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Capitol Collectors Series
Louis Prima
Label: Emd Int'l
Release Date: 5/21/1991
Import
UPC: 077779407224
Product Description:
Louis Prima was an innovator without equal. Jump blues / jazz icons Louis Jordan and Slim Gaillard shared Prima's penchant for combining R&B with swing and good humor, but Prima's cross-section of influences is as singular at it is striking.
When Prima made his major impact in the pre-rock & roll '50s, it was a downright bizarre experience to see / hear an Italian-American combining blues, swing, pop, R&B and Italian songs in a wild, unfettered style that foreshadowed the arrival of Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis.
If you're a newcomer to Prima's work, you'd be hard pressed to find a better introduction than this 26-track compilation that includes his most popular material. With R&B saxman Sam Butera and singer/wife Keely Smith as his foils, Prima was an arresting, original voice in American music, and this collection makes the reasons plain.
Includes liner notes by Scott Shea and track annotations by Bob Furmanek.
Digitally remastered by Bob Norberg (October 1990, Capitol Recording Studios).
Personnel includes:
Louis Prima, Keely Smith (vocals)
Sam Butera (vocals, tenor saxophone).
Track Listing:
1. Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - 4:42
2. Oh Marie - 2:26
3. Buona Sera - 3:06
4. Jump, Jive, An' Wail - 3:28
5. Basin Street Blues/When It's Sleepy Time Down South - 4:12
6. The Lip - 2:16
7. Whistle Stop - 2:15
8. 5 Months, 2 Weeks, 2 Days - 2:09
9. Banana Split for My Baby - 2:30
10. There'll Be No Next Time - 3:14
11. When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)/The Sheik of ... - 3:57
12. Baby Won't You Please Come Home - 2:05
13. I've Got the World on a String - 2:26
14. Pennies from Heaven - 2:20
15. Angelina/Zooma Zooma - 4:16
16. Beep! Beep! - 2:12
17. Embraceable You/I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good - 2:56
18. Sing, Sing, Sing - 4:08
19. That Old Black Magic - 2:55
20. The Music Goes 'Round and Around - 2:34
21. Hey Boy, Hey Girl - 2:40
22. Lazy River - 3:26
23. I've Got You Under My Skin - 2:37
24. You're Just in Love - 2:26
25. Twist All Night - 2:00
26. St. Louis Blues - 2:55
CD comes brand new, never opened or played, factory - fresh and sealed. |
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