Let The Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954

Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954

Let The Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954
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Artist: Louis Jordan
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 1999-12-28
Music Label: Bear Family
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Toodle-Loo on Down
  2. So Good
  3. Away from You
  4. Honey in the Bee Ball
  5. Barnacle Bill the Sailor
  6. Flat Face [Instrumental]
  7. Keep a Knockin'
  8. Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches
  9. Swingin' in a Coconut Tree [Instrumental]
  10. Doug the Jitterbug
  11. At the Swing Cat's Ball
  12. Jake, What a Snake [Instrumental]
  13. Honeysuckle Rose
  14. 'Fore Day Blues
  15. But I'll Be Back
  16. You Ain't Nowhere
  17. You're My Meat
  18. Juneteenth Jamboree
  19. You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business
  20. I'm Alabama Bound
  21. Hard Lovin' Blues
  22. You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes
  23. Lovie Joe
  24. Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man
  25. Bounce the Ball (Do da Dittle Um Day)
  26. Penthouse in the Basement
  27. After School Swing Session (Swinging With Sympony Sid)
Music CD 2
  1. Oh Boy, I'm in the Groove
  2. Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin'
  3. Don't Come Cryin' on My Shoulder
  4. Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
  5. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
  6. Pompton Turnpike
  7. Do You Call That a Buddy? (Dirty Cat)
  8. I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
  9. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie [Instrumental]
  10. The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
  11. T-Bone Blues
  12. Pan-Pan
  13. Saint Vitus Dance
  14. Saxa-Woogie
  15. Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)
  16. De Laff's on You
  17. Boogie Woogie Came to Town
  18. John, Stop Teasing Me
  19. How 'Bout That?
  20. Teacher (How I Love My Teacher)
  21. Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
  22. Knock Me a Kiss
  23. The Green Grass Grows All Around
  24. Mister Lovingood
  25. Small Town Boy
  26. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
Music CD 3
  1. What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)?
  2. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
  3. I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
  4. That'll Just About Knock Me Out
  5. Dirty Snake
  6. Five Guys Named Moe
  7. It's a Low Down Dirty Shame
  8. De Laff's on You
  9. Ration Blues
  10. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
  11. Deacon Jones
  12. The Things I Want I Can't Get at Home
  13. How High Am I?
  14. I Like 'Em Fat Like That
  15. The Truth of the Matter
  16. Hey! Now Let's Live
  17. Mop! Mop!
  18. G.I. Jive
  19. You Can't Get That No More
  20. Louis' Oldsmobile Song
  21. Your Socks Don't Match
  22. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
  23. My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
  24. Your Socks Don't Match
Music CD 4
  1. Buzz Me
  2. They Raided the House
  3. Caldonia Boogie
  4. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
  5. How Long Must I Wait for You?
  6. Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
  7. Salt Pork, West Virginia
  8. Paper Boy
  9. Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
  10. Reconversion Blues
  11. It's So Easy
  12. Beware, Brother, Beware
  13. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
  14. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
  15. Ain't That Just Like a Woman
  16. That Chick's Too Young to Fry
  17. No Sale
  18. If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me
  19. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
  20. Let the Good Times Roll
  21. All for the Love of Lil
  22. Texas and Pacific
  23. Jack, You're Dead!
  24. Reet Petite and Gone
  25. Sure Had a Wonderful Time
  26. I Know What You're Putting Down
  27. Open the Door, Richard
Music CD 5
  1. Friendship
  2. Open the Door, Richard
  3. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
  4. Barnyard Boogie
  5. Every Man to His Own Profession
  6. Early in the Morning
  7. Run Joe
  8. Look Out
  9. Beans and Corn Bread
  10. Have You Got the Gumpton?
  11. We Can't Agree
  12. Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
  13. Roamin' Blues
  14. Inflation Blues
  15. You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
  16. Chug Chug Boogie
  17. There'll Be No Days Like That
  18. Pettin' and Pokin'
  19. You're on the Right Track, Baby
  20. Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
  21. Why'd You Do It Baby?
  22. Daddy-O
  23. Safe, Sane and Single
  24. I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting
  25. You Broke Your Promise
  26. Push-Ka Pee-Shee Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)
Music CD 6
  1. Cole Slaw
  2. Beans and Corn Bread
  3. Onion [Instrumental]
  4. Baby's Gonna Go, Bye-Bye
  5. Heed My Warning
  6. Psycho-Loco [Instrumental]
  7. School Days (When We Were Kids)
  8. Hungry Man
  9. Love You 'Til Your Money's Gone Blues
  10. Saturday Night Fish Fry, Pts. 1-2
  11. I Want a Roof Over My Head
  12. Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)
  13. Blue Light Boogie, Pt. 1-2
  14. Tamburitza Boogie
  15. (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse
  16. Lemonade
  17. It's a Great, Great Pleasure
  18. You Will Always Have a Friend
  19. Louisville Lodge Meeting
  20. Trouble Then Satisfaction
  21. Crazy Baby
  22. Life Is So Peculiar
  23. You Rascal You
  24. Teardrops from My Eyes
Music CD 7
  1. If You've Got Some Place to Go
  2. Weak Minded Blues
  3. Is My Pop in There?
  4. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
  5. If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich?
  6. Trust in Me
  7. Louisville Lodge Meeting
  8. How Blue Can You Get?
  9. Happy Birthday Boogie
  10. May Every Day Be Christmas
  11. Please Don't Leave Me
  12. Bone Dry
  13. I Love That Kinda Carryin' On
  14. Three Handed Woman
  15. Fat Sam from Birmingham
  16. Cock-A-Doodle-Doo
  17. Garmoochie
  18. There Must Be a Way
  19. Come and Get It [Instrumental]
  20. Stop Makin' Music
  21. Slow Down
  22. Work, Baby Work
  23. Never Trust a Woman
  24. All of Me
  25. There Goes My Heart
  26. Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbow)
  27. Gimme Gimmie Blues
Music CD 8
  1. Junco Partner
  2. Time Marches On
  3. Azure-Te (Paris Blues)
  4. Oil Well, Texas
  5. There's Nothing Else That I Can Do
  6. Jordan For President
  7. The Soon-A-Baby
  8. There's Nothing Else That I Can Do
  9. The Soon-A-Baby
  10. You Didn't Want Me Baby
  11. A Man's Best Friend Is a Bed
  12. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
  13. It's Better to Wait for Love
  14. Only Yesterday
  15. Just Like a Butterfly (That's Caught in the Rain)
  16. Hog Wash
  17. House Party
  18. Everything That's Made of Wood
  19. I Want You to Be My Baby
  20. You Know It Too
  21. Locked Up
  22. I Gotta Move
  23. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  24. If It's True
  25. Wake Up Jacob
  26. Lollypop
  27. Perdido [Instrumental]
Music CD 9
  1. Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
  2. Petootie Pie
  3. Petootie Pie
  4. Baby, It's Cold Outside
  5. Don't Cry, Cry Baby
  6. Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
  7. I'll Never Be Free

