Louis Jordan - World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45 (CD)

Details: This release, Louis Jordan - World Broadcast Recordings 1944/45, represents sessions recorded for the World Broadcasting System (WBS), including previously unissued alternate takes. WBS was a transcription company created in the early years of commercial radio that provided popular contemporary music programming on 16" discs to subscribing radio stations. These nationally syndicated music broadcasts were not commercially available to the public and are unique in this regard. The George H. Buck Jazz Foundation formally purchased the World Broadcast Service company in 1969. This historic collection was sourced from existing 16" Acetates, Test Pressings, and World Subscription Discs, and has been beautifully restored. The release is a must for any collection of swing era vocal groups.

Tracklist:

1. Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
2. A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
3. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
4. If You Can't Smile and Say Yes Please Don't Cry and Say No
5. The Chicks I Pick Are Tender Slender and Tall
6. Ridin' in An Upper Berth
7. Saxa-Woogie
8. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
9. I Like 'Em Fat Like That
10. The Truth of the Matter Is
11. Hey Now Let's Live
12. Mop Mop
13. Buzz Me
14. They Raided the House
15. Caldonia Boogie
16. Infantry Blues
17. Ten Gallon Hat
18. I Wonder
19. Whatcha Gonna Do
20. Stretch My Shoes
21. Icu
22. Ridin' in An Upper Berth (Alt)
23. The Truth of the Matter Is (Alt)
24. Stretch My Shoes (Alt)
25. Icu (Alt)
26. You Run Your Mouth and I'll Run My Business Brother
27. I Came Back Again
28. My Baby Said Yes (Yip Yip de Hootie)
29. That's the Mess You Gotta Stress
30. No Baby Nobody But You
31. Paper Boy
32. Johnny Hepcat PFC
33. The Willies
34. Don't Worry About That Mule
35. Get Me to Kansas City
36. How Deep Is the Ocean
37. Let's Operate
38. Up Jumped the Devil in a White Night Gown
39. Next Bus Please
40. All for the Love of Lill
41. Let's Make An Effort
42. Fla Ga la Pa
43. Bo Be Ba Biff
44. Wo-Ho
45. Late for Rehearsal
46. I Came Back Again (Alt)
47. No Baby Nobody But You (Alt)
48. The Willies (Alt)