Louis Armstrong - Complete RCA Victor Recordings (1932)
Cover Front Album
Artist/Composer Louis Armstrong
Length 242:28
Format CD
Genre Swing; Classic Jazz; New Orleans Jazz
Index 1314
In Collection Yes
Packaging Jewel Case
Track List
01 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - That's My Home 03:13
02 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train 03:04
03 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I Hate to Leave You Now 03:14
04 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born 03:20
05 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Medley of Armstrong Hits, Pt. 1: I'll Be... 04:26
06 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Medley of Armstrong Hits, Pt. 2: When... 04:37
07 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I've Got the World on a String 03:16
08 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues 03:01
09 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby 03:08
10 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Sittin' in the Dark 03:02
11 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - High Society 03:25
12 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - He's a Son of the South 02:40
13 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Some Sweet Day 03:01
14 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Basin Street Blues 03:26
15 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Honey, Do! 02:38
16 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Snowball 03:13
17 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Mahogany Hall Stomp 02:36
18 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Swing, You Cats 02:37
19 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Honey, Don't You Love Me Any More? 03:02
20 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Mississippi Basin 03:07
21 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Laughin' Louie 03:29
22 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Tomorrow Night 03:19
23 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Dusky Stevedore 02:56
24 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - There's a Cabin in the Pines 03:18
25 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Mighty River 02:43
26 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Sweet Sue, Just You 02:46
27 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I Wonder Who 03:08
28 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - St. Louis Blues 02:43
29 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Don't Play Me Cheap 03:00
30 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - That's My Home [alternate take] 03:14
31 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Hobo, You Can't Ride This Train [alternate take] 03:01
32 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I Hate to Leave You Now [alternate take] 03:12
33 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born [alternate take/#] 03:26
34 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Medley of Armstrong Hits, Pt. 2 [alternate take/#] 04:28
35 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Mississippi Basin [alternate take/#/*] 03:13
36 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Laughin' Louie [alternate take] 03:25
37 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Tomorrow Night [alternate take/#] 03:21
38 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Blue Yodel No. 9 02:38
39 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Long, Long Journey 04:32
40 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Snafu 04:13
41 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Linger in My Arms a Little Longer, Baby 02:58
42 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Whatta Ya Gonna Do? 02:55
43 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - No Variety Blues 02:55
44 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Joseph 'N' His Brudders 03:04
45 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Back O' Town Blues 03:17
46 Armstrong, Louis & his Hot Seven - I Want a Little Girl 03:01
47 Sugar 03:25
48 Armstrong, Louis & his Hot Seven - Blues for Yesterday 02:36
49 Armstrong, Louis & his Hot Seven - Blues in the South 03:03
50 Endie 02:51
51 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - The Blues Are Brewin' 02:56
52 Armstrong, Louis & his Dixieland... - Do You Know What It Means to Miss New... 03:00
53 Armstrong, Louis & his Dixieland... - Where the Blues Were Born in New Orleans 03:06
54 Armstrong, Louis & his Dixieland... - Mahogany Hall Stomp 02:57
55 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I Wonder, I Wonder, I Wonder 02:34
56 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - I Believe 03:02
57 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Why Doubt My Love? 03:20
58 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - It Takes Time 02:39
59 You Don't Learn That in School 02:43
60 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Ain't Misbehavin' 03:54
61 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Rockin' Chair 05:10
62 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Back O' Town Blues 04:15
63 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Pennies from Heaven 03:41
64 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Save It, Pretty Mama 04:27
65 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - St. James Infirmary 03:39
66 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Jack-Armstrong Blues 03:00
67 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Rockin' Chair 03:05
68 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Some Day You'll Be Sorry 03:12
69 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Fifty-Fifty Blues 02:58
70 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - A Song Was Born 03:19
71 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Please Stop Playin' Those Blues, Boy 03:18
72 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Before Long 02:53
73 Armstrong, Louis & His All Stars - Lovely Weather We're Having 03:17
74 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Rain, Rain 02:38
75 Armstrong, Louis & his Orchestra - Never Saw a Better Day 03:09
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Spars DDD
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Sound Stereo
Notes
Most of the music on this four-CD set from 1997 has been reissued many times, both on LP and CD, but this is the most "complete" set thus far. Louis Armstrong recorded for RCA during two separate times. During 1932-33, he led an erratic (and under-rehearsed) big band on a series of numbers, but all of the selections have their moments of interest. Although not up to the level of his Hot Five and Seven recordings of five years earlier, these spirited tracks find Armstrong mostly in excellent form both instrumentally and vocally, and the reissue has four alternate takes never released before. Highlights include the two-part "Hits Medley," "That's My Home," "I've Got the World On a String," "There's a Cabin In the Pines," "Hustlin' and Bustlin' for Baby," a unique 1930 collaboration with country singer Jimmie Rodgers, and the two bizarre versions of "Laughin' Louis." The second half of the reissue features Armstrong during 1946-47, including appearances with the Esquire poll winners (Louis takes a surprisingly modern solo on "Snafu"), the last titles by his big band, a few wonderful combo performances (including the classic "Jack-Armstrong Blues") and the first songs by Armstrong's All-Stars (co-starring Jack Teagarden); this collection concludes with two unrelated 1956 orchestral tracks. Overall, this is wonderful music, although collectors who already have everything other than the alternates have a right to hesitate. — Scott Yanow