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THE JUBILEE GOSPEL TEAM/ DEEP RIVER PLANTATION SINGERS
THE JUBIRT SISTERS
ANDY JUST

 

MAGGIE JONES Document DOCD 5348 Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 1 : 1923-1925 ● CD $15.98
24 tracks with Louis Armstrong, Charle Gree, Fletcher Henderson, lem Fowler and others.
MAGGIE JONES: Anybody Here Want To Try My Cabbage/ Box Car Blues/ Dangerous Blues/ Do It A Long Time Papa/ Don't Never Tell Nobody What Your Good Man Can Do/ Early Every Morn' (I Want My Lovin')/ Four Flushing Papa (What Kind A Man Is You)/ Good Time Flat Blues/ Good-Bye Blues (take 1)/ Good-Bye Blues (take 2)/ I Just Want A Daddy/ If I Lose, Let Me/ Jealous Mamma Blues/ Lose (Mamma Don't Mind)/ North Bound Blues/ Poor House Blues/ Screamin' The Blues/ Suicide Blues/ Thunderstorm Blues/ Undertaker's Blues/ Western Union Blues/ You Can't Do What My Last Man Did/ You Don't Know My Mind (take 1)/ You Don't Know My Mind (take 3)/ You May Go, But You'll Come Back Some Day

 
MAGGIE JONES/GLADYS BENTLEY Document DOCD 5349 Maggie Jones, Vol 2 (1925-26)/ Gladys Bentley, 1928-29 ● CD $15.98
GLADYS BENTLEY: Big Gorilla Man/ Ground Hog Blues/ How Long-How Long Blues/ How Much Can/ I Stand?/ Moanful Wailin' Blues/ Red Beans And Rice/ Wild Geese Blues/ Worried Blues/ MAGGIE JONES: Cheatin' On Me/ Dallas Blues/ Feed In My Pasture Now/ Go Get 'Em Caroline/ He Belongs To Me/ He's Just A Horn-Tootin' Fool/ I'm A Back Bitin' Mama/ I'm A Real Kind Mama (take 1)/ I'm Leaving You/ Mama Stayed Out The Whole Night Long/ Mamma (Won't You Come And Ma-Ma Me)/ Never Drive A Beggar From Your Door/ Never Tell A Woman Friend/ Single Woman's Blues/ South Street Blues/ The Man I Love Is Oh So Good/ You Ain't Gonna

 
PAUL "WINE" JONES Fat Possum 80305 Mule ● CD $14.98

 
TUTU JONES JSP 2112 I'm For Real ● CD $15.98
Hard modern blues, recorded in Texas 1992-94, with gtr, voc, bs, dms & kbds.

 
CHARLEY JORDAN Document DOCD 5097 Complete Chronological Recordings, Vol. 1 (1930-1931) ● CD $15.98
The first of three discs presenting the complete recordings of this fine singer, guitarist and talent scout from St. Louis. Jordan was an engaging singer and deft guitarist with a distinctive style which had elements of the playing he heard when growing up in Mississippi but with great originality in his phrasing. Jordan was also an interesting songwriter and his songs often reflected city life, hard times and infidelity - often with witty twist. There are 10 solo recordings including his most famous song, the risqué Keep It Clean, the strange Dollar Bill Blues, Raidin' Squad Blues and others. He joins with an unknown piano player (probably Peetie Wheatstraw or Eddie Miller) to accompany St. Louis Bessie on the relatively undistinguished two part Sugar Man Blues and on the remaining 10 tracks he is accompanied by Peetie Wheatstraw with whom he was to work for many years. Wheatstraw's accompaniments are somewhat tentative and subdued and the focus is primarily on Jordan on such fine songs as Lost Ship Blues/ My "Lovin' Good" Blues/ Cheating Blues/ You Run And Tell Your Daddy and others, including a reprise of his popular Keep It Clean. Good sound and informative notes by Chris Smith. (FS)
CHARLEY JORDAN: Big Four Blues/ Cheating Blues/ Days Of The Weeks Blues/ Dollar Bill Blues/ Gasoline Blues/ Hungry Blues/ Hunkie Tunkie Blues/ Just A Spoonful/ Keep It Clean/ Keep It Clean - No. 2/ Lost Ship Blues/ My 'Lovin' Good' Blues/ Raidin' Squad Blues/ Running Mad Blues/ Stack O'Dollars Blues/ Starvation Blues/ Tight Haired Mama Blues/ Tough Times Blues/ Two Street Blues/ You Run And Tell/ Your Daddy/ ST. LOUIS BESSIE: Sugar Man Blues - Part 1/ Sugar Man Blues - Part 2

