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    Rare Live Recordings 1934-1959: Announcer Introduction

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    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Lost My Man Blues
  • 1:55

  • 2
  • Moten Swing (Theme)
  • 0:21

  • 3
  • Announcer Introduction
  • 0:27

  • 4
  • Swing Brother Swing
  • 1:49

  • 5
  • Announcer Introduction
  • 0:13

  • 6
  • They Can't Take That Away from Me
  • 3:23

  • 7
  • I Cried for You
  • 2:26

  • 8
  • Fine and Mellow
  • 3:30

  • 9
  • Announcer Introduction
  • 2:01

  • 10
  • I'll Get By
  • 1:44

  • 11
  • Billie's Blues
  • 4:13

  • 12
  • Do Nothin' 'Til You Hear from Me
  • 3:31

  • 13
  • Danny Kaye Introduces Jerome Kern, Who Presents Billie with Her Award
  • 1:18

  • 14
  • I Cover the Waterfront
  • 3:09

  • 15
  • Fine and Mello
  • 3:15

  • 16
  • All of Me
  • 2:03

  • 17
  • Endy Gets Caught Playing Piano
  • 2:03

  • 18
  • Endy Goes to Storyville
  • 1:45

  • 19
  • Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans
  • 1:53

  • 20
  • Satchmo Talks
  • 0:47

  • 21
  • Farewell to Storyville
  • 4:11

  • 22
  • Farewell to Storyville (Studio Version)
  • 3:18

  • 23
  • The Blues Are Brewin' (Studio Version)
  • 3:46

  • 24
  • The Man I Love
  • 2:26

  • 25
  • Miss Brown to You
  • 2:00

  • 26
  • Lover Man
  • 2:44

  • 27
  • I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
  • 3:54

  • 28
  • Billie's Blues
  • 3:36

  • 29
  • No More
  • 3:05

  • 30
  • Good Morning Heartache
  • 3:28

  • 31 (2)
  • You're Driving Me Crazy
  • 1:34

  • 32 (2)
  • Maybe You'll Be There
  • 3:30

  • 33 (2)
  • Introduction by Donald Wood
  • 0:34

  • 34 (2)
  • You'd Better Go Now
  • 3:15

  • 35 (2)
  • Them There Eyes
  • 1:56

  • 36 (2)
  • Lady Day and Eddie Condon Speak
  • 0:38

  • 37 (2)
  • Keeps on Rainin'
  • 2:45

  • 38 (2)
  • Lady Day and Eddie Condon Speak
  • 0:35

  • 39 (2)
  • Lover Man (Incomplete)
  • 2:17

  • 40 (2)
  • I Cover the Waterfront
  • 3:03

  • 41 (2)
  • All of Me
  • 1:59

  • 42 (2)
  • Narration/Early History
  • 0:28

  • 43 (2)
  • Fine and Mellow
  • 2:57

  • 44 (2)
  • Porgy
  • 2:58

  • 45 (2)
  • Jam Session Introduction
  • 0:09

  • 46 (2)
  • All of Me
  • 5:07

  • 47 (2)
  • You're My Thrill
  • 3:37

  • 48 (2)
  • Lover Come Back to Me
  • 2:22

  • 49 (2)
  • Ain't Nobody's Business
  • 2:21

  • 50 (2)
  • You're Driving Me Crazy
  • 1:16

  • 51 (2)
  • He's Funny That Way
  • 3:04

  • 52 (2)
  • Miss Brown to You
  • 2:05

  • 53 (2)
  • Lover Man
  • 2:17

  • 54 (2)
  • Them There Eyes
  • 1:42

  • 55 (2)
  • My Man
  • 3:20

  • 56 (2)
  • I Cover the Waterfront
  • 3:25

  • 57 (2)
  • Crazy He Calls Me
  • 2:09

  • 58 (2)
  • Detour Ahead
  • 2:23

  • 59 (2)
  • Strange Fruit
  • 3:18

  • 60 (2)
  • Ain't Nobody's Business
  • 2:57

  • 61 (2)
  • All of Me
  • 1:42

  • 62 (3)
  • Porgy
  • 3:06

  • 63 (3)
  • My Man
  • 2:59

  • 64 (3)
  • Tenderly
  • 3:02

  • 65 (3)
  • God Bless the Child
  • 2:34

  • 66 (3)
  • My Man
  • 3:01

  • 67 (3)
  • The There Eyes
