The Original American Decca Recordings
Count Basie
Label : GRP - MCA Records [The Original American Decca Recordings]
Reference : GRP-3-6112 - GRP-3-6112
Date : 1992
| # | 1937 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-1 | Honeysuckle Rose | Andy Razaf, Thomas Waller [Fats Waller] | 2:58 |
| 1-2 | Pennies From Heaven | Arthur Johnston, Johnny Burke | 3:00 |
| 1-3 | Swinging At The Daisy Chain | Count Basie | 2:48 |
| 1-4 | Roseland Shuffle | Count Basie | 2:32 |
| 1-5 | Exactly Like You | Jimmy McHugh & Dorothy Fields | 2:41 |
| 1-6 | Boo Hoo | Carmen Lombardo, Edward Heyman, John Jacob Loeb | 2:25 |
| 1-7 | The Glory Of Love | Billy Hill | 2:29 |
| 1-8 | Boogie Woogie (I May Be Wrong) | Count Basie, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 2:49 |
| 1-9 | Smarty (You Know It All) | Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | 2:40 |
| 1-10 | One O’Clock Jump | Count Basie | 3:00 |
| 1-11 | Listen My Children And You Shall Hear | Burton Lane, Ralph Freed | 3:05 |
| 1-12 | John’s Idea | Count Basie | 2:53 |
| 1-13 | Good Morning Blues - 1st Take | Count Basie, Eddie Durham, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 3:12 |
| 1-14 | Good Morning Blues - 2nd Take | Count Basie, Eddie Durham, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 3:03 |
| 1-15 | Our Love Was Meant To Be | Alexander Hill, Thomas Waller [Fats Waller], Joseph M. Davis [Joe Davis] | 2:45 |
| 1-16 | Time Out | Eddie Durham | 3:01 |
| 1-17 | Topsy | Eddie Durham | 3:12 |
| 1-18 | I Keep Remembering | Charles Newman, Isham Jones | 2:45 |
| 1-19 | Out The Window | Count Basie, Eddie Durham | 3:08 |
| 1-20 | Don’t You Miss Your Baby | Count Basie, Eddie Durham, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 3:08 |
| 1-21 | Let Me Dream | Henry Jerome | 3:09 |
| # | 1938 | ||
| 2-1 | Georgianna | Croom, Johnson [Austen Croom-Johnson], Frank Carle [Frankie Carle], Red McKenzie | 2:33 |
| 2-2 | Blues In The Dark | Count Basie | 3:04 |
| 2-3 | Sent For You Yesterday | Eddie Durham, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 2:57 |
| 2-4 | Every Tub | Count Basie, Eddie Durham | 3:14 |
| 2-5 | Now Will You Be Good ? | Arthur Terker, Harry Jentes, Harry Pease | 2:46 |
| 2-6 | Swingin’ The Blues | Count Basie, Eddie Durham | 2:45 |
| 2-7 | Mama Don’t Want No Peas ’N’ Rice ’N’ Coconut Oil | Charles [Charles Lofthouse], Gilbert [Wolfe Gilbert] | 2:51 |
| 2-8 | Blue And Sentimental | Count Basie, Jerry Livingston, Mack David | 3:10 |
| 2-9 | Doggin’ Around | Edgar William Battle [Edgar Battle], Herschel Evans | 3:02 |
| 2-10 | Stop Beatin’ Round The Mulberry Bush - 1st Take | S. Bickley Reichner [Bickley Reichner], Clay A. Boland [Clay Boland] | 3:01 |
| 2-11 | Stop Beatin’ Round The Mulberry Bush - 2nd Take | S. Bickley Reichner [Bickley Reichner], Clay A. Boland [Clay Boland] | 3:04 |
| 2-12 | London Bridge Is Falling Down | Abel Baer, Ira Schuster, Tot Seymour | 2:55 |
| 2-13 | Texas Shuffle | Herschel Evans | 3:07 |
| 2-14 | Jumpin’ At The Woodside | Count Basie | 3:08 |
| 2-15 | How Long Blues | Leroy Carr | 2:55 |
| 2-16 | The Dirty Dozen | Rufus Perryman | 3:01 |
| 2-17 | Hey Lawdy Mama | Cleve Reed [Long ’Cleve’ Reed] | 2:44 |
| 2-18 | The Fives | Thomas [George W. Thomas], Thomas [Hersal Thomas] | 2:45 |
| 2-19 | Boogie Woogie | Clarence Smith [Clarence ’Pinetop’ Smith] | 3:01 |
| 2-20 | Dark Rapture | Benny Goodman, Edgar Sampson, Manny Kurtz | 2:38 |
| 2-21 | Shorty George | Count Basie | 2:44 |
| 2-23 | The Blues I Like To Hear | Buster Smith, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 3:07 |
| 2-24 | Do You Wanna Jump, Children ? | Jimmy Van Heusen, Selsman [Victor Selsman], Bryant [Willie Bryant] | 2:39 |
| 2-25 | Panassie Stomp | Count Basie | 2:47 |
| # | 1939 | ||
| 3-1 | My Heart Belongs To Daddy | Cole Porter | 2:54 |
| 3-2 | Sing For Your Supper | Rodgers & Hart | 2:42 |
| 3-3 | Oh ! Red | Joe McCoy | 2:53 |
| 3-4 | Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well - 1st Take | J. Mayo Williams, John Akers | 3:04 |
| 3-5 | Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well - 2nd Take | J. Mayo Williams, John Akers | 3:02 |
| 3-6 | Dupree Blues | George White, W. Herman [Woody Herman] | 3:04 |