 
CHARLEY JORDAN Document DOCD 5098 Complete Chronological Recordings, Vol. 2 (1931-1934) ● CD $15.98
The second of three discs presenting the complete recordings of this fine singer, guitarist and talent scout from St. Louis features 21 songs recorded between September 1931 and September 1934. Many of the cuts feature piano accompaniments by Peetie Wheatstraw and often show Jordan's skill at witty and topical lyrics such as Workingman's Blues/ Bad Breaks Blues/ Hell Bound Boy Blues/ Bottle Passing Blues/ Lost Airship Blues/ Tight Time Blues and others. This set also feature the 6 superb sides on which he accompanies singer/ guitarist "Hi" Henry Brown. Brown is a superb singer and, like Jordan, a more interesting than average songwriter on songs like Titanic Blues/ Nut Factory Blues & Skin Man Blues. The last 4 sides are from a 1934 sessions and on a couple of these he is accompanied by a small group which includes clarinet, sax and violin and the result is most effective. The only drawback to this disc is that quite a few tracks are from very rare and rather worn 78s and listening can sometimes be difficult. Good notes by Chris Smith. (FS)
'HI' HENRY BROWN: Brown Skin Angel/ Hospital Blues/ Nut Factory Blues/ Preacher Blues/ Skin Man Blue/ Titanic Blues/ CHARLEY JORDAN: Bad Breaks Blues/ Bottle Passing Blues/ Cherry Wine Woman/ Doin' Wrong Blues/ Don't Pat It/ Greyhound Blues/ Hell Bound Boy Blues/ Honey Sucker Blues/ It Ain't Clean (That Thing Ain't Clean)/ Lost Airship Blues/ Rolling Moon Blues/ Santa Claus Blues/ So Long/ Sugar Farm Blues/ Tight Time Blues/ Workingman's Blues

 
CHARLEY JORDAN Document DOCD 5099 Complete Chronological Recordings, Vol. 3 (1935-1937) ● CD $15.98
23 tracks, 70 mins, recommended. The third and final disc presenting the complete recordings of this fine singer, guitarist and talent scout from St. Louis features 23 songs recorded between October 1935 and November 1937 though less than half the performances definitely feature Jordan! 4 songs feature vocals by the obscure St Louis singer Leroy Henderson which probably do not feature Jordan but have a similar feel. There are also eight excellent tracks by The Two Charlies (Charley Jordan and Charlie Manson) who take turns singing and feature some twin guitar work. I agree with liner note writer Chris Smith that the Jordan here is probably a different artist as his singing and guitar playing are quite different - but whoever they are these are very nice. There are several seasonal songs here including his own Christmas Christmas Blues, a duet with Verdi Lee on Christmas Tree Blues and accompanying Mary Harris (probably Lee) on No Christmas Blues and Happy New Year Blues. Most of the track by the real Jordan are nice, if not exceptional, performances with the usual accompaniment of Peetie Wheatstraw . Decent sound on most tracks and informative notes by Chris Smith. (FS)
 MARY HARRIS: Happy New Year Blues/ No Christmas Blues/ LEROY HENDERSON: Deap Sea Diver/ Good Grinder Blues/ Good Scuffler Blues/ Low Mellow Man Blues/ CHARLEY JORDAN: Chifferobe/ Christmas Christmas Blues/ Christmas Tree Blues (Duet with Verdi Lee)/ Cutting My ABC's/ Get It If You Can (Duet with Verdi Lee)/ Look What A Shape I'm In/ Twee Twee Twa/ VERDI LEE: Signifying At You/ CHARLIE MANSON: Nineteen Women Blues/ THE TWO CHARLIES: Bad Feeling Blues/ Don't Put Your Dirty Hands On Me/ Got Your Water On/ Hard Time Papa/ I Couldn't Stay Here/ Low Moan Blues/ Pork Chop Blues/ Tired Feelin' Blues

