shack
    3:05
  • 15
    In Salah
    3:45
  • 16
    Carnival
    3:03
  • 17
    Parchman Farm
    3:20
  • 18
    Crepuscular Air
    3:46
  • 19
    Mojo Woman
    4:07
  • 20
    Town
    3:26
  • 21
    Trouble In Mind
    3:18
  • 22
    Lost Mind
    3:34
  • 23
    Don’t Ever Say Goodbye
    3:15
  • 24
    Ain’t You A Mess
    2:41
  • CD 2: Creek Bank (Originally Prestige PRLP 7152 - 1958)
  • 1
    The Seventh Son
    2:40
  • 2
    If I Didn’t Care
    4:27
  • 3
    Cabin In The Sky
    4:07
  • 4
    If You Live
    2:34
  • 5
    Yardbird Suite
    3:25
  • 6
    Creek Bank
    4:37
  • 7
    Moon And Cypress
    4:02
  • 8
    Mule
    3:54
  • 9
    Dinner On The Ground
    3:16
  • 10
    Prelude To A Kiss
    4:13
  • 11
    Somebody Else Is Taking My Place
    4:05
  • 12
    Don’t Get Around Much Anymore
    2:48
  • 13
    Bye Bye Blues
    3:20
  • 14
    How Long Has This Been Going On
    4:08
  • 15
    I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!
    4:43
  • 16
    Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand
    3:15
  • 17
    Stroll
    3:55
  • 18
    I Hadn’t Anyone Till You
    2:32
  • 19
    My Kind Of Love
    3:51
  • 20
    Sleepy Time Gal
    5:24
  • CD 3: Autumn Song (Originally Prestige PRLP 7189 - 1959)
  • 1
    Promenade
    4:13
  • 2
    Eyesight To The Blind
    1:43
  • 3
    It’s Crazy
    3:40
  • 4
    That’s All Right
    2:28
  • 5
    Devil In The Cane Field
    4:05
  • 6
    Strange
    3:08
  • 7
    Autumn Song
    3:43
  • 8
    Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
    3:13
  • 9
    Spires
    3:05
  • 10
    Groovin’ High
    5:39
  • 11
    I Love The Life I Live
    2:26
  • 12
    News
    3:16
  • 13
    Fool’s Paradise
    3:34
  • 14
    You Turned The Tables On Me
    3:57
  • 15
    Isobel
    4:03
  • 16
    You’re A Sweetheart
    2:17
  • 17
    Night Ride
    3:17
  • 18
    Path
    3:39
  • 19
    Mad With You
    2:15
  • 20
    Hitting’ On One
    3:36
  • 21
    I Ain’t Got Nobody
    1:56
  • 22
    Can’t We Be Friends
    4:30
    4.0 ★
  • 23
    The Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
    3:23
  • 24
    Am I Blue
    3:26
  • CD 4: Transfiguration Of Hiram Brown (Originally Columbia CL 1444 - 1960)
  • 1
    Barefoot - Dirt Road
    3:17
  • 2
    City Home
    2:29
  • 3
    Cuttin’ Out
    1:40
  • 4
    Gotham Day
    3:23
  • 5
    Gotham Night
    4:27
  • 6
    Echo
    1:01
  • 7
    The River
    4:08
  • 8
    Finale
    0:48
  • 9
    How Little We Know
    3:50
  • 10
    Baby, Please Don’t Go
    2:33
  • 11
    Make Yourself Comfortable
    4:13
  • 12
    Deed I Do
    1:54
  • 13
    Love For Sale
    5:08
  • 14
    I Got A Right To Cry
    2:51
  • 15
    Old Devil Moon
    5:11
  • 16
    The Minstrels
    3:30
  • 17
    You Belong To Me
    4:23
  • 18
    Stranger In Paradise
    5:52
  • 19
    The Kissin’ Bug
    4:33
  • 20
    Ramble
    3:23
  • 21
    Saritha
    3:56
  • 22
    Old Man John
    2:20
  • 23
    Ingênue
    3:05
  • CD 5: Takes To The Hills (Originally EPIC LA 16031 - 1962)
  • 1
    V-8 Ford Blues
    2:12
  • 2
    Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
    1:28
  • 3
    Hey, Good Lookin'
    1:42
  • 4
    I Love The Life I Live
    2:24
  • 5
    Back On The Corner
    1:55
  • 6
    Life Is Suicide
    2:45
  • 7
    Ask Me Nice
    2:33
  • 8
    Swingin' Machine
    2:28
  • 9
    Do It
    4:33
  • 10
    Stop This World
    3:24
  • 11
    Promenade
    5:11
  • 12
    If You're Goin' To The City
    3:48
  • 13
    Saritha
    4:58
  • 14
    I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues
    3:56
  • 15
    So Rare
    5:02
  • 16
    I Don't Worry About A Thing
    2:17
  • 17
    It Didn't Turn Out That Way
    2:42
  • 18
    Your Mind Is On Vacation
    2:36
  • 19
    Let Me See
    4:10
  • 20
    Everything I Have Is Yours
    4:07
  • 21
    Stand By
    3:58
  • 22
    Idyll
    4:18
  • 23
    The Well
    3:22
  • 24
    Meet Me At No Special Place
    2:35
  • 25
    The Song Is Ended
    2:34

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Release credits

  • bass [4.1-13, 4.17, 4.19, 1.17, 1.20, 1.22, 2.1-11, 2.14-15, 2.19, 3.1-9], double bass [3.3, 3.6, 3.10, 2.11, 2.14-15, 2.19, 4.17, 4.19]
  • double bass [22]
  • producer [2.1, 2.11, 2.14-15, 2.19, 3.1-10, 1.1-4, 1.6-24]
  • producer [3.2, 2.4, 1.14, 1.17, 1.22]
  • producer [1, 3-10]
  • drums (drum set) [1-4, 6-15]
  • drums (drum set) [22]
  • drums (drum set) [1-13]
  • lead vocals [22], piano [1.1-4, 1.6-24, 2.1-11, 2.14-15, 2.19, 4.1-13, 4.17, 4.19, 3.1-10, 3.22], trumpet [21], vocal [2.1, 2.4, 1.14, 1.17, 1.22, 3.2, 3.4, 3.8]
  • drums (drum set) [2.11, 2.14-15, 2.19, 1.16-24]
  • drums (drum set) [4.17, 4.19, 2.1, 2.4, 3.1-10], membranophone [4.17, 4.19, 2.2-3, 2.5-10]
  • engineer [20], recording [1.1-4, 1.6-24, 3.1-10, 2.1-11, 2.14-15, 2.19, 4.17, 4.19]
  • bass [1-4, 6-15], double bass [13]

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