Free Music Notes for Let The Good Times Roll: The Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954

Free Music Review: "...Don't Care If You're Young Or Old...Let's Get Together...And Let The Good Times Roll..."
Hit: 5 Stars

"Let The Good Times Roll..." is old. It was originally issued in 1992 as an 8CD/1LP box set and then when Bear Family finally got the CD licensing rights for the Ella Fitzgerald LP, they reissued it in 1994 as this 9CD set which has remained on catalogue ever since.

It's a 12" x 12" box with a 46-page album-sized booklet featuring a stunning and detailed life story and discography by PETER GRENDYSA - which in itself is peppered with movie stills, newspaper clippings, Harlem Hit Parade charts, Sheet Music etc... There are 215 tracks (32 unreleased) with expert tape and 78" transfers by the legendary BEAR FAMILY experts in Germany - great sound throughout despite the vintage. Other vocalists and players featured throughout include RODNEY STURGESS (Jordan's first ever credit in 1939), YACK TAYLOR, DAISY WINCHESTER, MABEL ROBINSON, KENNETH HOLLON, BING CROSBY, ELLA FITZGERALD, MARTHA DAVIS, VALLI FORD, LOUIS ARMSTRONG and BILL DOGGETT.

As space is restricted, I've posted a full discography with reference to everything in the box set in a blog (Google Louis Jordan markattheflicks) - it contains the A&B of 99 releases (78's and 45's) with recording details, catalogue numbers, relevant reissues etc (took me a few days that). The info below details the previously unreleased stuff outside of that discography...