 
LOUIS JORDAN ASV CDAJA 5296 Choo Choo Ch'boogie ● CD $11.98
LOUIS JORDAN: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens/ Ain't That Just Like A Woman!/ Boogie Woogie Blue Plate/ Buzz Me/ Caldonia/ Choo Choo Ch' Boogie/ Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'/ Don't Worry 'bout That Mule/ Early In The Mornin'/ Five Guys Named Moe/ G.i. Jive/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?/ Jack, You're Dead!/ Knock Me A Kiss/ Let The Good Times Roll/ Mop! Mop!/ My Baby Said 'yes'/ Open The Door, Richard/ Petootie Pie/ Ration Blues/ Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door/ Stone Cold Dead In The Market/ Texas And Pacific/ That Chick's Too Young To Fry/ What's The Use Of Gettin' Sober?

 
LOUIS JORDAN A Touch Of Magic DATOM 4 Live Jive ● CD $14.98
17 fine sides. No information is given but I would assume these are from 40s radio transcriptions. Louis & The Tympany Five are in top form on a selection of some of his most well known songs. It includes Choo Choo Ch'Boogie/ Buzz Me/ On the Sunny Side Of The Street/ Safe, San & Single/ Texas & Pacific/ Let The Good Times Roll/ I Like 'Em fat Like That/ How Long Must I wait For You/ Jumping At the Jubilee, etc. Sound is generally good. (FS)

 
LOUIS JORDAN Bear Family BCD 15557 Let The Good Times Roll - Complete Decca Recordings ● CD $145.98
Those of you who have spent paychecks on Bear Family box sets are now warned: you're going to be short on rent again this month. Eight CD's plus a bonus seven-track slab of vinyl, Let The Good Times Roll is the ultimate collection chronicling the master of jump blues in his prime years with Decca - 1938-1954. This package, more than 200 cuts strong, takes weeks to really get through, but it's a thrill wading through Jordan's canny deconstructions of all sorts of blues, pop, swing, and nascent R&B styles (no doubt a young Chuck Berry was listening very carefully). Jordan is best loved for his humorous material, but his complete work with Decca (much of it out of print for half a century) showcases his commitment to direct, spare arrangements that were often even funnier than the lyrics, even after Jordan's favored mix began to slide out of fashion. Guest stars include Ella Fitzgerald (on the bonus LP), Louis Armstrong, Bing Crosby, as well as lesser-known but still worthy shouters like Roger Sturgis. Those who know Jordan only from the novelty tunes will be thrilled at how many moods he could convey so well. As usual, the Bear Family presentation of the historic material is phenomenal: the 48-page book by Peter Grendysa is stuffed with photos and useful information, and Jorg Siemer's mastering is revealing. There's the occasional bum track here, and Jordan's attention wavers a bit in the latter songs, but the time you put into this will be repaid by a deeper understanding and appreciation of one of America's most important artists. Note: if this intrigues you and you want to wade in the water first, try The Best Of Louis Jordan (MCA 4079), a double-length CD featuring 20 of Jordan's most jumping Decca sides. But once you hear that, you'll soon start saving your pennies for the big enchilada. (JG)

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 636 1934-40 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: 'Fore Day Blues/ At The Swing Cats' Ball/ Away From You/ Barnacle Bill The Sailor/ But I'll Be Back/ Doug The Jitterbug/ Flat Face/ Gee, But You're Swell/ Hard Lovin' Blues/ Honey In The Bee Ball/ Honeysuckle Rose/ I Can't Dance, I Got Ants In My Pants/ I'm Alabama Bound/ It's Swell Of You/ Jake, What A Snake/ June Tenth Jamboree/ Keep A-Knockin'/ Rusty Hinge/ Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches/ So Good/ Swingin' In The Cocoanut Trees/ Toodle Loo On Down/ You Ain't Nowhere/ You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business/ You're My Meat

