Over six hours of jivin' and hoodooin'! Remastered by renowned engineer John R.T. Davies, these 131 sides take US from 1938, when Louis was just formulating his act, all the way up to 1950, when he was the biggest star on the "race records" circuit. Along the way lie such all-time great tunes as Ration Blues; G. I. Jive; Caledonia Boogie; Buzz Me; Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby); My Baby Said Yes; Stone Cold Dead in the Market; Choo Choo Ch'Boogie; Ain't Nobody Here but US Chickens; Open the Door, Richard; Baby, It's Cold Outside in short, every hit Louis had, all dished up hot and chronological-like!
21 After School Swing Session (Swinging with Symphony Sid)
22 Oh Boy, I'm in the Groove
23 Never Let Your Left Hand Know What the Right Hand's Doin'
24 Don't Come Cryin' on My Shoulder
25 Waiting for the Robert E. Lee
26 A Chicken Ain't Nothing But a Bird
27 Pompton Turnpike
28 Do You Call That a Buddy? (Dirty Cat)
29 I Know. I Know What You Wanna Do
- Disc 2 -
1 Pinetop's Boogie
2 The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)
3 T-Bone Blues
4 Pan Pan
5 St Vitus Dance
6 Saxa Woogie
7 Brotherly Love
8 Boogie Woogie Came to Town
9 How 'Bout That
10 Mama, Mama Bues (Rusty, Dusty Blues)
11 Knock Me a Kiss
12 The Green Grass Grows All Around
13 Small Town Boy
14 I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
15 What's the Use of Getting Sober
16 The Chicks I Pick Are Slender Tender and Tall
17 I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town
18 That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
19 Five Guys Named Moe
20 It's a Low Down Dirty Shame
21 Ration Blues
22 Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
23 Deacon Jones
24 I Like 'Em Fat Like That
25 Mop! Mop!
26 G.I. Jive
27 You Can't Get That No More
- Disc 3 -
1 My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)
2 Your Socks Don't Match
3 Buzz Me
4 Caldonia Boogie
5 Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
6 How Long Must I Wait for You?
7 Salt Pork, West Virginia
8 Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
9 Stone Cold Dead in the Market
10 Petootie Pie
11 Reconversion Blues
12 It's So Easy
13 Beware
14 Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
15 Choo Choo CH' Boogie
16 Ain't That Just Like a Woman
17 That Chick's Too Young to Fry
18 No Sale
19 If It's Love You Want, Baby That's Me
20 Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
21 Let the Good Times Roll
22 All for the Love of Lil
23 Texas and Pacific
24 Jack, You're Dead
25 Reet, Petite and Gone
26 Sure Had a Wonderful Time
27 I Know What You're Putting Down
- Disc 4 -
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 Have You Got the Gumption?
10 We Can't Agree
11 Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow
12 Roamin' Blues
13 Inflation Blues
14 You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
15 Pettin' and Pokin'
16 You're on the Right Track, Baby
17 Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
18 Why'd You Do It, Baby?
19 Daddy-O
20 Safe, Sane and Single
21 I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting
22 You Broke Your Promise
23 Push-Ka Pee-Shee Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)
24 Coleslaw
25 Beans and Corn Bread
- Disc 5 -
1 Onion
2 Baby's Gonna Go, Bye-Bye
3 Heed My Warning
4 Psycho Loco
5 Baby, It's Cold Outside
6 Don't Cry, Cry-Baby
7 School Days
8 Hungry Man
9 Saturday Night Fish Fry
10 I Want a Roof Over My Head
11 Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)
12 Blue Light Boogie
13 Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
14 I'll Never Be Free
15 Tamburitza Boogie
16 You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse
17 Lemonade
18 It's a Great, Great Pleasure
19 You Will Always Have a Friend
20 Trouble Then Satisfaction
21 Life Is So Peculiar
22 I'll Be Glad When You're Dead (You Rascal, You)
23 Tear Drops from My Eyes
Over six hours of jivin' and hoodooin'! Remastered by renowned engineer John R.T. Davies, these 131 sides take US from 1938, when Louis was just formulating his act, all the way up to 1950, when he was the biggest star on the "race records" circuit. Along the way lie such all-time great tunes as Ration Blues; G. I. Jive; Caledonia Boogie; Buzz Me; Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby); My Baby Said Yes; Stone Cold Dead in the Market; Choo Choo Ch'Boogie; Ain't Nobody Here but US Chickens; Open the Door, Richard; Baby, It's Cold Outside in short, every hit Louis had, all dished up hot and chronological-like!