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The complete RCA Victor recordings

Published by : BMG Classics (New York, NY ) Physical details: 4 audio discs digital, stereo, mono 4 3/4 in. Year: 1997
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Reissues, with 8 previously unreleased tracks.

Program notes by Dan Morgenstern (35 pages : portraits) laid in container.

Disc 1. That's my home / L. Rene, O. Rene, B. Ellison (3:11) -- Hobo, you can't ride this train / L. Armstrong (3:02) -- I hate to leave you now / D. Dick, H. Link, F. Waller (3:13) -- You'll wish you'd never been born / L. Armstrong (3:19) -- Medley of Armstrong hits (part 1). I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you / S. Theard ; When it's sleepy time down south / L. Rene, O. Rene, C. Muse ; Nobody's sweetheart / G. Kahn, E. Erdman, B. Meyers, E. Schoebel (4:25) -- Medley of Armstrong Hits (part 2). When you're smiling / M. Fisher, J. Goodwin, L. Shay ; St. James Infirmary / J. Primrose ; Dinah / S. Lewis, J. Young, H. Akst (4:34) -- I've got the world on a string / T. Koehler, H. Arlen (3:15) -- I gotta right to sing the blues / T. Koehler, H. Arlen (3:01) -- Hustlin' and bustlin' for baby / H. Woods (3:09) -- Sittin' in the dark / H. Adamson, J. Greer (3:00) -- High society / A.J. Piron, C. Williams (3:24) -- He's a son of the South / A. Razaf, J. Davis, R. Forsythe (2:40) -- Some sweet day / E. Rose, T. Jackson, A. Olman (3:00) -- Basin Street blues / S. Williams (3:25) -- Honey, do! / A. Razaf, J.C. Johnson 2:36) -- Snowball / H. Carmichael (3:11) -- Mahogany hall stomp / S. Williams (2:35) -- Swing, you cats / Z. Randolph (2:38).

Disc 2. Honey, don't you love me any more? / F. Meadows, T. Shand (2:59) -- Mississippi basin / A. Razaf, R. Forsythe (3:06) -- Laughin' Louis / C. Gaskill (3:28) -- Tomorrow night / R. Matthews, L. Armstrong, C. Williams (3:17) -- Dusky stevedore / A. Razaf, J.C. Johnson (2:55) -- There's a cabin in the pines / B. Hill (3:17) -- Mighty river / B. Baskette (2:42) -- Sweet Sue, just you / W. Harris, V. Young (2:44) -- I wonder who / S. Barbarin (3:07) -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy (2:41) -- Don't play me cheap / Z. Randolph, H. Dial (2:55) -- That's my home (alternate) / L. Rene, O. Rene, B. Ellison (3:12) -- Hobo, you can't ride this train (alternate) / L. Armstrong (2:59) -- I hate to leave you now (alternate) / D. Dick, H. Link, F. Waller (3:10) -- You'll wish you'd never been born (alternate) / L. Armstrong (3:18) -- Medley of Armstrong Hits (part 2-alternate): previously unissued. When you're smiling / M. Fisher, J. Goodwin, L. Shay ; St. James Infirmary / J. Primrose ; Dinah (alternate) / S. Lewis, J. Young, H. Akst (4:26) -- Mississippi basin (alternate) / A. Razaf, R. Forsythe (3:11) -- Laughin' Louie (alternate) / C. Gaskill (3:25) -- Tomorrow night (alternate) / R. Matthews, L. Armstrong, C. Williams (3:20) -- Blue yodel no. 9 / J. Rodgers (2:38).

Disc 3. Long, long journey / L. Feather (4:29) -- Snafu / L. Feather (4:12) -- Linger in my arms a little longer / H. Magidon (2:57) -- Whatta ya gonna do / S. Skylar, P. Lewis (2:53) -- No variety blues / L. Armstrong, Herman-Fairbanks (2:54) -- Joseph 'n' his brudders / L. Armstrong, B. Belle, B. Kroll (3:03) -- Back o' town blues / L. Armstrong, L. Russell (3:15) -- I want a little girl / B. Moll, M. Mencher (2:59) ; Sugar (with his Hot Seven) / M. Pinkard, E. Alexander, S. Mitchell (3:23) -- Blues for yesterday (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven) / L. Carr (2:34) -- Blues in the south (Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven) / W. Johnstone, L. Carr (3:01) -- Endie / E. DeLange, L. Alter (2:49) -- The blues are brewin' (with his Dixieland Seven) / E. DeLange, L. Alter (2:55) -- Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans? / E. DeLange, L. Alter (2:59) -- Where the blues were born in New Orleans / C. Dixon, B. Carlton (3:04) -- Mahogany Hall stomp / S. Williams (2:55) -- I wonder, I wonder, I wonder / D. Hutchinson (2:33) -- I believe / S. Cahn, J. Styne (3:00) -- Why doubt my love? / H. Mercer, L. Armstrong (3:21).

Disc 4. It takes time / A. Korb (2:37) -- You don't learn that in school / R. Alfred, M. Fisher (2:41) -- Ain't misbehavin' / A. Razaf, F. Waller, H. Brooks (3:56) ; Rockin' chair / H. Carmichael (5:14) ; Back o' town blues / L. Armstrong, L. Russell (4:13) ; Pennies from heaven / J. Burke, A. Johnston (3:42) ; Save it pretty mama / P. Denniker, D. Redman, J. Davis (4:28) ; St. James Infirmary (with his All Stars) / J. Primrose (3:37) -- Jack-Armstrong blues / L. Armstrong, J. Teagarden (2:58) -- Rockin' chair / H. Carmichael (3:04) -- Some day you'll be sorry / L. Armstrong (3:11) -- Fifty-fifty blues / B. Moore Jr. (2:57) -- A song was born / D. Raye, G. DePaul (3:18) ; Please stop playin' those blues, boy / C. Demetrius, F. Moore (3:16) -- Before long / C. Sigman, S. Catlett (2:51) ; Lovely weather we're having (with his All Stars) / J. DeVries, J. Bushkin (3:15) -- Rain, rain / H. Stanley, I. Taylor (2:37) ; Never saw a better day / H. Stanley, I. Taylor (3:10).

Reissue produced by Orrin Keepnews.

Louis Armstrong, vocals, trumpet ; with his Orchestra unless otherwise noted.

Performed by Louis Armstrong and his orchestra.

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