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 663 1940-41 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird/ Pompton Turnpike/ After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony Sid)/ Boogie Woogie Came To Town/ Bounce The Ball (Do Da Dittle Um Day)/ Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)/ De Laff's On You/ Do You Call That A Buddy?/ Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder/ How 'Bout That?/ I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)/ John, Stop Teasing Me/ Lovie Joe/ Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin'/ Oh Boy, I'm In The Groove/ Pan-Pan/ Penthouse In The Basement/ Pinetop's Boogie Woogie/ Saxa-Woogie/ Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man/ St. Vitus Dance/ T-Bone Blues/ Teacher (How I Love My Teacher)/ The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You)/ Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee/ You've Got To Go When The Wagon Comes

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 741 1941-43 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: De Laff's On You/ Deacon Jones/ Dirty Snake/ Five Guys Named Moe/ Five Guys Named Moe/ I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town/ I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town/ I'm Gonna MoveTo The Outskirts Of Town/ I's A Low-Down Dirty Shame/ I've Found A New Baby/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?/ Jumpin' At The Jubilee/ Knock Me A Kiss/ Knock Me A Kiss/ Mama Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)/ Mister Lovingood/ Ration Blues/ Small Town Boy/ That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out/ The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall/ The Green Grass Grows All Around/ The Things I Want I Can't Get At Home/ What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)?

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 866 1943-1945 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: Bahama Joe/ Buzz Me/ Caldonia Boogie/ Deacon Jones/ G.I. Jive/ Hey! Now Let's Live/ Hey! Now Let's Live/ How High Am I/ How High Am I?/ I Like 'Em Fat Like That/ I Like 'Em Fat Like That/ Junior/ Louis' Oldsmobile Song/ Mop-Mop/ My Baby Say Yes (Yip, Yip Do Hootie) (*)/ Your Socks Don't Match (*)/ Nobody But Me/ Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door/ The End Of My Worry/ The Truth Of The Matter/ They Raided The House/ You Can't Get That No More/ You Can't Get That No More

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 921 1945-1946 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens/ Ain't That Just Like A Woman/ All For The Love Of Lil/ Beware!/ Choo-Choo-Ch'Boogie/ Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'/ Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule/ Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule/ How Long Must I Wait For You?/ If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me/ It's Full Or It Ain't No Good/ It's So Easy/ Jack, You're Dead/ Let The Good Times Roll/ No Sale/ Paper Boy/ Petootie Pie/ Petootie Pie/ Reconversion Blues/ Salt Park, West Virginia/ Stone Cold Dead In The Market/ Texas And Pacific/ That Chick's Too Young To Fry

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 1010 1946-1947 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: Barnyard Boogie/ Beans And Cornbread/ Boogie Woogie Blue Plate/ Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow/ Chug Chug Boogie/ Early In The Morning/ Every Man to His Own Profession/ Friendship/ Have You Got The Gumption?/ I Know What You're Puttin' Down/ Inflation Blues/ Look Out!/ Open The Door Richard!/ Open The Door Richard!/ Pettin' And Pokin'/ Reet Petite And Gone/ Roamin' Blues/ Run Joe/ Sure Had A Wonderful Time/ There'll Be No Days Like That/ We Can't Agree/ You're Much Too Fat And That's That

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 1134 1947-1949 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: Baby's Gonna Go, Bye Bye/ Baby, It's Cold Outside/ Beans And Corn Bread/ Cole Slaw/ Daddy-O/ Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends/ Don't Cry, Cry Baby/ Heed My Warning/ Hungry Man/ I Know What I've Got/ Love You 'Til Your Money's Gone Blues/ Onion/ Psycho-Loco/ Push-Ka-Pee She Pie/ Safe, Sane And Single/ Saturday Night Fish Fry (Concluded)/ Saturday Night Fish Fry - Part 1/ School Days/ Why'd You Do It Baby/ You Broke Your Promise/ You're On The Right Track Baby

 
LOUIS JORDAN Classics 1238 1950-1951 ● CD $14.98
LOUIS JORDAN: 'Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own/ Blue Light Boogie, Part 1/ Blue Light Boogie, Part 2/ Chartreuse/ Crazy Baby/ I Can't Give You Anything But Love/ I Want A Roof Over My Head/ I'll Never Be Free/ If You've Got Some Place To Go/ Is My Pop In There/ It's A Great, Great Pleasure/ Lemonade/ Life Is So Peculiar/ Louisville Lodge Meeting/ Show Me How/ Tamburitza Boogie/ Teardrops From My Eyes/ Trouble Then Satisfaction/ Weak Minded Blues/ You Rascal You/ You Will Always Have A Friend

