Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I'm in the Mood for Love
2. You Are My Lucky Star
3. Cucaracha
4. Got a Bran' New Suit
5. I've Got My Fingers Crossed
6. Old Man Mose
7. I'm Shooting High
8. Falling in Love With You
9. Red Sails in the Sunset
10. On Treasure Island
11. Thanks a Million
12. Shoe Shine Boy
13. Solitude
14. I Hope Gabriel Likes My Music
15. Music Goes 'Round and Around
16. Rhythm Saved the World
17. I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket
18. Yes! Yes! My! My!
19. Somebody Stole My Break
20. I Come from a Musical Family
21. If We Never Meet Again
22. Lyin' to Myself
23. Ev'ntide
24. Swing That Music
25. Thankful
26. Red Nose
27. Mahogany Hall Stomp

Disc 2:

1. Skeleton in the Closet
2. When the Red, Red Robin Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along
3. Hurdy Gurdy Man
4. Dippermouth Blues
5. Swing That Music
6. Pennies from Heaven Medley: Let's Call a Heart a Heart/So Do ...
7. Pennies from Heaven
8. To You Sweetheart, Aloha
9. On a Coconut Island
10. On a Little Bamboo Bridge
11. Hawaiian Hospitality
12. Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
13. My Darling Nellie Gray
14. In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree
15. Old Folks at Home (Swanee River)
16. Public Melody Number One
17. Yours and Mine
18. Red Cap
19. She's the Daughter of a Planter from Havana
20. Alexander's Ragtime Band
21. Cuban Pete
22. I've Got a Heart Full of Rhythm
23. Sun Showers

Disc 3:

1. Once in a While
2. On the Sunny Side of the Street
3. Satchel Mouth Swing
4. Jubilee
5. Struttin' With Some Barbecue
6. Trumpet Player's Lament
7. I Double Dare You
8. True Confession
9. Let That Be a Lesson to You
10. Sweet as a Song
11. So Little Time (So Much to Do)
12. Mexican Swing
13. As Long as You Live
14. When the Saints Go Marching In
15. On the Sentimental Side
16. It's Wonderful
17. Something Tells Me
18. Love Walked In
19. Flat Foot Floogie
20. Song Is Ended
21. My Walking Stick
22. Shadrack
23. Going to Shout All over God's Heaven
24. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
25. Jonah and the Whale

Disc 4:

1. Naturally
2. I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams
3. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
4. Ain't Misbehavin'
5. Jeepers Creepers
6. What Is This Thing Called Swing?
7. Rockin' Chair
8. Lazy Bones
9. Hear Me Talkin' to Ya?
10. Save It, Pretty Mama
11. West End Blues
12. Savoy Blues
13. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)
14. Our Monday Date
15. If It's Good (Then I Want It)
16. Me and Brother Bill
17. Baby Won't You Please Come Home?
18. Poor Old Joe
19. Shanty Boat on the Mississippi
20. Poor Old Joe
21. You're a Lucky Guy
22. You're Just a No Account
23. Bye and Bye
24. Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Throwing Stones
25. Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142437 in Music
• Released on: 2004-04-05
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Import

Album Description
This set compiles for the very first time on CD the unique and complete collection of the recordings made for the Decca label (1935-1939), arranged in chronological order. Accompanied among others by the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, etc. 4 CD set. Discon. 2005.

Customer Reviews

For Sound And Quality Some Of These Labels Can't Be Beat
It appears that with all these bargain boxes of Jazz cd's coming out the typical consumer sees price value and takes a chance..there are better sounding labels out there and my experience with Definitive Records,LoneHill Jazz,JSP and Proper Records have been positive and never felt beat by any of them.
In the case of Definitive Records and this 4 cd set, exhausting the master takes of Satchmo's Decca sides for the time period of 1935-1939 (as well as the the additional 2 cd set covering the 1940-1949 Decca period issued as a separate release but same style of packaging), the sound and overall presentation is crystal.
Informative liner and band notes are included.This label is really made for the Jazz aficionado and primarily the collector seeking hard to find quality releases...The label makes no bones and quite simply states that in it's honest approach .
There are 6 cd's if you also include the 1940-1949 collection available as a 2 cd set...Wonderfully, also high resolution 24 bit.
The music captures Armstrong at the tender age of 35-45 when he returned to the American studio after foreign travels and his great big band recordings of the early 1930's.History was still to be made.

a true gem; highest quality and Satchmo at the peak of his many powers!
This four-CD set is an absolute treat to listen to, again and again, discovering each time new reasons why Armstrong was in a class by himself.

Here he is at the peak of his awesome powers. It's 1935-1939 and he's home in America. He's got big ensembles backing him up (lots of well-known folks), and what must have been a neat-as-a-pin Decca recording studio. The sound is, as the other reviewer rightly noted, crystal. There isn't a weak side-man to be found.

What's more, the diversity of the selections is remarkable. Here, in one product, you can enjoy Satchmo on standards of the times ("Pennies From Heaven," "Jeepers Creepers"), the more instrumental ("Satchelmouth Swing,", the classic version of "When the Saints Go Marching In"), "new" songs that became staples right on through the later All-Stars days ("Save It, Pretty Mama," "Our Monday Date"), a taste of the tropics ("Treasure Island") a little hokum here and there, some traditional spiritual ("Shadrack," "Going To Shout All Over God's Heaven") and even the spoken (Elder Eatmore's Sermon on Generosity").

The recording freeze that came with the onset of WWII renders this collection all the more essential, as a true representation of Armstrong's powers in his mid-30's. The playing and singing are both extraordinary. In my opinion, the same can't be said post WWII. And the sophistication of the songs sets this apart from the pioneering Hot Five and Seven earlier days.

I believe the appeal of this set transcends just the jazz aficionados. There are things for everybody to enjoy. Picking out any of the four CDs, and listening to just three or four songs, is certain to bring an added bounce to your step, and smile on your face!