Disc 1: 27 Tracks, 75:46 minutes (1938 to 1940)

Disc 2: 26 Tracks, 74:46 minutes (1940 to 1942)
Previously Unreleased - Track 16 "De Laff's On You" (1941), Track 18 "John, Stop Teasin' Me", Track 20 "Teacher (How I Love My Teacher)", Track 24 "Mister Lovingood"

Disc 3: 24 Tracks, 68:35 minutes (1942 to 1947)
Previously Unreleased - Track 5 "Dirty Snake", Track 8 "De Laff's On You" (1942), Track 12 "The Things I Want I Can't Get At Home", Track 13 "How High Am I", Track 15 "The Truth Of The Matter", Track 16 "Hey! Now Let's Live", Track 20 "Louis' Oldsmobile Song", Track 21 "Your Socks Don't Match" [with BING CROSBY] and Track 23 "My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip De Hootie)" [with BING CROSBY]

Disc 4: 27 Tracks, 76:19 minutes (1945 to 1952)
Previously Unreleased - Track 6 "Don't Worry `Bout That Mule", Track 8 "Paper Boy" and Track 27 "Open The Door Richard"

Disc 5: 26 Tracks, 76:10 minutes (1947 to 1950)
Previously Unreleased - Track 9 "Beans And Corn Bread", Track 16 "Chug Chug Boogie" and Track 17 There'll Be No Days Like That"

Disc 6: 24 Tracks, 76:49 minutes (1949 to 1951)
Previously Unreleased - Track 9 "Love You 'til Your Money's Gone Blues", Track 19 "Louisville Lodge Meeting" and Track 21 "Crazy Baby"

Disc 7: 27 Tracks, 77:25 minutes (1951 to 1955)
Previously Unreleased - Track 1 "If You've Got Someplace To Go", Track 9 "Happy Birthday Boogie", Track 13 "I Love That Kind Of Carryin' On", Track 17 "Garmoochie", Track 20 "Stop Makin' Music" and Track 27 "Gimme Gimme Blues"

Disc 8: 27 Tracks, 77:15 minutes (1952 to 1956)
Previously Unreleased - Track 5 "There's Nothing Else That I Can Do", Track 7 "The Soon-A-Baby" and Track 8 "There's Nothing Else That I Can Do" (Alternate Take)

Disc 9: 7 Tracks, 20:06 minutes (1946 to 1950)
[All tracks are LOUIS JORDAN and ELLA FITZGERALD]
Previously Unreleased - Track 3 "Petootie Me" (Released Version is the October 8, 1945 recording - this is an October 15, 1945 outtake)

Jordan road-tested all his new material on live audiences, so when he went into the studio, he wasn't recording songs that might work, he was racking up sure-fire hits. In 1946 alone - he had 6 Number 1's - one of which, "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie", stayed on top of the race charts for an incredible 18 weeks. And like the joyful sound of Glenn Miller's big band, Jordan's infectious jive, boogie and rhythm 'n' blues lit up the USA and was exactly what the austerity of the war and post war years needed. Decca adverts claimed that 11, 000, 000 GI's listened to Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and it was probably accurate.

Then there was the live showmanship, which was the best the world had ever seen. Both James Brown and B.B. King have always name-checked him as the 'man' (and think where there influences went and are still going). There was even a stage show a few years back named after his big hit "Five Guys Named Moe" which had punters literally dancing in the aisles. Jordan also pioneered 'shorts' - films of his performances, which thrilled movie-going audiences - the precursors of videos. He was one cool and shrewd dude - even if his wife did try to stab him to death and he fired his band with the ruthlessness of a film-noir crook.

In 2009 - nearly 70 years after the event - it's hard for us now to even comprehend the truly staggering popularity and influence Louis Jordan has had on popular culture. But this wonderful Bear Family box set celebrates that - finally giving one of music's true heroes his proper due. There are cheaper options for sure, but this is quality - and class is always worth the extra cost...

It may have taken me nearly 20 years to buy it - but that's another story... drunken debauchery, womanizing, fast horses...wait a minute...that's someone else's life...
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The price of this multi-disc import box set is indeed a hefty one, but it contains every track the pioneering saxman waxed for Decca -- the multitude of hits that inexorably influenced the future of R&B and eventually rock & roll. Bear Family's attention to detail in its presentation is always immaculate, and the sound quality follows suit. ~ Bill Dahl, All Music Guide

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