 
LOUIS JORDAN Collector's Choice Music 6661 V-Disc Recordings ● CD $11.98
14 tracks, 34 min., recommended. The V-Discs (V for Victory) were 12" 78s pressed between 1942 and '48 for armed forces use, and have since become collector's rarities. The cuts here feature all of Louis's V-Disc recordings made in Los Angeles and New York between 1943 and 1945 with the exception of a few unissued and, presumably, lost recordings. Louis & his Tympani Five are in top form on this collection of jazz, jive and jump cuts some that he had also recorded commercially for Decca. Includes Hey Now, let's Live/ The End Of My Worry/ Deacon Jones/ bahama Joe/ Outskirts Of Town/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, etc. (FS)

 
LOUIS JORDAN Connoisseur Collection 324 One Sided Love Then Sakatumi ● CD $13.98
12 tracks, very good. First CD reissue of one of the great blues & R&B pioneers' last U.S. recording sessions produced by veteran producer Paul Gayten in 1968 and '69 for the Los Angeles based Pzazz label. It features Louis with a large band on a selection of mostly new material. Though a far cry from his classic recordings of the 30s and 40s Louis is in good voice and his charismatic humor shines through even though much of the material is pretty tepid. Includes booklet with notes by the indefatigable Billy Vera. (FS)

 
LOUIS JORDAN Evidence 26006 I Believe In Music ● CD $12.98
This CD of good ole raunchy blues a la the inimitable Jordan was recorded in 1973 and was earlier released on Black & Blue minus half a dozen cuts from the same recording session added here. Jordan's vocals always held a twinkle, even when he was singing the most excruciatingly sexist songs like Hard Head. He expressed the same sense of fun with his sweet yet smoky alto sax licks. This collection from late in his long career includes a few of his classic originals from the 40s like Caldonia, Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby, and Saturday Night Fish Fry, all still cooking as nicely as earlier Jordan bands. The added cuts are mostly Jordan grooves plus a pretty straight setting of A Train. None of the belly laughs or broad slapstick here, just a fine hour of swing from a master of the jumpin' jive. (DC)

 
LOUIS JORDAN Indigo 2092 Reet, Petite & Gone ● CD $9.98
22 classic sides from the 40s - Let The Good Times Roll/ I Like Em Fat Like That/ That Chick's Too Young To Fry, etc.

 
LOUIS JORDAN Jazz Archives 158 372 1939-1944 ● CD $13.98

 
LOUIS JORDAN JSP 905 And His Tympani Five ● CD $29.98
Another of those great budget priced box sets from JSP - this time devoted to the father of R&B - the great Louis Jordan and his wonderful group The Tympani Five. This five CD set features virtually everything he recorded between December 1938 and December 1950 - 121 tracks in all - over 6 hours of swinging and witty music including all his genre defining songs like A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird/ Knock Me A Kiss/ Five Guys Named Moe/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby/ Ration Blues/ Salt Pork, West Virginia/ Don't let The Sun Catch You Crying/ Choo Choo Ch' Boogie/ Reet, Petite & Gone/Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens and loads more. Includes duets with Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstronga and others. Each CD in the set comes with an 8 page illustrated booklet with brief notes and discographical info. If the lavish 8 CD box set on Bear Family is too much for your pocket this set gives you much of the same material for a fraction of the price.