| 3-7 | When The Sun Goes Down - 1st Take | Leroy Carr | 2:45 |
| 3-8 | When The Sun Goes Down - 2nd Take | Leroy Carr | 2:54 |
| 3-9 | Red Wagon | Richard M. Jones | 2:52 |
| 3-10 | You Can Depend On Me | Charlie Carpenter [Charles Carpenter], Earl Hines, Louis Dunlap | 3:07 |
| 3-11 | Cherokee, Part 1 | Ray Noble | 3:10 |
| 3-12 | Cherokee, Part 2 | Ray Noble | 3:03 |
| 3-13 | Blame It On My Last Affair - 1st Take | Henry Nemo, Irving Mills | 2:43 |
| 3-14 | Blame It On My Last Affair - 2nd Take | Henry Nemo, Irving Mills | 2:42 |
| 3-15 | Jive At Five | Harry Edison | 2:49 |
| 3-16 | Thursday | Dorothy Sachs, Irvin Graham, Louis Haber | 3:04 |
| 3-17 | Evil Blues | Count Basie, Harry Edison, James Rushing [Jimmy Rushing] | 3:13 |
| 3-18 | Oh, Lady Be Good | George & Ira Gershwin | 3:10 |
| Alto Saxophone | Caughey Roberts | 1-4>1-8 |
| Alto Saxophone | Earl Warren [Earle Warren] | 1-9>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11>3-14,3-16>3-18 |
| Alto Saxophone | Jack Washington | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11>3-18 |
| Baritone Saxophone | Jack Washington | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11 |
| Bass | Walter Page | |
| Clarinet | Herschel Evans | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2 |
| Clarinet | Lester Young | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-10>3-18 |
| Drums | Jo Jones | |
| Guitar | Claude Williams | 1-1>1-4 |
| Guitar | Freddie Green | 1-5>1-21,2-1>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-18 |
| Piano | Count Basie | |
| Tenor Saxophone | Herschel Evans | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2 |
| Tenor Saxophone | Chu Berry [Leon ’Chu’ Berry] | 3-11>3-14,3-16>3-18 |
| Tenor Saxophone | Lester Young | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-10>3-18 |
| Trombone | Benny Morton | 1-18>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11>3-14,3-16>3-18 |
| Trombone | Dan Minor | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11>3-14,3-16>3-18 |
| Trombone | Dickie Wells | 2-10>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11>3-18 |
| Trombone | George Hunt | 1-1>1-17 |
| Trombone,Guitar | Eddie Durham | 1-13>1-21,2-1>2-9 |
| Trumpet | Bobby Moore | 1-5>1-21 |
| Trumpet | Buck Clayton | 1-1>1-21,2-1>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11 |
| Trumpet | Carl Smith | 1-1>1-4 |
| Trumpet | Ed Lewis | 1-5>1-7 |
| Trumpet | Harry Edison | 2-3>2-14,2-20>2-21,2-23>2-25,3-1>3-2,3-11>3-18 |
| Trumpet | Joe Keyes | 1-1>1-4 |
| Trumpet | Karl George | 2-1>2-2 |
| Trumpet | Shad Collins | 3-1>3-2,3-10>3-18 |
| Vocals | Earl Warren [Earle Warren] | 1-15,1-21 |
| Vocals | Helen Humes | 2-20,3-1>3-2,3-13>3-14,3-16 |
| Vocals | Jimmy Rushing | 1-1,1-5>1-6,1-8,1-11,1-13>1-14,1-18,1-20,2-1>2-3,2-5,2-7,2-10>2-12,22,2-23,3-10,3-17 |
Honeysuckle Rose
Pennies from Heaven
Swinging at the Daisy Chain
Roseland Shuffle
Exactly Like You
Listen My Children and You Shall Hear
Boo Hoo
The Glory of Love
Boogie Woogie, I May Be Wrong
Smarty -You Know It All
One O-Clock Jump
John’s Idea
Good Morning Blues (1st take)
Good Morning Blues (2nd take)
Our Love Was Meant to Be
Time Out
Topsy
I Keep Remembering
Out the Window
Don’t You Miss Your Baby
Let Me Dream
Georgianna
Blues in the Dark
Sent for You Yesterday
Every Tub
Now Will You Be Good
Swingin’ the Blues
Mama Don’t Want No Peas ’n’ Rice ’n’ Coconut Oil
Blue and Sentimental
Doggin’ Around
Stop Beatin’ Around the Mulberry Bush (1st Take)
Stop Beatin’ Around the Mulberry Bush (2nd Take)
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Texas Shuffle
Jumpin’ at the Woodside
How Long Blues
The Dirty Dozens
Hey Lawdy Mama
The Fives
Boogie Woogie
Dark Rapture
Shorty George
The Blues I Like to Hear
Do You Wanna Jump Children
Panassie Stomp
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
Sing for Your Supper
Oh ! Red
Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (1st Take)
Fare Thee Honey, Fare Thee Well (2nd Take)
Dupree Blues
When the Sun Goes Down (1st Take)
When the Sun Goes Down (2nd Take)
Red Wagon
You Can Depend on Me
Cherokee (Part 1)
Cherokee (Part 2)
Blame It on My Last Affair (1st Take)
Blame It on My Last Affair (2nd Take)
Jive at Five
Thursday
Evil Blues
Oh, Lady Be Good