  • 1:57

  • 68 (3)
  • Lover Man
  • 2:36

  • 69 (3)
  • Willow Weep for Me
  • 3:33

  • 70 (3)
  • I Only Have Eyes for You
  • 1:52

  • 71 (3)
  • My Man
  • 2:53

  • 72 (3)
  • Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  • 2:02

  • 73 (3)
  • Jon McCloughland (Introduction)
  • 1:17

  • 74 (3)
  • I Cover the Waterfront
  • 3:29

  • 75 (3)
  • Too Marvelous for Words
  • 2:16

  • 76 (3)
  • Porgy
  • 3:08

  • 77 (3)
  • Them There Eyes
  • 1:46

  • 78 (3)
  • Willow Weep for Me
  • 3:52

  • 79 (3)
  • I Only Have Eyes for You
  • 2:46

  • 80 (3)
  • You Go to My Head
  • 3:29

  • 81 (3)
  • Stormy Weather
  • 3:36

  • 82 (3)
  • Ghost of a Chance
  • 3:43

  • 83 (3)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • 2:37

  • 84 (3)
  • God Bless the Child
  • 2:53

  • 85 (3)
  • Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  • 1:55

  • 86 (3)
  • Don't Explain
  • 2:44

  • 87 (3)
  • Porgy
  • 2:31

  • 88 (4)
  • Fine and Mellow
  • 8:48

  • 89 (4)
  • What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  • 2:29

  • 90 (4)
  • Foolin' Myself
  • 2:30

  • 91 (4)
  • Easy to Remember
  • 3:31

  • 92 (4)
  • Moanin' Low
  • 1:57

  • 93 (4)
  • Don't Explain
  • 2:50

  • 94 (4)
  • When Your Lover Has Gone
  • 2:01

  • 95 (4)
  • Mort Saul (Introduction)
  • 0:23

  • 96 (4)
  • Ain't Nobody's Business
  • 3:25

  • 97 (4)
  • Willow Weep for Me
  • 2:55

  • 98 (4)
  • When Your Lover Has Gone
  • 2:21

  • 99 (4)
  • God Bless the Child
  • 3:21

  • 100 (4)
  • I Only Have Eyes for You
  • 2:00

  • 101 (4)
  • Good Morning Heartache
  • 3:51

  • 102 (4)
  • Them There Eyes
  • 2:18

  • 103 (4)
  • Billie's Blues
  • 3:31

  • 104 (4)
  • What a Little Moonlight Can Do
  • 3:25

  • 105 (4)
  • Travelin' Light
  • 3:21

  • 106 (4)
  • Lover Come Back to Me
  • 2:06

  • 107 (5)
  • I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good
  • 5:51

  • 108 (5)
  • Lady Day Speaks: Early History
  • 2:09

  • 109 (5)
  • Just Friends
  • 1:01

  • 110 (5)
  • Lady Day Speaks: The Number 13
  • 0:43

  • 111 (5)
  • Ghost of a Chance
  • 1:14

  • 112 (5)
  • Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, 1
  • 1:59

  • 113 (5)
  • Everything Happens to Me
  • 3:30

  • 114 (5)
  • Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone, 2
  • 3:00

  • 115 (5)
  • I Don't Want to Cry Anymore
  • 1:30

  • 116 (5)
  • Prelude to a Kiss
  • 2:48

  • 117 (5)
  • Jeepers Creepers
  • 1:41

  • 118 (5)
  • My Yiddishe Mama
  • 2:42

  • 119 (5)
  • Hey! Lady's Here
  • 3:17

  • 120 (5)
  • God Bless the Child
  • 3:04

  • 121 (5)
  • Introduction
  • 0:42

  • 122 (5)
  • Nice Work If You Can Get It
  • 2:21

  • 123 (5)
  • Willow Weep for Me
  • 2:29

  • 124 (5)
  • When Your Lover Has Gone
  • 1:58

  • 125 (5)
  • Billie's Blues
  • 3:10

  • 126 (5)
  • Please, Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
  • 2:11

  • 127 (5)
  • God Bless the Child
  • 2:42

  • 128 (5)
  • Now or Never
  • 2:18

  • 129 (5)
  • Ray Charles Comment
  • 0:23


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