 
LOUIS JORDAN Krazy Kat 17 On Film, 1942-48 ● CD $16.98
25 tracks, 67 min., highly recommended MOP! MOP! These 25 cuts are taken from transcriptions made for the short-lived video jukeboxes of the early 40's as well from soundtracks Jordan and the Tympany 5 made for Astor Films in the 40's. The sound quality is basically lousy. If that's important to you.....brother, beware. If you can get around that, Jordan and the band are cookin'. A lot of the hits are included here (Caldonia, Reet, Petite and Gone and others) and some of them are done at a faster tempo then the studio recordings. There's also some songs that were never commercially recorded, like Wham Sam and Down, Down, Down which features Jordan as a department store elevator operator. This is probably not the best release on which to learn about Louis Jordan, but if you're already a convert you'll have a ball. (RS)

 
LOUIS JORDAN MCA MCAD 4079 The Best Of Louis Jordan ● CD $11.98
This is it, man! The great Decca recordings, previously collected as a 2-LP set, are on CD at last. Jordan's best would have to include Choo Choo Ch'Boogie, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, Saturday Night Fish Fry, Caldonia, Knock Me A Kiss, Five Guys Named Moe, What's The Use Of Getting Sober, Buzz Me, Barnyard Boogie, and they're all here plus more - 20 of the jumpinest' wartime R&B sides ever put on wax. (MB)
LOUIS JORDAN: Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens/ Barnyard Boogie/ Beans And Corn Bread/ Beware/ Blue Light Boogie/ Buzz Me Blues/ Caldonia/ Choo Choo Ch'boogie/ Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'/ Early In The Mornin'/ Five Guys Named Joe/ I Want You To Be My Baby/ Knock Me A Kiss/ Let The Good Times Roll/ Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out/ Run Joe/ Saturday Night Fish Fry/ School Days (when We Were Kids)/ Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door/ What's The Use Of Getting Sober

 
LOUIS JORDAN MCA MCAD 10503 Five Guys Named Moe - Original Decca Recordings Vol. 2 ● CD $9.98
Praise the lord, and pass the CD player. MCA has done it again, this time with another 18 inspired cuts from the years 1942-52 by this justly praised R&B pioneer. Titles include Jordan's version of Open The Door Richard/ Jordan For President/ Five Guys Named Moe/ Reet, Petite And Gone and my favorite Safe, Sane And Single. It's hard to beat this stuff. Where else can you get expert jump tunes, witty lyrics, and this much downright musical fun in one package? Clean sound, brief but solid notes, and great vintage photos. Enthusiastically recommended. (DH)
 LOUIS JORDAN: (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartruesse/ Azure Te/ Boogie Woogie Blue Plate/ Five Guys Named Moe/ G.I. Jive/ I Know What I've Got/ I Like 'Em Fat Like That/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)/ Jack, You're Dead/ Jordan For President/ Life Is So Peculiar/ Look Out (Sister, Look Out)/ Open The Door Richard/ Pettin' And Pokin/ Push Ka Pee Shee Pie/ Reet, Petit And Gone/ Safe, Sane and Single/ Texas And Pacific

 
LOUIS JORDAN MCA 11907 Let The Good Times Roll ● CD $24.98
2 CDs, 46 tracks, 136 minutes, essential. Wow - This is the one Louis Jordan fans have been waiting for! MCA really did it right with this collection - 2 CD's crammed full of the cream of Jordan's Decca recordings from 1938 to 1946, digitally remastered for gorgeous sound and accompanied by a booklet with notes by Peter Grendysa, complete personnel listings, recording dates, and some great photos. Jordan's blend of jump blues, R & B, and jazz done up in his style of inspired zaniness was enormously popular in it's heyday and was one of the major precursors of rock and roll. All of his hits are here plus a lot more. If you can't afford or don't need the 8 disk Bear Family set, this is the one to get! (DP)
LOUIS JORDAN: (you Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse/ Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens/ Ain't That Just Like A Woman/ At The Swing Cat's Ball/ Barnacle Bill The Sailor/ Beans And Cornbread/ Beware/ Blue Light Boogie Parts 1&2/ Bone Dry/ Boogie Woogie Blue Plate/ Boogie Woogie Came To Town/ Buzz Me Blues/ Caldonia/ Choo Choo Ch'boogie/ Cock-a-doodle-doo/ Don't Worry 'bout That Mule/ Doug The Jitterbug/ Fat Sam From Birmingham/ Five Guys Named Moe/ G.i. Jive/ Honeysuckle Rose/ I Want You To Be My Baby/ I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town/ I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town/ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (my Baby)/ Jack You're Dead!/ Junco Partner/ Let The Good Times Roll/ Life Is So Peculiar/ Louisville Lodge Meeting/ Mop -mop/ Never Trust A Woman/ Open The Door, Richard/ Pan Pan/ Ration Blues/ Run Joe/ Rusty Dusty Blues (mama Mama Blues)/ Salt Pork, W. Va./ Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1&2/ Saxa - Woogie/ Slow Down/ Stone Cold Dead In The Market/ Teardrops From My Eyes/ Texas And Pacific/ The Two Little Squirrels (nuts To You)/ What's The Use Of Gettin' Sober

