LOUIS ARMSTRONG - THE BEST OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG - THE EARLY YEARS / EMI PMC 7136

LOUIS ARMSTRONG - THE BEST OF LOUIS ARMSTRONG - THE EARLY YEARS / EMI PMC 7136

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SIDE ONE

1. HEEBIE JEEBIES (Atkins-Rich-Jones) (a)

2. MUSKRAT RAMBLE (ory)(a)

3. WILL IE THE WEEPER (Rymal-Melmsn-Blotmi) (b)

4. POTATO HEAD BLUES (Armstrong)(c)

5.  WEARY BLUES (Matthews)(d)

6. STRUTTIN' WITH SOME BARBECUE (Armstrong)(e)

7. HOTTER THAN THAT (Hardin)(f)

8. SAVOY BLUES (Ory)(f)

SIDE TWO

1. WEST END BLUES (Oliver / Williams)(g)

2. BASIN STREET BLUES (WiinamS)(h)

3. AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' (Razaf-Waller-Brooks) (i)

4. ST. LOUIS BLUES (Handy) (i)

5. ROCKIN'CHAIR (Carmichael)(j)

6. TIGER RAG (OriginalDixielandJanBand) (k)

7. I'M A DING DONG DADDY FROM DUMAS (Bexter)(l)

8. WHEN IT'S SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH (L Rene-O Rene-Muse)(m)

PERSONNELS:

(a) Louis Armstrong (cnt/vcl); Kid Ory (tmb); Johnny Dodds (clt); Lil Armstrong (pno); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo). Recorded: Chicago, 26th February. 1926

(b) Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl); John Thomas or Gerald Heaves (tmb); Johnny Dodds (clt); Lil Armstrong (pno); Johnny St. Cyr (bjo); Pete Briggs (bbs); Baby Dodds (dms). Recorded: Chicago. 7th May. 1927

(c)    as for (b). Recorded: Chicago, 10th May, 1927

(d)    as for (b). Recorded: Chicago, 11th May, 1927

(e)    as for (b). Recorded: Chicago, 9th Decemher, 1927

(f)     as for (b) plus Lonnie Johnson (gtr). Recorded: Chicago, 13thDecember, 1927

(g) Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl); Fred Robinson (tmb); Jimmy Strong (clt); Earl Hines (pno); Mancy Cara (bjo); Zutty Singleton (dms). Recorded: Chicago, 28th June, 1928

(h)    as for (§}. Recorded: Chicago. 4th Decemher, 1928

(i) Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl); Homer Hobson (tpt); Fred Robinson (tmb); Jimmy Strong (clt/ten); Bert Curry, Crawford Wethington (alti); Carroll Dickerson (vln/ldr); Gene Anderson (pno); Mancy Cara (bjo); Peta Briggs (bbs); Zutty Singleton (dms). Recorded: New York, 19th My, 1929

(j) Louis'Armstrong (tpt/vcl); Otis Johnson, Henry Alien (tpts); J. C. Higginbotham (tmb); Albert Nicholas (cli/alt); Charlie Holmes (alt); Teddy Hill (ten); Luis Russell (pno/ldr); Will Johnson (bjo/gtr); Pops Foster (sbs); Paul Barbarin (dms). Recorded: New York, 13th December. 1929

(k) Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl); Ed Anderson (tpt); Henry Hicks (tmb); Bobby Holmes (clt/alt); Theodore McCord (alt); Castor McCord (ten); Joe Turner (pno); Bernard Addison (gtr); Levat Hutchinson (bbs); Willie Lynch (dms). Recorded: New York, 4thMay, 1930

(I) Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl); Leon Elkins (tpt/ldr); Lawrence Brown (tmb); Leon Herriford, Willie Stark (altos); Willie Franz (ten); L.Z. Cooper (pno); Ceele Burke (bjo); Reggie Jones (bbs); Lionel Hampton (dms). Recorded: Los Angeles. 21st July, 1930

(m) Louis Armstrong (tpt/vcl); Zilmer Randolph (tpt); Preston Jackson (tmb); Lestsr Boone (clt/alt); George James (alt); Al Washington (ten); Charlie Alexander (pno); Mike McKendrick (bjo); John Lindsay (sbs); Tubby Hall (dms). Recorded: Chicago, 20th April. 1931