 
LOUIS JORDAN Proper BOX 47 Jivin' With Jordan ● CD $25.98
Holy battling Louis Jordan boxes! A couple of months ago JSP issued a five CD set featuring 121 tracks by Louis recorded between 1938 and 1950 for $29.98 (24.78 cents per song) and here comes Proper with a slightly less complete set featuring 100 tracks from the same period for $25.98 (25.98 cents per song). The JSP has minimal documentation while the Proper has a handsome 40 page illustrated booklet. As they say - you pays yer money you take yer choice!

 
LOUIS JORDAN & HIS TYMPANY FIVE Capitol 96804-2 One Guy Named Louis - The Complete Aladdin Sessions ● CD $12.98
Jordan moved to Aladdin after leaving Decca in 1953, and was gone within a year to RCA. The Aladdin recordings have never been considered among Jordan's finest, in part because there are so few of them and they were recorded when Louis' days as a consistent hitmaker were long over. But he kept pushing forward, aiming only to entertain. The recordings were anachronistic at the time, concentrating on 40's jump arrangements and wry, sly lyrics, but the energy is still infectious today. This is not as essential as the Decca stuff on the Bear Family box, but it's not too far behind. JG)

 
THE JUBILEE GOSPEL TEAM/ DEEP RIVER PLANTATION SINGERS Document DOCD 5519  1928/29 ● CD $15.98
22 tracks, 66 min., recommended The program here includes the complete works of the Jubilee Gospel Team, all from 1928, plus the 5 tracks recorded in 1931 by the Deep River Plantation Singers. Little is known of the Jubilee Gospel Team. According to the liner notes by Chris Smith, they may have come from Virginia. And I agree with Smith's declaration that they are "musically. . . limited," with most of their recordings - including Let Jesus Lead You, Station Will Be Changed, and Jesus Is Mine - sounding "very much alike." The Deep River Singers, about whom little is known as well, also offer a predictable style of singing, offering clear and precise delivery and sounding rather refined in their performances of Joshua Fit De Battle of Jericho, Train's A-Comin', I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long, and Lonesome Road. Sound quality varies pretty much as you would expect given the recording dates. (DH)
DEEP RIVER PLANTATION SINGERS: I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long/ Joshua Fit De Battle Of Jericho/ Lonesome Road/ Look Away Into Heaven/ Train's A-Comin'/ JUBILEE GOSPEL TEAM: Ain't You Glad God Will Hear And Answer Prayer/ Don't Know When Old Death Will Call For Me/ Dry Bones In The Valley/ God Giveth Son And Nothing Else Could Help/ I Have Crossed The Separating Line/ I Know The Lord Has Laid His Hands On Me/ I Want Jesus To Walk With Me/ I'm 'Termined To Pray Right On/ Jesus Is Mine/ Let Jesus Lead You/ Lower My Dying Head/ Oh Lord, Remember Me/ Station Will Be Changed/ Station Will Be Changed (take A)/ These Bones Goin' Rise Again/ When The Train Comes Along/ You've Got To Meet Your God Somewhere

 
THE JUBIRT SISTERS High Water/HMG 6515 Sing! Sister! Sing! ● CD $14.98
Reissue of High Water 1008 from 1986 featuring three sisters from Memphis singing in harmony musicians who accompany them on guitars, keyboards, bass, drums and occasional harmonica and horns. The group are good singers and have a unique sound and the musical arrangements are quite good. Unfortunately they are let down by the choice of material which is often either overdone or inappropriate - Satisfaction/ School Girl Blues/ C.C. Rider/ Proud Mary/ Steamroller Blues/ If You Want To Make Me Happy, etc.

 
ANDY JUST Blue Rock'It 117 Don't Cry ● CD $15.98

 

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